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Healthcare monopoly myth: Why CON’s ‘cream-skimming’ defense fails

Hospitals undoubtedly provide services that are difficult to finance. But forcing patients to pay more for unrelated services is an extraordinarily indirect way to subsidize them.

Suit challenges NC budget’s changes to low-income legal aid program

Three North Carolina groups that provide legal services to low-income residents are suing the state and top Republican legislative leaders over recent budget changes.

NC takes over finances of troubled towns Ronda, Rowland

The NC Local Government Commission (LGC) voted to take financial control of the Town of Ronda in Wilkes County and the Town of Rowland in Robeson County.

Fired NC Labor employee opposes Appeals Court intervention in lawsuit

A former North Carolina Department of Labor employee is urging the state’s second-highest court not to take up her lawsuit against the department. She challenges the legality of her firing from her old DOL human resources job.