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NC joins lawsuit over FEMA grant conditions

NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a coalition of attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia, and the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, in a lawsuit filed in Rhode Island on July 23 against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for threatening to withhold more than $1 billion in homeland security and disaster-response grants to states unless they adopt the Trump administration policies on elections and immigration.

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CJ politics week in review, March 23-27

Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Grim milestone: North Carolina had its first deaths from COVID-19. A Cabarrus County resident died from complications associated with the virus, state officials announced March 25. The...

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N.C. Residents Decry Lack Of Info Regarding Syrian Refugees

Emotions are calming slowly in Craven County, where in February the Board of County Commissioners passed a nonbinding resolution not to accept refugees from Syria, Iraq, and other terror-plagued nations. The action splintered the community as concerns of public safety were met with heated allegations of bigotry, one New Bern resident says. “It was a...

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Certificate-Of-Need Reforms Face Tough Test In NCGA

RALEIGH — House Bill 200 would exempt diagnostic centers, ambulatory surgical facilities, gastrointestinal endoscopy rooms, and psychiatric hospitals from certificate-of-need review. A CON is basically a permission slip a provider must receive from the state in a regulatory approval process that is dominated by hospitals that currently provide the services.

Dan Way
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Tillis, Hagan Continue Sparring At Wilmington Debate; Haugh Has His Say

WILMINGTON — Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan portrayed Republican challenger Thom Tillis as a foil of corporate cronies; Tillis said Hagan was little more than a rubber stamp for the Obama adminstration's destructive policies. Libertarian Sean Haugh argued that his message of liberty offered a needed contrast from both.

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