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North Carolina State Employee And Teacher Reps Say Health Insurance Increases Will Hurt Worker Retention

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NC Newsline - The board overseeing the health insurance plan for North Carolina workers and retirees voted Friday to raise most enrollees' premiums to help cover a deficit that has grown to $507 million this year.  State Treasurer Brad Briner, whose office oversees the health plan, said no one wants to increase premiums but the hikes are needed to remedy the plan's financial instability. The insurance plan has been relying
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State employees making more than $90,000 a year would see significant increases to health premiums

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NC Newsline-The state Health Plan Board of Trustees plans a vote Friday on a proposal that will for the first time set premiums according to how much state employees earn. Premiums would increase substantially for the state's top earners.  Premiums will increase $10 a month, to $35 monthly, for state employees and teachers enrolled in the standard insurance plan, make $50,000 or less, and have coverage for only themselves.  That
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Stronger, bigger Hurricane Erin forecast to create dangerous surf along US coast

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AP NEWS - A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. It reintensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph (215 kph) maximum sustained winds early Monday and moved closer to the Southeast Bahamas, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. Around 5 a.m. Monday, Erin was
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Ripple Effects Feared From Potential EPA Downsizing

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By Will Atwater NC Newsline As the Trump administration keeps pushing to change the focus of scientific research and roll back environmental regulations - moves that critics say favor industry over public health - members of North Carolina's scientific and environmental communities are speaking out. They're raising alarms about the effect of the EPA's stated goal of dismantling its environmental research arm, including the possible closure of its Office of
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Government Support Doesn’t Necessarily Make People More Religious

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By Brendan Szendro The Conversation The IRS will offer religious congregations more freedom to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, the agency said in a July 2025 court filing. President Donald Trump has previously vowed to abolish the Johnson Amendment, which bars charitable nonprofits from taking part in political campaigns - although the latest move simply reinterprets the rule. Celebrating the change, House Speaker Mike Johnson highlighted an
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Can Homeownership Improve Health Outcomes?

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CDC-The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes "adequate housing" as a basic human right. Housing is among the most important social determinants of health. Homeownership is an essential pathway to economic security, social mobility, stability, generational wealth, and healthy life. Financial assets such as owning a house or land passed down from one generation to the next within families is referred to as generational wealth. Recent research conducted by the
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SAU Secures Accreditation: Classes Start September 2, 2025

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RALEIGH, NC– Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) announced Friday that it has successfully secured a preliminary injunction to maintain the university’s accreditation, ensuring that classes will begin on September 2, 2025, as scheduled, with SAU remaining a fully accredited institution. The injunction, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on August 14 and granted this week, prevents any disruption to SAU’s accreditation status while the university continues its
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Gullah Geechee Elders Work To Preserve Sacred Songs

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[caption id="attachment_13259" align="alignnone" width="2000"] "Voices of Gullah" members, Joe Murray, from left, Minnie "Gracie" Gadson, Rosa Murray and Charles "Jojo" Brown, sing Gullah spirituals at the Brick Baptist Church in St. Helena Island, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)[/caption] ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Minnie "Gracie" Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her
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AI-Powered Private School Arrives In Charlotte & Raleigh

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Carolina Public Press - Alpha School, an "AI-powered" private school, is preparing to make its mark on Charlotte and Raleigh this year.  North Carolina is part of an expansion into five additional states this fall for the private school company, which currently operates Texas and Florida. It plans to expand into Puerto Rico in 2026.  How does the school operate, and what do education experts have to say about it?
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States Scramble To Complete Renewable Energy Projects Before Tax Credits Expire

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By Alex Brown NC Newsline The abrupt termination of tax credits for clean energy projects is perhaps the most drastic blow that President Donald Trump has struck in his campaign against wind and solar electricity. As states brace for the uncertainty ahead, they are scrambling to get pending projects off the ground before the tax credits expire. "The real opportunities are making sure that the projects in the queue make
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