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97.9 The Hill's Brighton McConnell shares several news stories from around the region and state on Friday, October 22.

Spirit and intention The Associated Press article “Appeals court refuses to reinstate abortion ban” (June 17) stated that a fetus is unviable at 20 weeks. That is medically questionable. The Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade defined viability as the point at which a fetus could survive outside the womb. In 1973 when that decision was made, viability was 28 weeks. To be on the safe side, the court set viability at 24 weeks and came up with the trimester scheme. Now, 48 years later with medical advancements, babies are surviving outside the womb at 22 weeks. According to the spirit and int...

The Senate budget proposal unveiled this week contains a shocking admission: Senate leaders are content to violate their oath to uphold the North Carolina Constitution, denying full citizenship to the

A new interactive tool from the Every Child NC Coalition calculates the impact that the state’s Leandro Comprehensive Remedial Plan would have on state funding for every school district. The tool distills the 57-page Leandro Plan into something that is tangible and readily understandable for advocates and policymakers. The Leandro Plan proposes to make changes to 16 of the allotments by which the state sends funding to school districts. In some instances, the Plan would simply change the amount of state spending. In other instances, the Plan would amend the formula itself. The impact of tho...