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Tag: Columbus County

legislative building in Raleigh where lawmakers create policy around Medicaid and other health issues
Posted inState Health Policy

2019 Health & Human Services Budget – House & Senate

by Rose Hoban June 24, 2019April 13, 2021
shows a lake with pilings sticking up from the water. It's a lake contaminated with coal ash.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Samples suggest unreported coal ash spills

by Coastal Review Online June 4, 2019June 4, 2019
shows the front of the legislative building in Raleigh, general assembly, where the state budget gets approved
Posted inState Health Policy

State senators unveil their budget, negotiations can begin

by Taylor Knopf May 29, 2019
shows an auditorium with a capacity crowd filling the seats
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Proposed changes in hog farm permit rankle farmers, leave environmentalists calling for more

by Greg Barnes February 21, 2019February 20, 2019
we see the back of a man and the back of a woman, standing in front of a panel of other people sitting at a long desk. There's a video screen where there's a presentation, but it's too blown out to see what's on the screen
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Science Board Gives Final OK to GenX Report, Leaves Health Goal Unchanged

by Greg Barnes October 23, 2018September 6, 2022
A municipal drinking water plant. Unlike at a private well, water is treated for bactria and for chemicals such as 1.4 dioxane at a central location, then pumped through pipes to residents. This can symbolize 1,4 dioxane contamination and clean water.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Florence Adds to Woes of Struggling Water and Sewer Systems

by Carolina Public Press October 10, 2018September 16, 2022

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