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[ ![Audit: Program hasn’t investigated nearly 8 in 10 landfills](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/4b94aab874.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/audit-program-hasnt-investigated-nearly-8-in-10-landfills)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – An environmental oversight program in North Carolina created in 2007 hasn’t investigated nearly 8 in 10 landfills, a state audit says, and 80% of those sites are within

 

 

 

 

[ ![McMahon: Eliminate the boggle of bureaucracy, serve students](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/6564ba9df0.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/mcmahon-eliminate-the-boggle-of-bureaucracy-serve-students)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Linda McMahon, secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, on Tuesday spoke about education to a private audience in her native North Carolina hometown.

 

 

 

 

[ ![House leadership vows override on homelessness legislation](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/37d1c861a4.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/house-leadership-vows-override-on-homelessness-legislation)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Vetoed legislation involving homelessness will be vetoed, says a statement from the speaker of the House of Representatives in North Carolina.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Greensboro owner pleads guilty to $1.7M in Medicaid fraud](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/d721e2aa44.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/greensboro-owner-pleads-guilty-to-1-7m-in-medicaid-fraud)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Medicaid reimbursed a North Carolina business $1.7 million prosecutors say is fraudulent and has led to a guilty plea in federal court.

 

 

 

 

 

[ ![Election 2026: Cooper steps away from responsibility of historic prison release](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/570ed8c943.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/election-2026-cooper-steps-away-from-responsibility-of-historic-prison-release)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper, whose name was on a lawsuit against the NAACP that ended in 2021, on Monday took a clear step away from responsibility for

 

 

 

 

[ ![Blue Cross NC awarded 2 State Health Plan contracts](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/0baf768143.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/blue-cross-nc-awarded-2-state-health-plan-contracts)

 By Theresa Opeka | Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – Third-party administrator and pharmacy benefit manager contracts have been awarded to to Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina effective January 2028.

 

 

 

 

[ ![State board questions voucher reinvestment, new diversity law](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/6c86054993.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/state-board-questions-voucher-reinvestment-new-diversity-law)

 By David N. Bass | Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – North Carolina’s education leaders spent their first meeting since the state budget became law questioning how two of the Legislature’s highest-profile education moves will work in practice.