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Category: Legal Interests
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By The Greensboro Chronicle Public Policy & Legal Affairs Desk For decades, North Carolina has occupied a complicated—and increasingly precarious—position in the national debate over firearm rights, criminal rehabilitation, and public safety. Nowhere is that tension more evident than in the state’s firearm restoration laws as they apply to residents with out-of-state felony convictions. At…
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January 26, 2026 🔧 Retail & Food Service McDonald’s (fast food) Starbucks (coffee / retail) Walmart (retail) Dollar Tree / Family Dollar (discount retail) Marshalls / TJ Maxx (department retail) CVS Health (pharmacy & retail) Chipotle & other fast-casual restaurants (varies by location) DoorDash / DashMart (gig / team roles) 🚚 Logistics, Delivery & Warehouse Amazon (warehousing…
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January 26, 2026 By The Greensboro Chronicle Investigative Desk When Congress rushed trillions of dollars into the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, speed was prioritized over scrutiny. The result was predictable: unprecedented relief paired with unprecedented fraud. What has proven less predictable is how long some of these cases continue to surface—years after the checks…
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By The Greensboro Chronicle Investigative Desk Across North Carolina and beyond, law enforcement agencies are reporting a sharp increase in rental fraud schemes targeting apartment complexes, private landlords, and property management companies. At the center of many of these cases is a familiar pattern: false identities, forged financial documents, and the illegal misuse of credit-related…
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January 25, 2026 Lorene Hardy Investigative Journalist Executive Summary For Black Americans, fear of government medical or behavioral “experimentation” is not rooted in conspiracy—it is rooted in history. The Tuskegee Syphilis Study proved that unethical practices can exist for decades under official authority while remaining hidden from public scrutiny. Today, no publicly acknowledged federal study…
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Restoring What Was Denied: Hampton University, Land-Grant Status, and the Long Shadow of Segregation For more than a century, a decision rooted in segregation-era thinking quietly shaped higher education in Virginia: the federal government refused to recognize Hampton University as a land-grant institution, not because it failed to qualify—but because policymakers believed only one Black…
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For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing a sweeping structural overhaul of its health care system—one that could fundamentally reshape how veterans access care nationwide. The plan would reduce the VA’s regional Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) from 18 down to just five, while also eliminating…
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She asked for one day a month to work from home so she could manage a debilitating medical condition. Her supervisors said “absolutely not” and warned her not to ask again—or she’d be fired. So she sued the State of North Carolina without a lawyer. A federal court ruled her condition could qualify as a…
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