Lawmakers are expected to vote Saturday on their coronavirus relief package, including funding for schools, small businesses and more.
“The hospitality industry was instantly decimated,” says Margo Metzger of the NC Restaurant and Lodging Association. “There were approximately 18,000 restaurants with 500,000 restaurant workers in the state, 90% of whom have now been laid off.”
“My alma mater’s motto is Pro humanitate. Literally, for humanity. You know that phrase, too. You also graduated from Wake Forest. And yet your first impulse is to serve yourself.”
Senate Democrats managed to uphold the governor’s veto on bills related to teachers’ raises and regulations reform. Then Republicans canceled a vote on the state budget.
Kymm McLean is a self-employed, professional makeup artist and hair stylist in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has lost 90% of her business because of the coronavirus outbreak.
With NC schools shuttered, COVID-19 touched off a debate about the lack of broadband infrastructure in some parts of the state and educational equality.
The University of North Carolina System struck a deal with the Sons of Confederate Veterans to transfer ownership of the statue to the group. A judge threw that deal out last week.
The North Carolina Association of Educators is gauging interest to see how far teachers are willing to go to push back against draconian cuts to public education.
When a state environmental agency doesn’t have enough staff members and inspectors to check pollution from facilities on a regular basis, violations can go unnoticed, one environmental advocate said.
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