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According to the Congressional Budget Office, twenty-four million Americans will lose health insurance over the next decade. In North Carolina, individual-market premiums will rise over five-thousand dollars, the second highest increase in the country. Durham County provides a county-level map that compares subsidies and tax credits under the Affordable Care Act and the new American Health Care Act.
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Various Indy Week writers share a number of good and bad New Year’s resolutions to make for 2016. The resolutions are for personal health as well as for improving the Triangle Area community.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 52, December 2015,
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On June 9, Republicans proposed a change to the North Carolina constitution, called the Gun Rights Amendment. This would enable any U.S. citizen to carry a concealed weapon in the state without a license, permit, or safety course. North Carolina currently ranks twenty-first in the nation in gun deaths, but easy access to guns will mean even more gun deaths.
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In the wake of the June 26, 2015 Supreme Court decision that same-sex marriage is legal, a Wake County same-sex couple discusses what the ruling means for their future and the future of United States society.
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Residents from North Carolina and the United States at large wrote letters to future generations about the state of the environment today, their optimism for the success of the Paris Climate-Change Conference in December 2015, and their hope that future generations care for the earth.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 47, November 2015,
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Four North Carolina candidates in the 2016 election are profiled, discussing their perspectives of various issues. The candidates are Republican T. Greg Doucette, Durham activist Lamont Lily, Thomas Mills, and Gary Johnson. Although it is unlikely that they will win, each candidate has a critical message.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 42, Nov 2016,
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The Senate unveiled a new health care bill. The bill is a tax cut funded by taking money away from programs that provide health care to lower-income individuals, especially children and those with disabilities. An analysis predicts what would happen to North Carolina’s Medicaid recipients if the health care reform passes.
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Any nonprofit organization can rent out space in the North Carolina Governor’s Mansion. Next Wednesday, the liberal group Progress NC will host the Garden Party Against Hate inside Governor Pat McCrory’s house. The party is thrown in support of gender equality and will feature the Air Horn Orchestra.
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Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for President of the United States. Last week, U.S. Senator Richard Burr and Governor McCrory pledged to support the nominee. But not all Republicans are in favor of Trump.
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The North Carolina General Assembly does not require Raleigh contractors to pay employees living wages, nor will it raise minimum wage any time soon. Activists are pushing cities and employers to pay better than minimum wage.
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Advocates for medical marijuana regroup after a House Judiciary Committee denied House Bill 78, which would have allowed doctors to prescribe marijuana for medical purposes.
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This year, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival’s thematic program dives deep into the conniving, idealistic world of presidential campaigns. A number of films cover elections during the 1960s to 2000s, president scandals, assassinations, and the beginnings of epochal social change.
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The Triangle’s biggest stories of 2015 include the debate over Raleigh’s sidewalk-drinking restrictions, Governor McCrory’s prison scandal, bills against the environment and same-sex marriage, the Chapel Hill shootings, and affordable housing. On a positive note, Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez was forced out, Duke Basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski secured his 1,000th win and a national championship, and Raleigh acquired property for Dix Park.
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Earlier this year, a federal judge ruled that the legislature’s congressional district maps constituted an illegal racial gerrymander. So the legislature had to redraw the maps and reschedule the congressional primaries for June 7. Because of the time crunch between June and November, there will be no runoff.
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INDY’s Best of the Triangle 2017 is an annual comprehensive guide of all the best things and places in the area. The guide is based on the collective wisdom of INDY readers and their votes. The general categories presented are restaurants and bars, health and body, shops and services, local hangouts and organizations.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 21, June 2017,
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