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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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House votes to rein in governor’s powers during pandemic
Matthew Burns, WRAL – The House voted along party lines Wednesday to limit a governor’s power to enact the far-reaching shutdown orders Gov. Roy Cooper has put in place over …
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Cashwell named by Cooper as NC administration secretary
AP – Pamela Cashwell, a veteran North Carolina state agency administrator and former federal prosecutor, was appointed on Wednesday by Gov. Roy Cooper as the Department of Administration secretary.
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Proposed NC bill would ban ‘censorship’ by social media sites
Laura Leslie, WRAL – A draft bill circulating among Senate Republicans would allow lawsuits against social media platforms for “censoring” political or religious speech. Legal experts say it clearly violates …
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