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Education Mold and classes in trailers: Inadequate funding for schools is hurting NC communities

Schools across the state are dealing with dilapidated classrooms and buildings in need of significant repair or a total rebuild due to a lack of investment in public education.

Dylan Rhoney Dylan Rhoney November 27, 2023 10:43 am EST
community NC Principal Wins National Education Award
community Watch NC principal give emotional speech on winning ‘Oscars of teaching’

A North Carolina principal won the prestigious Miliken Educator Award, which is like winning an Oscar in teaching!

Staff Reports Staff Reports November 21, 2023 2:21 pm EST
Education Moms for Liberty co-founders Tina Descovich, left, and Tiffany Justice, speak at the Moms for Liberty meeting in Philadelphia, Friday, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Education Moms for Liberty’s far-right agenda rejected by voters

The “extremist” group Moms for Liberty backed more than 130 candidates during this election cycle, but an overwhelming majority lost their races as parents pushed back on the organization’s far-right agenda for public education.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson November 13, 2023 2:14 pm EST
Education Sunset over Lumberton. Lumberton, part of Robeson County, is one of many towns caught up waiting for the state to fix long-standing education funding issues exposed in the Leandro lawsuit. (Shutterstock)
Education Eastern NC schools wait for justice in 30-year-old education funding lawsuit

For nearly three decades, families in underserved communities in eastern NC have been asking the state to fix their chronically underfunded schools. They talked to us about keeping the faith.

Billy Ball Billy Ball October 30, 2023 12:19 pm EDT
community Chapel Hill, NC, USA - October 23, 2020: The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Library on the UNC Campus
community 2 NC universities make the list of most affordable colleges in 2023-2024

Here’s what you need to know about North Carolina’s two most affordable universities, from tuition and test scores to degree programs.

Staff Reports Staff Reports October 13, 2023 3:19 pm EDT

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The proposed rule would require utility companies to locate and dig up roughly 370,000 lead pipes statewide within 10 years to ensure clean drinking water for North Carolinians and to protect children’s health. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Infrastructure Biden wants to replace all lead pipes in North Carolina within 10 years
"Holiday Lights in the Garden" is an annual light show in Fayetteville's Cape Fear Botanical Gardens. (Image via Cape Fear Botanical Gardens) community The 12 Best Christmas Tree Farms and Light Displays in NC
Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina signed the Medicaid expansion law in March. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum) Medicaid How to apply for health insurance under North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion
In this 2017 file photo, young hogs owned by Smithfield Foods gather around a water source. The Chinese-owned company, which is one of the largest employers in Sampson County, NC, has been the subject of multiple "hog nuisance" lawsuits because the smells, the noise, and health concerns. But hogs are just one of the environmental concerns in this rural NC county. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) Agriculture ‘You can’t win for losing’: Inside Sampson County, NC’s environmental nightmare
Opinion Although not new, book challenges have surged in public schools since 2020, part of a broader backlash to what kids read and discuss in school. (AP Photo/Hakim Wright Sr.)
Opinion Books are worthy of discussion, not banning

"Banning books will not protect our children, but teaching them how to read and think critically will," North Carolina teacher Tammy Raynor Petrosillo writes in an op-ed.

Tammy Raynor Petrosillo Tammy Raynor Petrosillo October 12, 2023 4:59 pm EDT
Economy President Joe Biden delivers remarks on student loan debt forgiveness, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Economy North Carolinians Get Financial Relief as Biden Cancels More Student Debt

This round of debt relief will eliminate the debt of 125,000 borrowers nationwide: 22,000 with disabilities, 51,000 through an income-driven repayment plan, and 53,000 through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson October 5, 2023 5:42 pm EDT