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• From Managing Editor Frank Taylor
  Email 6/12/2021
  Based on a tip in 2016, we reported on an Asheville company housing adults with mental health issues that announced its contempt for its clientele in its name: “Nutz R Us.” We began asking more questions. From this tip and initial reporting evolved our July 2017 series “Questionable Care,” examining the state’s oversight of adult care homes. . . .
• Patchwork protection - Inconsistency and inequity in child welfare policies across North Carolina.
  North Carolina is one of few states whose child protective services are run locally with limited state oversight. Funding and pay levels vary widely, as does implementation of policies. Some counties remove children from families at several times the statewide rate, while other are counties remove children at less than half the rate statewide. Patchwork Protection is a four-part investigative series exploring these issues, being published serially in June 2021.
• The Kicker, Show 23 | Ensuring ballot machine integrity