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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed three education bills on Friday to help address learning loss incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic and expand access to in-state tuition for military dependents whose parents were reassigned to another location. -
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis said Thursday he has undergone surgery for prostate cancer and looks forward to returning to his Senate duties soon.
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A bill being pitched in the North Carolina General Assembly would mean fans of the Atlantic Coast Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments could watch one day of action without calling in sick to work or school.
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Amtrak's 2035 vision plan would add at least 30 new routes across the country and add more trips to at least 20 existing routes.
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North Carolina Senate Democrats say they'll soon offer bills to expand access to voting. The Democrats announced on Thursday plans to file legislation that would make voter registration of eligible citizens automatic when they turn 18 and permit same-day registration on Election Day. They also want to make permanent a nine-day window in which absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day could be received and still count.
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North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday proposed a spending and borrowing spree by state government that he said is critical to fulfilling education, health care and infrastructure demands that were evident before the pandemic but have been exacerbated since.
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development and North Carolina regulator Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, picking up the pace for confirmations in President Joe Biden's Cabinet.
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders announced compromise legislation Wednesday that will mean more K-12 students in North Carolina will return to daily in-person instruction, some almost immediately.
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Top North Carolina education officials on Thursday called for all of the state's 115 school districts to make available at least partial in-person…
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North Carolina legislators finalized Thursday how to distribute another tranche of federal coronavirus relief money earmarked for the state and adjusting…
