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Tag: graduated drivers licenses

Posted inChildren's Health

Lawmakers debating changes to rules for young drivers

by Jennifer Fernandez April 5, 2023May 6, 2023

By Jennifer Fernandez Updated 7:57 p.m., May 6 Teens won’t have to wait as long to get their limited provisional license after Gov. Roy Cooper allowed a bill changing the state’s graduated driver’s license program to become law without his signature on Saturday. The new law, which passed with bipartisan support, has three components: On […]

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Effort to Ease Teen Driver’s License Rules Hits Red Light

by Rose Hoban March 8, 2017October 10, 2022
Kids sliding down a tube slide
Posted inChildren's Health, Featured, Health Inequities, Health Insurance, Public Health

More N.C. Kids Die Before Reaching 17

by Rose Hoban November 16, 2016December 20, 2016
A Senate proposal would allow heavy-duty vehicles, such as eighteen-wheelers, to idle indefinitely. Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force
Posted inPublic Health

Critics Fault New Highway Law for Concessions to Trucking Industry

by Editor January 5, 2016April 19, 2021
A Senate proposal would allow heavy-duty vehicles, such as eighteen-wheelers, to idle indefinitely. Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force
Posted inPublic Health

Heavy-Spending Trucking Industry Pushes Congress to Relax Safety Rules

by Editor October 30, 2015April 19, 2021
Image courtesy flickr creative commons, Harrison1978
Posted inChildren's Health, NC Health Briefs, State Health Policy

Driver’s Ed Funds Eliminated in Senate Budget

by Editor June 18, 2015June 21, 2015

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