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These 7 NC businesses proudly employ people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
We’ve highlighted seven employers in North Carolina who help empower folks with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) by offering meaningful work.
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Opinion: North Carolina expanded Medicaid. Now what?
It’s going to be the community here in Northampton who will make it happen. We need to advocate for more: more clinics and more providers to deliver the healthcare that Medicaid covers. When new businesses set up shop, we should ask them to invest in the community’s health, knowing that they will benefit when all…
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‘There is no enthusiasm gap anymore’: Kamala Harris energizes North Carolina Democrats
It’s been five days since President Joe Biden passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, but her candidacy has quickly injected high-octane enthusiasm into the 2024 election. The volume seems especially loud in North Carolina, a state that Donald Trump cannot lose if he hopes to have a realistic path…
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J.D. Vance doesn’t believe in one person, one vote
Vance wants to give parents more votes than people without children and has been outright hostile to those without kids as part of his worldview that involves using the power of the US government to promote higher birth rates.
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NC women share why they’re excited to support Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign
Cardinal & Pine spoke with North Carolina voters to get a better understanding of how and why women are excited about this seismic political moment since Biden endorsed Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee for president.
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The Triangle Guide: The best bookstores in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill
We asked ou r readers to tell us their favorite Triangle bookstores. Here’s what they said.
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Kamala Harris has spent decades fighting to protect people from gun violence
While serving as San Francisco’s district attorney, Harris became known for prosecuting domestic abusers. As attorney general of California, her office investigated and seized firearms from those who unlawfully possessed them. And as a US senator, she co-sponsored bills to ban assault weapons.
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Judge upholds Biden-Harris administration’s ban on noncompete clauses
Noncompete clauses effectively prevent workers from starting their own business or finding a new job in the same field within a certain area or timeframe after leaving their current job. The Biden-Harris administration’s ban on them is now tentatively set to go into effect on Sept. 4, pending other legal action.
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Harris kicks off campaign by focusing on future, highlighting plans to help families
During her first speech as the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Kamala Harris said she’d fight to make child care more affordable, pass paid family leave, and restore reproductive freedom.
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Could Gov. Roy Cooper be the next vice president?
Cooper may not be as well known as some of the other names on Kamala Harris’ list of choices, but he makes a lot of sense. To start: he is more popular in North Carolina than Donald Trump.
