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Judge will not reconsider dismissal of NC foster care lawsuit

A federal judge has denied plaintiffs’ request to reconsider a September order dismissing a lawsuit challenging conditions in North Carolina’s foster care system.

AI isn’t the layoff story. It’s the cover story.

In the case of AI and layoffs, the reality is not that machines have suddenly replaced people, but that organizations are using new tools to accelerate changes that were already underway, which means the real question for policymakers is not how to stop that process, but how to ensure that the benefits of it are broadly shared, and the costs are not quietly shifted onto those least equipped to absorb them.

Leandro author encourages all sides of NC education funding debate

Former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Burley Mitchell offers words of encouragement to both sides of the state's education funding divide.

State seeks stay over class action in jail mental health services suit

State health regulators are asking a judge to pause his consideration of class action status for a lawsuit targeting mental health services provided to North Carolina jail inmates.