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New N.C. House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, takes questions from reporters after the House's opening day session on Jan. 8, 2025.
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The state House’s budget bill would delay scheduled income tax cuts while giving state employees and teachers larger raises than the Senate is proposing.

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A solitary confinement cell at Central Prison in Raleigh. People held in solitary, also known as restrictive housing often spend 22 to 24 hours alone in a cell about the size of a parking space. Since 2016, a total of 81 people have died by suicide in North Carolina prisons. Nearly 60 percent have occurred in restrictive housing.
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North Carolina Health News reporter Rachel Crumpler talks with co-host Jeff Tiberii about last year's increase in deaths by suicide in NC prisons.
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An illustration of a pregnant person with dark skin and shoulder-length hair, standing with hands on their lower back, looking at a swirling, surreal background. The background includes elements of land, sea, sky and space, representing various natural forces: ocean waves and rain on the left, fire and stars on the right. The person appears contemplative or burdened. At the top, the word "Embodied" is written in bold red-orange letters.
Charnel Hunter
A scholar examining the intersection of climate anxiety, reproductive justice and race shares her research on how emotions about climate change are impacting folks’ plans to have kids.
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