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N.C. lawmakers file ‘No Veteran Left Behind Act’

A bill introduced by House Majority Leader John Bell, R-Wayne, is meant to help improve crisis intervention and services for veterans suffering from mental health and substance abuse issues. House Bill 370, No Veteran Left Behind Act, creates a pilot program for several military and veteran heavy counties in North Carolina to improve and expand...

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New law gives veterans option to seek oxygen-based therapy for PTSD

North Carolina’s veterans gained another way to treat battlefield trauma. With Gov. Roy Cooper signing House Bill 50 into law, Veterans Administration physicians can treat veterans with post traumatic stress disorder or a traumatic brain injury with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.  The bill aimed to sweep the cobwebs off the MISSION Act, which allowed veterans to...

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UPDATE: Cooper asks court to halt confirmation

UPDATE, Tuesday 7 a.m. Gov. Cooper filed a request in Superior Court for a temporary restraining order to halt the confirmation of his Cabinet appointees until the litigation is complete. WRAL reports a hearing on that request could take place today. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has asked Republican Senate leaders to delay confirmation hearings on...

Barry Smith
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Senators outline confirmation process over Cooper’s objections

As a special Senate committee on Tuesday began hammering out details for confirming Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet nominees, the back-and-forth between the governor and the General Assembly over the legality of the confirmation requirement continued. The process will mirror that used by the U.S. Senate, with an added step: North Carolina Cabinet-level nominees will have...

Barry Smith

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