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The first 100 affordable apartments are leasing up now, with tenants moving in over the summer.
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On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, WHQR's Ben Schachtman sat down with Curt Farrison, president of Chapter 885 of the Vietnam Veterans of America, to talk about coming home from war, understanding and managing PTSD, and what the country could do better for men and women who have worn a uniform.
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National News
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- Local governments scramble to replace federal disaster funding
- Supreme Court seems poised to require state-funded charter schools to include religious schools
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- The FBI and other agencies are using polygraphs to find leakers. But do they work?
- Trump fires Biden appointees, including Doug Emhoff, from the Holocaust Museum board
State News
- Can you fish for flounder or red snapper in NC? Lawmakers may intervene this year
- House passes bill that would give NC Treasurer the option to invest some retirement funds in crypto
- NC House votes to ban DEI policies, programs in state government
- Slower drivers would have to move over on highways under NC House bill
- Despite changes, State Employees Association still concerned about Auditor's Office legislation
- UNC Charlotte student visas restored, school confirms
- NC House passes bill to mandate expanded sheriff cooperation with ICE
- Enrollment forecasts suggest shrinking share of NC students will be in public schools
- Universities pause student programs, opportunities amid federal grant cancellations
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