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March 23, 2023

Month: March 2023

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Amazon cuts 9,000 more jobs, bringing 2023 total to 27,000

March 23, 2023 Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.  The job cuts would mark the second largest round […]

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After lawmakers intervene, student will get to play soccer  

March 23, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Richlands High School senior Caitlynn Guarino will get to play on her school’s soccer team after lawmakers intervened in the matter.  Guarino was originally denied the opportunity to play soccer after her coach […]

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With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

March 23, 2023 The Associated Press

State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year.  Imposing […]

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‘Little’ Washington becomes a culinary port of call 

March 23, 2023 Emmie Brooks

WASHINGTON — Located in quiet Beaufort County where the Tar River meets the Pamlico Sound, “Little” Washington is known as one of the state’s smallest but most charming coastal communities. In any season, a visit to […]

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Three Reps join ‘Problem Solvers Caucus’ in US House

March 23, 2023 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Three freshmen U.S. Reps. have joined the Problem Solvers Caucus in Congress.  Democrats Don Davis (NC-01) and Wiley Nickel (NC-13) and Republican Chuck Edwards (NC-11) officially joined the group, which now has over 60 […]

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Lawmakers request DEI training information from UNC System 

March 23, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The General Assembly’s Joint Legislative Commission on Government Operations has issued a letter to the UNC System related to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) training that may be taking place or are […]

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Slovakia, Poland agree to give Ukraine Soviet-era jets

March 23, 2023 Karel Janicek, Associated Press

PRAGUE — Slovakia’s government on Friday approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the second NATO member country to heed the Ukrainian government’s pleas for warplanes to […]

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Previously vetoed bills become law without governor’s signature

March 22, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper announced at the end of last week he had let two bills become law without his signature. The two bills in question are both measures he had vetoed during past legislative […]

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State lawmakers nearing final Medicaid expansion OK

March 22, 2023 Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

RALEIGH — An agreement to expand Medicaid in North Carolina neared final legislative approval Wednesday as the House agreed to a bipartisan plan to ease or eliminate regulations that block the opening of new hospital […]

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MATTHEWS: Another one to file under ‘journalists behaving badly’ 

March 22, 2023 Stacey Matthews

The higher you want to climb in politics, the more that gets dissected and written about you, down to the number of pets you have and how your great-great-great-great-great uncle once removed created quite a […]

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  • With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

    March 23, 2023
    State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year.  Imposing [...]
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  • Slovakia, Poland agree to give Ukraine Soviet-era jets
    March 23, 2023
  • Previously vetoed bills become law without governor’s signature
    March 22, 2023
  • State lawmakers nearing final Medicaid expansion OK
    March 22, 2023
  • MATTHEWS: Another one to file under ‘journalists behaving badly’ 
    March 22, 2023
  • Center for Safer Schools celebrates 10th anniversary 
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