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North Carolina tightly regulates health services and caps the number of licensed acute care beds in a county or service area. N.C. Department of Health and Human Services regulates health services through the Division of Health Service Regulation.
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The authority wants to pay for renovations by using $300 million in hotel tax revenue.
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The Memory Care Kit program allows caretakers to have interactive conversations with those living with dementia.
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County Commissioners approved hiring 74 new staff positions in the Health and Human Services Department to process additional applications.
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The report from Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman released on Wednesday says a review of evidence fails to show it was inappropriate for the Raleigh officers to use physical force to take 32-year-old Darryl Tyree Williams into custody on Jan. 17.
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75 vouchers will be available to all Raleigh residents. They will receive a $500 voucher, good for the purchase of a new e-bike. Another 75 will be reserved for people with low incomes.
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Other cities around the country—including Denver, Austin, and Burlington, Vermont, have launched similar voucher programs.
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After approving funding for joining the multi-state collective known by acronym ERIC, Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly want to prohibit the state from joining the organization
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State funding for school employee salaries hasn’t kept up with the cost of living in cities. Wake County Schools is struggling to keep employees, and that puts pressure on the county commission to raise local taxes.
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State lawmakers want to crack down on websites that publish mugshots and make people pay to have their photos removed.