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🌱 Meeting to Discuss Opioid Settlement $ + GalaxyCon Brings Thousands

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Happy DOGust First Raleigh!

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Here are the top five stories today in Raleigh:

  1. Wake County will be holding a meeting Tuesday to discuss how to spend its share of the national $26 billion opioid settlement. Last year, nearly 200 people died in Wake County as a result of overdoses. County leaders, healthcare workers and those experiencing addiction will discuss the best way to use the money. If you are interested in attending you can register here. The Tuesday public brainstorming session will be the first step of decision making that is expected to be finalized in September. (ThePulse)
  2. Thousands of people came out with costumes and props for GalaxyCon 2022. The four-day event ran from Thursday until Sunday, and hosted celebrities and vendors from all over. Shops were present for cosplayers to purchase costumes, wigs, props and more. Panel speakers hosted Q&As and more with those in attendance. City officials said they were thrilled to have the event return and bring economic impacts to Raleigh. (CBS17)
  3. Volunteers from Elevation Church spent their Saturday preparing thousands of meals with Rise Against Hunger. The church has set a goal to package 150,000 meals as part of "Love Week," a national effort to package a million meals nationwide. The packages will be distributed around the globe to those struggling with food supply issues. (abc11)
  4. Local home services company, Michael & Son, donated HVAC systems to two families during a Durham Bulls Game. The company surprised the two families on field during the Saturday game. Both families were nominated to receive the units by friends of families after struggling without heat and AC. One recipient is a single mother caring for her special needs child after the death of her husband, the other served in the military and was a former member of the Durham Negro League. (WRAL)
  5. Major NC News this week:
    1. Tens of thousands of people convicted of felonies who are not behind bars, can now register to vote following an appeals court ruling. (AP)
    2. Many North Carolina Republicans are now embracing the idea of Medicaid expansion in the state. (abc11)
    3. The North Carolina Supreme Court has granted a request by Common Cause to accelerate the redistricting proceedings before them. Oral arguments will be heard in early to mid-October. (WRAL)
    4. North Carolina Republican General Assembly leaders have gone to federal courts to try to have the state's 20-week abortion ban reinstated. (abc13)

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Tuesday in Raleigh:


From my notebook:

  • It's DOGust 1, the universal birthday for shelter dogs! The Fayetteville Animal Protection Society is in on the official celebration with The North Shore Animal League. Wake County also has a variety of shelters with sweet puppers looking for someone to celebrate their birthday. Since I'm biased to where I got my sweet floof from, I'm sharing this list of North Carolina Rescue Shelters, that includes 15 from Raleigh and more from surrounding areas.
  • Madhusudan Madhaven, 16, has become one of the youngest graduates in Wolfpack History, with a degree in applied mathmatics (NC State University Facebook)
  • A defender for the North Carolina Courage's National Women's Soccer League was forced to sit out after refusing to wear a gay pride jersey. Jaelene Daniels also refused a 2017 national team call-up because of a gay pride jersey. (CBS17)

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