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NCSBE report leaves questions about early voting site deadline change

A report given by Karen Brinson Bell, executive director for the North Carolina State Elections Board (NCSBE), along with Paul Cox, general counsel for NCSBE, to a Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee on Wednesday not only gave a wrap-up of the March primary and addressed other issues, but also raised questions by some on a contradictory measure taken by the board recently regarding early voting site changes. 

Theresa Opeka
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Wake up call: Student suspended for saying ‘illegal alien’

Most people recognize the absurdity of "birthing person" or "uterus owners" in activists' social media posts. But the degradation of the English language and the shift of common culture happens in baby steps, ones we often don't recognize until after they've happened.

Donna King

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NC Rate Bureau requests rate increase of up to 83% for mobile home insurance

After requesting an average rate hike of 42% in homeowners’ insurance rates in January, now comes word that the North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) wants to raise mobile home fire policies (MH-F) an average of 83% and 50% for casualty policies (MH-C), both broken down over a three-year period. That’s according to a press release from the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI).

Theresa Opeka
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RTP Biotech company granted $15 million JDIG agreement

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, a division of Japanese parent company Fujifilm Corp, plans to expand its job force at its Holly Springs location with an additional 680 jobs and a $1.2 billion investment as part of a $15 million Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG) awarded by the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Economic Investment Committee (NCEIC).

Theresa Opeka
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US House passes work reauthorization act that expands welfare reforms

The US House voted this week to reauthorize a federal jobs act that would open up opportunities for a handful of individual states to consolidate and simplify the way safety-net programs are administered. HR 6655, a Stronger Workforce for America Act, revises the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act for the first time since 2014. The...

David N. Bass