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Staff at Asheboro’s only hospital say they’ve recently run short on supplies.
Shortages span from inconvenient, like paper, to alarming, like diagnostic testing materials.
The private equity-trained owner says he should be saluted.
“I should be a hero”
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Three state constitutional amendments could give the party a lasting policy legacy. ift.tt/Pd5Ocui
UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC School of the Arts plan to share technology and let students take classes on both campuses. ift.tt/JPyYZ3x
Compared to 2022, turnout is down for Republicans but substantially up for Democrats and unaffiliated voters. ift.tt/BW7N2d9
The audit office recommended the university increase its oversight of spending and provide recurring training to cardholders. ift.tt/LTSVYBw
Organizations connected to the Charlotte-based planners have been flagged for misspending taxpayer money in the past. Now they’ve landed $25 million in state money—and they’re looking for more. (EJ Hersom for the Department of Defense) ift.tt/f3cLWtl
UNC-Chapel Hill is the latest university to settle with the Trump administration, but it will avoid the major financial penalties the government has imposed on many of its peers. ift.tt/QL7Zixh
Republican leaders say proposed constitutional amendments will save taxpayers money, but critics warn of long-term consequences. ift.tt/L1j5zDi
Forty years after David Lynch’s iconic film, the people who helped make it say Wilmington was the strangest character of all. ift.tt/FKGLt0j
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"In Arkansas, all it took was a few clicks on the Arkansas secretary of state website, $45 and an American flag to form a bona fide private school with the Arkansas Times."
@propublica @ArkTimes @mtnstspotlight @TheAssemblyNC
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A new mosque in this quickly growing N.C. suburb has sparked intense backlash. It's the latest in a trend of rising anti-Muslim hate across the country.
"I've never seen it this bad," one Muslim resident told me.
I wrote about it for @TheAssemblyNC: theassemblync.com/news/cultu…
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Sitting at Ponysaurus Brewing Co., we filed to start a private school. propublica.org/article/propu…
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The endangered elktoe mussel, hard-hit by Helene, plays a critical role in keeping rivers healthy. A state biologist is on a mission to save them. By Dan Chapman for @TheAssemblyNC. theassemblync.com/news/envir…
How an oncologist’s sci-fi-inspired insight, layoffs at a pharma giant, and the unique culture of Research Triangle Park birthed a major cancer innovation. ift.tt/PzZlR3U
Lee County Republican Charles Taylor is listed as the owner of a property that hosts video gambling that was not disclosed on ethics forms. ift.tt/GNKPf58
Meet the state biologist on a mission to save the endangered elktoe mussel, hard-hit by Helene and critical role for river health. ift.tt/iwLKY3a
The state auditor declined to comment on his political ambitions while vowing voters won’t see significant changes at the polls this year. ift.tt/k2byjKq
David Decosimo objected to a Wall Street Journal editorial about UNC-Chapel Hill’s embattled civics school. The paper didn’t publish his response—which he says is part of the problem. ift.tt/KcZ6Y9U
A federal lawsuit alleges that ICE agents are routinely stopping people to ask them about immigration status, without any reasonable suspicion of illegal activity. ift.tt/HAMvzDq
