Stories tagged: "Kim Mackey"

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Coronavirus Commentary: Staying Home Is What the Spirit of Thanksgiving Is About in 2020

NC teacher Kim Mackey talks about why Thanksgiving’s historical start means we all need to have smaller celebrations during this pandemic.

Kim Mackey Kim Mackey November 20, 2020 10:44 am EST
Commentary A NC counselor gives advice for high schoolers on enduring the coronavirus-era virtual classroom. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Commentary NC Teacher: State’s Schools Are Ignored While Big Business Gets COVID-19 Hand-Outs

Public schools in NC don’t have what they need to reopen and teach kids this fall while corporations pull in billions in aid.

Kim Mackey Kim Mackey August 14, 2020 1:57 pm EDT
Commentary It's been a long decade for public education in North Carolina. (Image via Shutterstock)
Commentary From a Teacher: Don’t Let Lawmakers Fool You. The School Budget Shortfall Has Nothing To Do With Coronavirus.

A NC public school teacher says state lawmakers can't blame coronavirus. They've been underfunding schools since the 2008 recession.

Kim Mackey Kim Mackey June 10, 2020 1:22 pm EDT

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, right, speaks while state Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley listens at an Executive Mansion news conference in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Cooper and Kinsley announced that North Carolina would launch Medicaid expansion coverage on Dec. 1. Expansion will be able to start because Cooper said he'll let a state budget bill sent by the General Assembly last week to his desk become law without his signature. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson) Healthcare How Biden’s American Rescue Plan helped NC finally expand Medicaid
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
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