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Federal Appeals Court throws out contempt order against NC lawyer

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a federal judge’s contempt order against a North Carolina lawyer involved in a multinational intellectual property dispute. Pressly Millen often represents Democrats in court.

State Health Plan OKs premium hikes, preferred providers

On Friday, the North Carolina State Plan Board of Trustees (SHP) voted on what are being called monumental changes to the Plan over the next few years, including preferred provider hospital systems, benefit changes, and premiums for 2027, and the announcement of a Third Party Administrator (TPA) and Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) for 2028, in an effort to make improvements and reduce overall costs for the nearly 750,000 members covered by the Plan.

NC budget allocated $48.9 million for farmland preservation

Almost $50 million has been allocated for farmland preservation, in the state budget.

NC’s healthcare crisis: Too much spending, too little care

The two problems that remain are clear: there are too many middlemen, and too little money is reaching the people who actually deliver care to NC residents.