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(The Center Square) – Keeping the State Health Plan and other employee plans solvent will be tougher if the merger of Wake Med and Atrium Health reaches the finish line, first-term Republican Brad Briner said Tuesday.
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(The Center Square) – Surf City and White Lake, a pair of southeastern North Carolina vacation destination spots roughly 75 miles apart, have a combined $300 million funding stake in federal legislation having reached the U.S. Senate.
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(The Center Square) – More than $1.2 million in grant funding is headed to 15 public school districts and two public charter schools in North Carolina to support innovative digital teaching and learning initiatives, says the Department of Public Instruction.
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(The Center Square) – Diesel fuel is up 84% and regular unleaded gasoline up 58.2% in North Carolina, each since the first of the year adding misery for consumer goods pricing that relies on the trucking industry.
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(The Center Square) – Election registrations continue to heavily walk away from each major political party in North Carolina, with the most recent seven-day update on Saturday including 69% going independent.
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(The Center Square) – One day after a 15-point poll edge, Democrat Roy Cooper was back to a 5.9% lead in a poll examining his U.S. Senate race against Republican Michael Whatley.
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(The Center Square) – One month after federal Justice Department officials said Duke University discriminated based on race in admissions, and two months after $108 million in federal money was frozen for Duke Health, the U.S. Department of Education has followed with a probe of foreign funding tied to America’s national defense against China.
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(The Center Square) – All three constitutional amendments before North Carolina voters are favored by likely voters, says an Elon University Poll released Thursday.
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(The Center Square) – Incumbent Democratic Justice Anita Earls has roared ahead of Republican challenger Sarah Stevens in polling for North Carolina’s lone state Supreme Court election.
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(The Center Square) – Nearly $2 million of a $694 million settlement with Credit Acceptance Corporation will go to about 1,300 North Carolina consumers, an estimated average of $1,345.
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