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Parties seek pause in State Health Plan transgender care case
All parties seek to pause a federal lawsuit challenging the North Carolina State Health Plan’s exclusion of coverage for treatments sought by transgender patients.
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Lawmakers urge National Guard deployment in Charlotte
NC lawmakers urge Gov. Josh Stein to deploy the National Guard to Charlotte amid rising violent crime and officer shortages.
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Grand jury indicts Decarlos Brown in Charlotte light-rail killing
A federal grand jury has indicted Decarlos Brown Jr. in the Aug. 22 fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska aboard Charlotte's Lynx Blue Line light-rail train.
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Southern sellers worry as homes sit on market, values decline
As listings linger 8–13 days longer and home values fall by 3.9% year-over-year, sellers are feeling the weight of a shifting housing landscape.
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State Health Plan responds to recent ruling in transgender care case
The North Carolina State Health Plan announced Wednesday the reinstatement of its “longstanding exclusion of transition-related treatments” typically sought by transgender patients. The announcement arrived on the same day a court case challenging the exclusion officially returned to a federal trial court from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Tillis asks Bondi to investigate Cherokee marijuana operation
US Sen. Thom Tillis asked US Attorney General Pam Bondi to look into the Eastern Band of the Cherokee potentially marketing marijuana to children, and transporting it outside of their western NC reservation, a violation of federal law.
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NCDOT to receive $1.15B in federal Helene relief
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that NCDOT will receive a record $1.15B in additional emergency relief funding for Hurricane Helene repairs.
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Plaintiffs oppose request to drop injunction in NC transgender care case
Plaintiffs challenging the North Carolina State Health Plan’s ban on coverage of medical treatments typically sought by transgender patients urge a federal Appeals Court to reject a recent request from the health plan. A Sept. 11 letter from the plan’s lawyers asked the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out an injunction in the case. The plaintiffs responded with a letter Tuesday objecting to that proposal.
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Experts weigh in on expanding firearm safety education
Tennessee is expanding gun-safety instruction for their public school students to improve child-death statistics from accidents.
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Stein requesting additional $13.5B from the federal govt for Helene recovery
“We need more help," said Gov. Josh Stein on Monday as he announced that he is requesting an additional $13.5 billion from the federal government, as the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene approaches next week.
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Federal Appeals Court urged to drop injunction in NC transgender care case
Lawyers representing the North Carolina State Health Plan are asking the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out an injunction against the plan in a dispute over coverage for medical treatments typically sought by transgender patients.
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Moore sponsors legislation ending cashless bail following Charlotte murder
Federal lawmakers take action in the wake of Iryna Zaruska's murder.
