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Affordable Care Act costs are about to skyrocket in North Carolina

Affordable Care Act premiums are about to soar in North Carolina

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With Republicans in D.C. blocking renewed Affordable Care Act subsidies, North Carolina is passing along steep rate hikes for health care coverage. 
How North Carolina is coping with the SNAP freeze

Here’s how people in North Carolina are coping with the SNAP freeze

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“My biggest worry is keeping food on the table for my children,” said one North Carolina parent of the SNAP freeze. “Parents like me are doing everything we can to survive, and sometimes it becomes a daily struggle.”
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Billy Ball Explains NC: PFAS and why some NC politicians might be making you sicker

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In a new "Billy Ball Explains NC," we take a look at PFAS—aka "forever chemicals—their spread across North Carolina, and their connection to the 2026 US Senate race.
The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding and cutting infection rates in the tiniest babies.

Medicaid funding shortfall shutters statewide program helping moms and babies

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The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding and cutting infection rates in the tiniest babies.
How the shutdown is impacting military families in North Carolina and beyond

How the shutdown is impacting military families in North Carolina and beyond

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The government shutdown has left military families in North Carolina and across the country wondering when the paychecks will stop.