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Here’s what to know about how we’re covering the 2024 elections
In our efforts to be a local news source you can trust, we want to share a little bit about how we’re thinking about our elections coverage this year—and every year.
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Kamala Harris has big plans to address North Carolina’s housing crisis
Kamala Harris helped deliver funding to get more seniors and working families in Mecklenburg County into affordable homes. Her plans for addressing the housing crisis if elected President will impact many North Carolina families. More seniors and working families will have affordable homes in Mecklenburg County, due to more than $158 million in funds from…
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Harris-backed policies helped this North Carolina grandmother get healthcare. Her new plans want to do even more.
As a presidential candidate, Kamala Harris is building on previous efforts to improve health care in North Carolina.
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Biden-Harris administration supports working families, child care programs in North Carolina
Vice President Kamala Harris announces lowered child care costs for working families in North Carolina, building on prior federal funding for child care programs and promising more.
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Speaking in Raleigh, Kamala Harris unveils new plans to lower housing, food, and childcare costs
In her eighth visit to North Carolina this year, VP Kamala Harris proposed plans to build three million new homes, help first-time homebuyers and renters, stop price gouging, and provide economic support for families.
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Opinion: We must help communities that have been left behind, no matter who wins in November
In this op-ed, Justin Maxson and Sarah Jaynes advocate for prioritizing federal investments to uplift all communities and ensure widespread economic benefits.
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‘It’s like a family, a very large family’: A rural LGBTQ+ center in North Carolina fights the youth mental health crisis
With LGBTQ+ youth facing startlingly high rates of mental illness, especially in rural communities, we talked with mental health professionals and local activists about how to make change. They say anti-LGBTQ+ policymakers at the state and local level are contributing to the problem.
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Two years in, the Inflation Reduction Act is lowering health care costs and creating a clean energy jobs boom in North Carolina
The Inflation Reduction Act ensured that 135,000 North Carolinians were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for nearly 57,000 North Carolina seniors, and incentivized manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.
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Biden-Harris administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations secure $6 billion in savings for taxpayers
The White House estimates that these new prices will lead to around $6 billion in savings for the Medicare program in 2026. The new prices will be anywhere from 38% to 79% lower than the drugs’ list prices last year, saving seniors on Medicare an estimated $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2026 alone.
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Where do Josh Stein and Mark Robinson stand on abortion, climate change and other issues?
Here’s a quick look at there the candidates stand on several major issues that affect North Carolinians.
