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Good morning, readers.

North Carolina’s state health plan, which insures about 748,000 public employees, stopped covering gender-affirming care in mid-October following a Supreme Court decision. 

That was news to one Triangle resident, Jane, who was preapproved and scheduled for surgery just two weeks later. 

It’s a change that affects a small portion of state employees, but with an outsized effect on their mental health. State employees like Jane are left in limbo without access to care most medical associations recognize as medically necessary, Johanna F. Still writes for The Assembly.

“I deserve the same care as everyone else,” Jane said. “I don’t get to pick and choose whose care I think I should be able to pay for. Why do they do that to me?”

Read more below about North Carolina, and the nation, are moving away from supporting gender-affirming care and what it means for Jane and others.

—Sarah W.

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Got the Blues?

In the District 37 Democratic primary, three candidates are making the case to take on one of the only Republicans in Wake’s state House delegation, INDY’s Chloe Courtney Bohl reports.

Bills, Bills, Bills

Increases and inequities in property taxes are key issues in the race for three seats on the Orange County Board of Commissioners. NC Newsline reports on what the candidates have to say.

Dreams Held Fast

From the INDY archives: A timeline of Black history in the Triangle.

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LOCAL: The Durham Housing Authority has its third leader since December 2024, NC Newsline reports.

LOCAL: The Durham City Council approved a rezoning last night for a large mixed-use development near the Chapel Hill board. The proposal had drawn opposition from some neighbors, ABC11 reports.

LOCAL: Orange County’s district attorney says there’s no evidence Duke staffers were assaulted when UNC fans stormed the court during the Tar Heels’ recent victory, WRAL reports.

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