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PRE morning news brief

PRE News & Ideas | By Ryan Shaffer
Published May 2, 2023 at 8:02 AM EDT

N.C. House looks to regulate food delivery apps, state senate pass higher punishments for distributing obscene materials to minors, elections board edits voter registration applications after a state Supreme Court Ruling, the Carolina Hurricanes to face-off against the New Jersey Devils, and a look at whether our state will see more toll roads.
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Ryan Shaffer
Ryan is an Arkansas native and podcast junkie. He was first introduced to public radio during an internship with his hometown NPR station, KUAF. Ryan is a graduate of Tufts University in Somerville, Mass., where he studied political science and led the Tufts Daily, the nation’s smallest independent daily college newspaper. In his spare time, Ryan likes to embroider, attend musicals, and spend time with his fiancée.
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