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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.

NC budget raises sports-betting tax, adds prediction markets

New NC budget raises sports-betting taxes, redirects revenue to public universities, and creates a new tax on prediction markets.

Former Dunn housing director sentenced to two years in prison

A former executive director of the Dunn Housing Authority faces two years in federal prison and must repay $238,448 to the federal government after sentencing this week on a charge of conspiring to commit federal program theft.

NC budget reshapes governor’s appointment power

Gov. Josh Stein signed the state budget despite appointment changes that shift power from the governor to lawmakers and other officials.