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House Budget Eliminates Child Fatality Task Force – UPDATED

Update June 7, 2013: Lawmakers amended the budget bill Friday afternoon to reinstate the Child Fatality Task Force until July 2014. Legislators decided to study the effectiveness of the task force for a year. The amendment was offered by Rep. Jim Fulghum (R-Raleigh), a retired neurosurgeon. “Most of our task forces have a deadline,” said […]