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Greene County Animal Shelter faces a $7,000 penalty for issues like missing medication records, lack of clean water, and failure to treat animals. The Bertie County Animal Shelter was also fined just over $6,000 for problems such as failing to provide medical care, document animal intake and euthanasia, and not following required hold periods.
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A federal judge in Charlotte ruled that immigration officials violated a man’s due process rights when they detained him and ordered that he be given a bond hearing. -
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Twenty state legislators will likely win another term after no one filed to run against them in next year's election. All but one of the lawmakers running unopposed for re-election are Democrats who represent left-leaning districts. -
DEQ is providing money for North Carolina communities to mitigate future disasters
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