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MATT RAMEY
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A state commission has for months been drafting a plan to overhaul how all North Carolina teachers are licensed and paid, but that plan has faced pushback from some educators. Now state education officials want to test it in a pilot project.
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Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe Senate has approved a measure meant to avert a railroad strike in eight days — without the paid sick days rail workers have been asking for. -
Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe court's action means the rollout of debt cancellation will remain blocked until justices hear arguments about the program in February.
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The North Carolina Department of Commerce is out with economic distress rankings for all 100 counties. -
Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, executive director of the Campaign for Southern Equality, talks about the U.S. Senate's passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.
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An emergency shelter has reached its limit of available space for people with nowhere to stay during freezing temperatures.
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North Carolina government is appealing a judge's order that demands by certain dates many more community services for people with intellectual and development disabilities who otherwise live at institutions.
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An airplane departing from Raleigh-Durham International Airport returned to the airport shortly after takeoff when the flight crew reported striking a coyote on the runway.
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The legislation being implemented starting on Thursday creates new felony crimes for setting fire to a prison, an occupied commercial structure and an unoccupied commercial structure. Another law orders more serious felonies for high-priced organized thefts at retailers.
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Among the results certified Tuesday were the election of Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd to the U.S. Senate and all 14 of the state’s U.S. House races. The board's executive director says county and state audits substantiated the accuracy of the count.
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The Senate Republican Caucus on Monday elected Sen. Paul Newton of Cabarrus County to the post. Newton succeeds Sen. Kathy Harrington, who didn't seek reelection this fall to her Gaston County seat. The caucus also agreed to nominate Phil Berger to a seventh term as president pro tempore when the session convenes in January.
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The landscape of a post-Roe world is still taking shape. There are many questions lingering about access to reproductive healthcare, as well as personal information and online privacy. On this episode of The Politics Podcast Matt Perault, Director of the Center on Technology Policy at UNC Chapel Hill, details some of the policy inconsistencies and forecasts what could happen next.
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Anita has not lived with her parents since leaving for college. But during the pandemic, many Millennials and Gen Zers returned home. For some of them, especially those with unpartnered parents, this meant new and unexpected insights into their parents’ love lives. Anita shares an episode of the podcast “Dating While Gray” that features conversations between parents and their adult kids about the ongoing search for a happily ever after. Adult children of single parents … are they a source of emotional support and strength, or a disruptive influence in finding a “happily ever after”? We explore with guests including the millennial daughter of our ever-so-curious host. After two divorces, Gia’s on the fence about getting back out there. Daughter Lauryn aims to help by sharing ideas and resources, including this podcast. Then there’s gray dater Laura, whose partner seems less than enthusiastic about moving their relationship along. Are his grown kids the reason, or an excuse? Finally, DWG host Laura Stassi and her daughter compare notes on living together while exploring individual romantic pursuits. (How did that no-sleepovers pact turn out?) Read the transcript Follow Embodied on Twitter and Instagram
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Whether it’s criminals disguised as ardent online suitors or players who mix love bombing and gaslighting, deceptive people can damage our trust and sense of stability … not to mention our finances. So when it comes to the search for romance, can we keep the faith while circumventing the deceivers?
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Just in time for the breakup season, aka Turkey Drop, Laura shares an encore episode from WUNC’s podcast Embodied. Host Anita Rao is joined by “Love Letters” advice columnist Meredith Goldstein and Slate advice columnist Stacia Brown. They dish out advice on topics including navigating social media after a romance ends, and what to do with physical reminders. (Ask Laura, who burned her wedding dress after splitting, for her hot take on this.)
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