Politics
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Trump’s threats to repeal the Affordable Care Act would devastate North Carolina
The Affordable Care Act expanded access to healthcare for millions of Americans. A second Trump presidency could end that progress, especially in rural North Carolina. Fourteen years ago, on March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. Despite the law’s impact in giving millions of Americans health coverage for…
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VIDEO: An Alabama Court Ruling Threatened IVF Treatment. Here’s Why It Matters in NC.
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last month that embryos are children and have all the protections under state law afforded to an 8-year old. That means, the justices wrote, that freezing embryos and then later discarding them, a necessary part of the process of in vitro fertilization (IVF), amounts to murder. The ruling, which included…
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Higher insurance rates could crush NC homeowners
North Carolina homeowners and renters could be hit with higher insurance rates later this year, and in the state’s coastal counties like Cartaret, New Hanover, and Brunswick, those rates could be astronomically higher. In January, the North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) proposed an average insurance rate increase of 42.2% statewide, which was rejected by Commissioner…
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80% of House Republicans support plan to cut Social Security, ban abortion, and restrict IVF
The Republican Study Committee’s proposed budget calls for cutting Social Security and Medicare and banning abortion after 15 weeks nationwide. It would also pose a threat to IVF and slash funding for rental assistance and programs that help build housing, and more.
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78,000 public service workers get student loans canceled by Biden administration
Through improvements to the public service Loan Forgiveness Program, the Biden administration has canceled loans for more than 871,000 public service workers.
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IVF patients urge NC Republicans to protect them from ‘political intrusions’
In the wake of an Alabama court ruling that threatens fertility treatments, a group of North Carolina mothers and doctors warn that any restrictions on the process would mean fewer moms having babies in North Carolina.
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Opinion: Donald Trump’s corruption hurts all of us
Whether it’s a small cabinet-building business, a retired schoolteacher, or the American taxpayer, Donald Trump’s long history of corruption has caused no shortage of damage, writes Chris Edelson.
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Biden just signed the largest executive order focused on women’s health
From maternal health to menopause, government agencies will study the health issues that emerge across a woman’s lifespan.
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Inside ‘the culture war’: An ideological battle on college campuses
Following conservative commentator Candace Owens’ March 6 visit to UNC, student journalists dig into how college campuses tackle the “culture wars.”
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VIDEO: TV Host Highlights Mark Robinson’s History of Offensive Comments
Mark Robinson won North Carolina’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday. Robinson has a history of making offensive and extreme statements — watch as MSNBC host Rachel Maddow shares just some of Robinson’s past remarks. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cardinal & Pine (@cardinalandpine)
