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North Carolina Running Out Of Room To Borrow For Road Projects
By Andrew DunnCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — North Carolina may run out of room to borrow money for transportation projects in just a few years, according to a new…
COVID-19 Cases Declining Rapidly In Long-Term Care Settings
Many Facilities Can Resume Visitation RALEIGH – New COVID-19 cases in North Carolina long-term care facilities have declined rapidly in the last several weeks. Case rates are down over 15-fold…
NCDHHS Updates Guidance For K-12 Schools, Instructs Schools To Open For In-Person Instruction
Continued research shows mitigation measures allow safe in-person learning, low transmission among students and teachers RALEIGH – K-12 schools are expected to open for in-person instruction for K-12 students following…
Senate To Try Again To Override Veto Of School-Reopening Bill
By Andrew DunnCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — After coming up one vote short in its first effort to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill to reopen schools,…
Gov. Cooper Announces Frontline Essential Workers Eligible For Vaccination Beginning March 3rd
RALEIGH – Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. announced that additional frontline essential workers in Group 3 will…
Regional Principals Of The Year Named; 8 Now Vie For State Title
Eight outstanding public school principals have been selected as regional Wells Fargo North Carolina Principals of the Year and will now compete for the state title of 2021 Wells Fargo…
Republican Effort To Overturn Veto On Reopening Schools Falls Short
By John TrumpCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — The N.C. General Assembly on Monday, March 1, tried but failed — by one vote, 29-20 — to override the governor’s veto…
Lawmakers Push Bills To Free Counties From COVID Restrictions
By Andrew DunnCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Lawmakers in the General Assembly have filed a series of bills that would exempt counties they represent from some or all of…
Reduce Health Cost, Not Just Price
By John Hood Too many North Carolinians lack access to the medical services they need. One possible response, as we have heard incessantly for more than a decade, would be…
Mental Health Advocates Support Return Of Full-Time Classroom Instruction
By Dallas Woodhouse Carolina Journal News Service Mental health experts who are also parents with students in Wake County Public Schools are sounding an alarm over a rising mental health crisis…
Advisory Committee Says North Carolina Should Put More Toward Pensions
By Johnny Kampis Carolina Journal News Service North Carolina’s Debt Affordability Advisory Committee says the state should set aside $100 million a year to help the state pension systems remain solvent.…
NC Top In The Nation For Vaccinating People 65 And Older
Kaiser Family Foundation ranks North Carolina as first in the nation for vaccinating the largest share of its 65 and older population at 49%. This rate does not include those in…
