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

March 8, 2017 by Rose Hoban

Effort to Ease Teen Driver’s License Rules Hits Red Light - North Carolina Health News

A bill that would allow teens to drive solo after dark to attend church functions is reconsidered in committee.

By Rose Hoban It seemed like a good idea: Teens, who are restricted from driving after dark under North Carolina’s graduated driver’s license system would be able to drive to and from evening classes under a bill proposed by Charlotte Sen. Dan Bishop (R). Then, during a meeting of a senate judiciary committee, Bishop entertained […]

More N.C. Kids Die Before Reaching 17

November 16, 2016 by Rose Hoban

More N.C. Kids Die Before Reaching 17 - North Carolina Health News

For the second year running, North Carolina’s child mortality rate crept upwards. By Rose Hoban Another measurement of child well-being in North Carolina slipped in 2015. The rate of child deaths, encompassing mortality for all children from birth to age 17, ticked upwards to 58.3 per 100,000 children, up from an all-time low in 2013. […]

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Critics Fault New Highway Law for Concessions to Trucking Industry

January 5, 2016 by Editor

Critics Fault New Highway Law for Concessions to Trucking Industry - North Carolina Health News

A story published in N.C. Health News in October looked at pending Congressional legislation over trucking rules. Now that bill has been signed into law, but safety advocates say there are big problems. By Brian Joseph Fair Warning A $305 billion highway bill approved by Congress and signed by President Obama in December includes several […]

Heavy-Spending Trucking Industry Pushes Congress to Relax Safety Rules

October 30, 2015 by Editor

Heavy-Spending Trucking Industry Pushes Congress to Relax Safety Rules - North Carolina Health News

An investigation finds trucking-industry influence could be endangering the health of the driving public. By Brian Joseph FairWarning Big rig crashes kill nearly 4,000 Americans each year and injure more than 85,000. Since 2009, fatalities involving large trucks have increased 17 percent. Injuries have gone up 28 percent. Given these numbers, you might expect Congress […]

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Driver’s Ed Funds Eliminated in Senate Budget

June 18, 2015 by Editor

Driver’s Ed Funds Eliminated in Senate Budget - North Carolina Health News

By Rachel Herzog Updated June 21, 2015 North Carolina teens could end up hitting the road with less driving knowledge under their seat belts, due to an amendment in the Senate budget. On Tuesday, Sen. Ralph Hise (R-Spruce Pine) proposed a repeal to the requirement that North Carolina teens attend a driver’s education program that […]

Child Fatality Task Force Preps for Upcoming Legislative Session

August 29, 2012 by Rose Hoban

Child Fatality Task Force Preps for Upcoming Legislative Session - North Carolina Health News

By Rose Hoban Thousands of North Carolina children have lived to adulthood over the past two decades, in part because of the work of an little known legislative group, the Child Fatality Task Force. In 1991, when the group convened, North Carolina had the highest infant mortality rate of any state in the country. Now […]

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