Medical marijuana backers renew push in NC as more states legalize weed
Adam Owens, WRAL – With more states legalizing marijuana, advocates are renewing the push to allow medical marijuana in North Carolina. Sixteen states have approved recreational use of marijuana – New …
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Summer school, reading improvement bills pass NC legislature
Gary Robertson, AP – The North Carolina General Assembly finalized on Thursday a pair of public education measures designed to get more intensive help to children learning to read and …
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Company fined $200K over water treatment problems
AP — North Carolina regulators have fined a company nearly $200,000 over problems with water treatment systems designed to stop contaminated wastewater from reaching the Cape Fear River, the primary …
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Conservatives have formed an alternative to NCAE. Will NC teachers be interested?
T. Keung Hui, News & Observer – Conservative activists have formed a new statewide teachers association that they want to become an alternative to the North Carolina Association of Educators. …
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Retooling of NC student literacy efforts on fast track
AP — An overhaul of North Carolina’s efforts to improve reading proficiency for early-grade students in the public schools is advancing quickly through the legislature, clearing the Senate on Wednesday …
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NC bill would halt abortions on basis of race, Down syndrome
AP – North Carolina Republicans are looking to restrict abortions further in the state, filing a bill this week to prohibit the procedure if the pregnant woman is seeking it …
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N.C. House advances bill to keep youngest kids out of court
AP — North Carolina House members advanced a bill Wednesday that would prevent kids under 10 in trouble with the law from having to go before a judge and participate …
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GOP lawmakers: Absentee ballots received after Election Day shouldn’t count
Matthew Burns, WRAL – Saying Election Day has to mean something, Republican senators pressed Wednesday for legislation that would put new deadlines on absentee voting, including not counting any mail-in …
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