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North Carolinians are finding out they are no longer in debt to hospitals

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NC Newsline - Medicaid enrollees began receiving letters from hospitals last month telling them their old medical debts have been erased.   That medical debt relief is part of the program former Gov. Roy Cooper and the former head of the state Department of Health and Human Services announced last year that increases hospitals'  Medicaid payments in exchange for erasing debts amassed by people with lower incomes.  Debt relief letters
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Taylortown Part 2 – New Hotel With Conditional Approval 

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By Ms Jheri Worldwide  Staff Writer Taylortown, NC - Periodically, we are blessed with experiences that elevate our thinking, our consciousness, and the way we interact with the people in the world around us. Recently, one of those experiences occurred in Taylortown, a historically Black town adjacent to Pinehurst, North Carolina. In a quasi-judicial hearing that brought together business leaders, attorneys, engineers, and town officials, the Taylortown Town Council convened
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Happy 100th Birthday Georgeva Wright

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LUMBERTON - Georgeva Gerald Wright, born August 23, 1925, has officially joined the ranks of centenarians, marking 100 years of a life dedicated to education, family, and community. Born during the Roaring Twenties, Wright has lived through some of the most defining moments of modern history - World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, the fall of the Soviet Union, the rise of the internet, and even the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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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