Note: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. NEW HANOVER COUNTY — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein will not object to Novant Health’s $1.5 billion purchase of the publicly owned New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After a three-month legally required review of the proposed asset purchase agreement and the addition of certain new negotiated conditions, Stein announced Thursday the parties have agreed to increase the transparency of the endowment bestowed with $1.25 billion in sale proceeds. The endowment’s “representativeness” and independence of its board of directors has also been improved, according to Stein’s announcement.