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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: State should let hospitals compete

RALEIGH — By restricting competition among hospitals and other medical providers, North Carolina keeps the cost of health ...

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COLUMN: Get your Social Security benefit statement (SSA-1099 / SSA-1042S)

By Lisa Wallace Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in North Carolina We’ve made getting your annual Benefit Statement ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Should felons be able to vote?

RALEIGH — Do you think felons should lose their right to vote? If so, do you think they ...

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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: God moves unpredictably

When I moved to North Carolina back in the 1980s, people told me about the March that it ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: He made me famous

The man who made me briefly famous died last week. Tom Clark was 93. Dr. Clark taught me ...

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: How deep is our economic divide?

The term “economic divide” is commonly used today. It can refer to several aspects in our economy, such ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Why we talk this way

“Prove it.” One of this column’s readers challenged me to back up my recent assertion that characteristics of ...

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SOCIAL SECURITY COLUMN: Not ready to retire? You can still apply for Medicare online

By Lisa Wallace Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in North Carolina Did you know that you can apply ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Exit polls offer useful insights

Every two years, exit pollsters attempt to survey voters who’ve just cast ballots. They post interviewers at hundreds ...

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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Getting ready for the storm

If you read my columns regularly, you know that I had a busy week last week keeping an ...

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