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

Legislators Slog Through Hundreds Of Bills During Crossover Week

by Rose Hoban May 3, 2017May 9, 2017

By Rose Hoban Crossover is the deadline by which legislators must get policy-focused bills passed through one chamber of the General Assembly, lest it die for the rest of the biennium. This year, the crossover deadline was midnight on April 27, which made for many late nights last week on Jones St. This year’s session […]

photo shows the madison county courthouse, an old brick building with tall white columns and a gazebo on top
Posted inRural Health

Opioids to Heroin to Hepatitis C in Western NC

by Taylor Knopf April 20, 2017April 19, 2017
close up shot of someone injecting heroin into an arm
Posted inSubstance Use

Report: Fentanyl Overdoses Jumped in 2016

by Rose Hoban April 19, 2017April 19, 2017
table with rubber gloves, syringes, testing equipment, pamphlets
Posted inSubstance Use

Needle Exchanges Serve Wide Constituency

by Taylor Knopf March 31, 2017April 15, 2021
House Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Sarah Stevens (R- Mt. Airy ) speaks at the opening of the 2017 legislative session.
Posted inState Health Policy

Beyond Medicaid, Lawmakers Have Lots of Health Care Priorities

by Rose Hoban January 12, 2017January 17, 2017
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

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