In today’s news: local officials break ground on Homestead Gardens, a new affordable housing development in Chapel Hill. Also: a mental-health crisis ends sadly in Pittsboro; U.S. House Rep. Valerie Foushee says dysfunction in Congress leaves her “furious” every day; and in sports, UNC women’s basketball star Lanie Grant announces she’s hitting the transfer portal after a successful sophomore season.

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