The food police

Cost curve bends, but not enough

Medical spending in the US as a share of gross domestic product was 15% lower than projected 14 years earlier, and indeed was only “marginally higher” than in 2010.

Judge tosses former NCSU athletes’ sexual abuse lawsuit

A Wake County Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit from 31 former North Carolina State University athletes who alleged that NCSU’s former sports medicine director abused them sexually.

Wake commissioners question Atrium-WakeMed merger

Wake County Commissioners heard from officials from WakeMed, Atrium Health and others on the proposed merger between the two hospital systems at a work session on Monday.

Judge confirms GOP victory in voting dispute over ‘never residents’

A Superior Court judge has ruled that so-called “never residents” cannot vote in any North Carolina election, confirming a result Republican groups predicted two weeks earlier.