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The legislation moved $319 million to the state's Medicaid program and also provided critical funding for the state's prison system, DMV and State Bureau of Investigation.
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A massive sampling project is set for September to determine exactly how much petroleum is still trapped beneath the sand.
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Residents in the Winn Circle area have already filed petitions opposing the expansion, citing concerns over increased dust, noise, and the site's location in a flood hazard area.
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Among them is Kelly Emlinger, a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate and former Army medic who served twenty years and three combat deployments before facing a rare cancer diagnosis. While transitioning from medic to patient, Kelly found a new mission through the Wounded Warrior Project.
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Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced an $11 million settlement with drug distributor Mylan, resolving claims that the company used anti-competitive tactics to inflate the price of the life-saving allergy injectors.
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The University of North Carolina System has awarded nearly $6.5 million in state-funded grants for universities, education centers and rural hospitals to support new and ongoing rural healthcare workforce training programs.
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