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While overall rates of colorectal cancer are down in the United States, there has been an increase in recent years in yo...
02/14/2025

While overall rates of colorectal cancer are down in the United States, there has been an increase in recent years in younger patients being diagnosed.

A new study published in the medical journal Gastroenterology shows the number of gastrointestinal cancer cases related to poor diet

More than a dozen state attorneys general and numerous current and former government employees filed lawsuits Thursday a...
02/14/2025

More than a dozen state attorneys general and numerous current and former government employees filed lawsuits Thursday aiming to stop billionaire Elon Musk from shuttering federal agencies.

More than a dozen state attorneys general have filed suit to stop billionaire Elon Musk from shuttering federal agencies

Depending on how states respond, a Republican proposal circulating on Capitol Hill that would slash the 90% federal cont...
02/14/2025

Depending on how states respond, a Republican proposal circulating on Capitol Hill that would slash the 90% federal contribution to states’ expanded Medicaid programs would end coverage for as many as 20 million people

a Republican proposal to slash the 90% federal contribution to states’ expanded Medicaid programs would end coverage for 20 million people

Unemployment insurance bump is welcome but not nearly enough
02/14/2025

Unemployment insurance bump is welcome but not nearly enough

Republican legislators seldom boost programs that help vulnerable people so, on one level, it’s welcome news that a state House committee advanced a bill this week to increase North Carolina’s maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit.

A majority of North Carolina voters supported Donald Trump in last November’s presidential election, but just weeks into...
02/13/2025

A majority of North Carolina voters supported Donald Trump in last November’s presidential election, but just weeks into his second term in office, large majorities oppose some of his highest profile policy ideas and initiatives, according to the latest Meredith Poll released Thursday.

new poll finds a majority of North Carolina voters oppose some of President Trump's highest profile policy ideas and initiatives

"Dev" Sangvai was president of Duke Regional Hospital in Durham before joining Gov. Josh Stein’s administration to lead ...
02/13/2025

"Dev" Sangvai was president of Duke Regional Hospital in Durham before joining Gov. Josh Stein’s administration to lead DHHS. He spent more than 20 years at Duke and earned an MBA from its business school. Here's what we learned in how he will guide the agency:

North Carolina's new DHHS secretary, Dev Sangvai, will look to build on past successes while navigating a changed federal landscape.

The state Board of Elections and Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs want a Republican judge’s elections lawsuit to go s...
02/13/2025

The state Board of Elections and Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs want a Republican judge’s elections lawsuit to go straight to the state high court.

The NC Board of Elections and incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs want Judge Jefferson Griffin's lawsuit to skip the Court of Appeals.

At best, these false claims help politicians cover for corporate misdeeds. At worst, they foster division for its own sa...
02/13/2025

At best, these false claims help politicians cover for corporate misdeeds. At worst, they foster division for its own sake. Neither makes us safer.

conservative politicians wrongfully and inaccurately continue to falsely blame DEI efforts for disaster and government's responses

GOP lawmakers plan to use this special legislative procedure to enact substantial changes to border security, defense, e...
02/13/2025

GOP lawmakers plan to use this special legislative procedure to enact substantial changes to border security, defense, energy and tax law, as well as major spending reductions. If they succeed, there will be no Democratic votes needed.

Republicans in Congress have begun taking their first steps on the long and winding road that constitutes the budget reconciliation process

Legislature bears responsibility for impending teacher and state employee premium hikes https://ncnewsline.com/2025/02/1...
02/13/2025

Legislature bears responsibility for impending teacher and state employee premium hikes https://ncnewsline.com/2025/02/13/legislature-bears-responsibility-for-impending-teacher-and-state-employee-premium-hikes/ (audio commentary)

The bottom line: the planned State Health Plan premium hikes are just the latest example of how our state legislature continues to wage an ideological war on public employees and, ultimately, the public services on which we all should have a right to depend.

With support from Senators Budd and Tillis, former Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard will serve as the next director of nat...
02/12/2025

With support from Senators Budd and Tillis, former Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard will serve as the next director of national intelligence, after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Wednesday.

U.S. Senate has confirmed former Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard will serve as the next director of national intelligence

North Carolina is launching a statewide campaign to combat predatory practices in addiction treatment to help people str...
02/12/2025

North Carolina is launching a statewide campaign to combat predatory practices in addiction treatment to help people struggling with substance use disorders find evidence-based treatment facilities.

North Carolina is launching a statewide campaign to combat predatory practices in addiction treatment to help people substance use disorders.

Republican state legislators across the country are filing a flurry of bills to advance the “Make America Healthy Again”...
02/12/2025

Republican state legislators across the country are filing a flurry of bills to advance the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda promoted by activist lawyer and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s in line to be the next U.S. health secretary.

Republican legislators are filing bills to advance the agenda promoted by activist lawyer and HHS secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

More than two dozen religious groups, including the North Carolina Council of Churches, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against ...
02/12/2025

More than two dozen religious groups, including the North Carolina Council of Churches, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Homeland Security challenging the Trump administration’s reversal of a policy that barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting raids at houses of worship.

religious groups file suit challenging the Trump administration's move to allow ICE to conduct raids at houses of worship.

The new proposal still amounts to only about half of what Gov. Stein requested, though more ag relief is planned
02/12/2025

The new proposal still amounts to only about half of what Gov. Stein requested, though more ag relief is planned

North Carolina House lawmakers added money to fund assistance for renters and farmers to their newest Hurricane Helene relief bill Tuesday

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