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19398
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Governor Pat McCrory released his 344 page budget mid-March which denied expansion of Medicaid coverage to state residents. The expansion funded by the federal Affordable Care Act would have helped 500,000 citizens backed by $521 million in federal funding. To counter this the governor approved $755 million in state funds for Medicaid but health care experts believe this is just a stop-gap measure without addressing core problems in the Medicaid system.
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Following the Charleston shootings in June of 2015, many Southern cities and towns elected to remove symbols of the Confederacy from public buildings. Hillsborough, North Carolina removed the words “Confederate memorial” from a town museum in July 2015, and sparked a debate among citizens. As a result, the town’s Board of Commissioners elections became a single-issue debate about whether to protect Hillsborough’s Confederate legacy or not.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 43, October 2015,
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The ArtsCenter in Carrboro hopes to move to a new downtown location, partnering with children's museum KidZu to split costs.
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Support for fracking, the controversial technique to drill for natural gas, continues to gain support from the state's Republican senators, specifically Bob Rucho and Mitch Gillespie. Environmentalists and Democrats oppose hydraulic fracking because of potential negative effects of pumping chemicals into the ground. Proponents argue drilling will boost the economy and create jobs.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 18, May 2012,
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Property owners in the southwest corner of the state are affected by an unsettled boundary dispute between North and South Carolina which stems from a 278 year old mapping error. A 15-year dispute between 125 affected property owners and both states may soon reach a resolution with a new Joint Boundary Commission formed to resolve the problem.
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Chapel Hill councilwoman Penny Rich will resign in late November or early December leaving just two women representing Chapel Hill. The position will officially open in January 2013 and two individuals have already expressed interest; George Cianciolo, a Duke University associate research professor; and Maria Plame, a former teacher and state Board of Education member.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 41, Oct 2012,
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Omar Currie, a third-grade teacher at Efland-Cheeks Elementary School in Orange County, was accused of promoting homosexuality in the school after reading the book King & King to his students to discourage bullying. This action sparked a controversy in Orange County and Currie is questioning his future with the school system.
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23243
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While many cities wait for Google Fiber, Wilson already launched its own municipal broadband, which is becoming a popular public model for other cities.
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Parents of children attending Carrboro elementary schools are concerned about a proposed redistricting strategy for Chapel Hill-Carrboro city schools. Michelle Brownstein, the chairwoman for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, says that board members will be discussing several options including opening a new magnet school in Chapel Hill or redistricting and moving hundreds of students in either the fall of 2014 or 2015.
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Fracking cannot officially begin in the state for 18 months, but that has not stopped a Texas company from preliminary testing. Tar Heel Triassic Resources Inc. plans to run tests in Lee County to determine \"orientation, structure and depth\" of the state's Triassic basin. The company hopes to perform three-dimensional testing, a procedure which does not require permits through the state's Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
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Marty Rosenbluth has been awarded a Citizen Award by IndyWeek. Rosenbluth is a lawyer who works pro bono for North Carolina’s undocumented residents through his nonprofit, the NC Immigrant’s Rights Project. Rosenbluth is committed to fighting civil rights violations and his work is crucial to the undocumented community who often lack representation.
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The development of Chatham Park near Pittsboro is now in doubt. A consulting firm agreed with citizen concerns that the project included insufficient open space, unclear development plans, and major problems with infrastructure. Town leaders are expected to allow Preston Development time to review and revise their plans after reviewing the consultants’ report.
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Duke Energy has contracted with Green Meadow LLC to take possession of its coal ash. If the ash contaminates the environment at its new dump sites, Green Meadow LLC would be responsible for the mess, not Duke. If Green Meadow LLC cannot pay the fines, then the state and local residents will be responsible for cleaning up the mess. Residents of Moncure, NC, Chatham County, and Lee County are all concerned with the ethics of the deal and the site of the ash dump. The details of the proposed plan and its effects are discussed in-depth.
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Monica Byrne is a Durham native and aspiring novelist and playwright. Her first novel The Girl in the Road was signed by Crown Publishing. Following this success, her play What Every Girl Should Know will premiere at the New York International Fringe Festival.
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Chatham County nonprofit Cross Disability Services is working with the innovative idea of building small homes for homeless people with mental illness or other disabilities. These homes bring the possibility of affordable housing to some of Chatham County's neediest.
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