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Health insurance costs are set to rise in 2026 for many North Carolinians, after Congress decided not to vote on extending Affordable Care Act insurance tax credits, which were cut in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and expire at the end of the year.

Nearly 1 million in NC to see health premiums skyrocket in 2026

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Health insurance costs are set to rise in 2026 for many North Carolinians, after Congress decided not to vote on extending Affordable Care Act insurance tax credits, which were cut in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and expire at the end of the year.
Scrap metal recycling facility, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.

Report: Trash not a throw-away problem for NC, US

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A new report looks through America's trash – and the results aren't pretty.
In 2022, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services officials said Madison and three other mountain counties needed 67 more acute care hospital beds.

A North Carolina hospital was slated to open in 2025. Mired in bureaucracy, it’s still a dirt field.

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Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people.
Spraying herbicide from the nozzle to Para Grass weeds

Report: Pesticide banned in 70+ countries widely used in NC

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A new analysis showed the harmful life cycle from production to application of a widely used pesticide in North Carolina.