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New NC program will help small businesses offer employee health insurance

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Starting this month, small businesses in North Carolina will have a new option to provide health insurance to their employees. The Carolina HealthWorks program launched this week following a change the legislature made to insurance regulations last year.

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More than 2,500 children have lost their Head Start programs in the state amid the shutdown so far.

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One year after Hurricane Helene, a North Carolina community college is still navigating its role not just in education, but in recovery.
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Many voters say they are concerned about too-rapid development in major cities as they cast votes in council races across NC in 2025.
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In a historic vote, Mecklenburg transit and transportation sales tax wins approval

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Mecklenburg County voters on Tuesday voted yes on an increase in the sales tax to fund a nearly $20 billion transportation plan that area leaders have spent more than five years working to win approval for.
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The Raleigh-based rapper and Kooley High member Tab One embraces the art of running on his latest record.
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AG Jeff Jackson on partial SNAP payments: 'A good legal outcome, but a bad overall situation'

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In an interview with WFAE, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson weighs in on recent court rulings ordering the Trump administration to resume SNAP benefits during the federal shutdown — and what the decisions mean for families who rely on the program.

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About 100,000 Wake County residents receive SNAP and WIC nutrition benefits.
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For the first time in years, more child care programs in North Carolina closed than opened this August.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer 50% of typical benefits in November using a reserve fund. North Carolina was one of the states that sued to require it to use that money amid federal shutdown.

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