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School board group backs Gaston County in state Supreme Court SAFE Child Act case

The North Carolina School Boards Association supports the Gaston County school board’s appeal in a state Supreme Court case tied to the SAFE Child Act. The local school board wants the high court to overturn a decision that upheld the act as constitutional.

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N.C. lithium mine proposal draws fire despite Tesla contract, job projections

A N.C. company looking to bring a lithium mine to Gaston County is facing pushback from environmental groups, despite a deal already in place to use the mine’s products for electric vehicle batteries. Piedmont Lithium has submitted an application to open a lithium mine near the town of Cherryville on about 1,500 acres of private...

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