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Inadequate oversight: Lack of inspectors leaves some nursing home complaints unaddressed for months

In April 2021, Tom Benoit was so upset about his wife’s care in a New Hanover County nursing home that he called the state to file a formal complaint.  His wife, who was unable to walk on her own, often waited more than an hour for someone to respond to her call light when she needed to use the bathroom. She was rarely bathed. Staff members failed to administer her medications on time, Benoit alleged. 

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A celebration of freedom

Two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation there remained enslaved people in the United States. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay. The Army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state were free by executive decree.

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