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In today’s news: Tar Heel legend Eric Montross confronts a cancer diagnosis; Gov. Roy Cooper gets set to sign Medicaid expansion into law but also vetoes a gun bill; Chapel Hill officials weigh a development proposal that would displace some popular existing businesses; unemployment drops in North Carolina; State Treasurer Dale Folwell runs for governor; more positive lead tests on UNC’s campus; Tar Heel marching band members want to be paid – and in basketball, UNC’s Will Shaver hits the transfer portal but RJ Davis says he’s coming back for another year.

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