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The faith leaders also ask that people who use drugs have a seat at the decision-making table
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The two states have been planning since 1992 for such trains between the capitals, with a route set several years ago.
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The Medicaid expansion bill includes significant changes to Certificate of Need (CON) regulations, which has already received strong pushback from the North Carolina Healthcare Association, a group that represents North Carolina hospitals.
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The Medicaid expansion bill includes, word for word, the SAVE Act, a policy that nurses advocate for, but physicians oppose. If approved, it would loosen regulations on nurses that supporters say would increase access and reduce costs. However those in opposition to change say loosened regulations would reduce quality of care.
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The money would go to every person at least 18 years old with a valid North Carolina driver’s license. The money would come from the expected $4.2 billion in revenue overcollections this fiscal year.
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With higher costs for food, the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina is finding it challenging to help their partners.
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Despite bipartisan support in the Republican-majority state senate, House Speaker Tim Moore says medical marijuana legislation is unlikely to reach the floor in his chamber.
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The outcome suggests a likely veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper if the bill reaches his desk could doom the Republican measure. The bill’s authors said the legislation was needed to give parents more ability to oversee their children’s’ education and health.
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Support was nearly unanimous in the chamber for the measure, which also loosens practice restrictions on specialty nurses and eases government scrutiny of medical construction and equipment.
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Maintaining trails poses tough choices between recreation and sustainability.