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Opinion: Climate change harms patients’ health. Kamala Harris has a plan to help.

These two campaigns have vast differences in their policies to address climate change, and I believe the Harris-Walz campaign is taking steps to address our climate crisis in ways that will benefit North Carolina. Vice President Harris was the deciding vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, which included the largest investment to combat climate change in American history.

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Josh Stein: Bringing about the end of the fentanyl crisis in our lifetime

We’re making progress, but the work is far from over. Every life lost to fentanyl is one too many. The fentanyl crisis doesn’t have one simple cause – nor does it have one silver bullet solution. That’s why I’m using every tool in my arsenal to tackle it. As Governor, I will keep working across the aisle to pursue common-sense solutions to the fentanyl crisis.

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FILE - President Donald Trump pumps his fist after speaking in the East Room of the White House, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Washington. Trump is already laying a sweeping set of policy goals should he win a second term as president. Priorities on the Republican's agenda include a mass deportation operation, a new Muslim ban and tariffs on all imported goods. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump’s tariff and tax plan would raise taxes on 95% of Americans, report finds

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In response to the report, the Harris-Walz campaign released an analysis of its own, outlining how Trump’s agenda would raise costs for over 4.4 million North Carolina households by an average of $3,954 per year. 
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Political grudges, conspiracy theories could undermine disaster relief under Trump

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Donald Trump’s history of punishing disloyalty and Republicans’ amplification of conspiracy theories could undermine disaster relief efforts if Trump is elected to a second term in the White House.
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New report: estimated 134 rape-induced pregnancies happened daily in Trump abortion-ban states

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A new analysis by the Center for American Progress Action shows the devastating day-to-day reality of state abortion bans. 
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Hurricane Helene will not hamper early voting, election officials say

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Nearly all the scheduled early voting sites will open in the worst hit areas of western North Carolina, Board of Elections executive director Karen Brinson Bell said on Tuesday. "The people of western North Carolina will vote."
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NC man is arrested for threatening FEMA officials after Trump spent weeks lying about them

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William Jacob Parsons, 44, of Bostic, N.C., was arrested on Saturday armed with an assault rifle and a handgun soon after being overheard threatening to hurt FEMA officials. Trump has frequently accused federal officials of conspiracies tied to Helene.