North Carolina School Choice Week to Feature Winning Student Artists
Three creative K-12 students across North Carolina will be showered with special prizes and social media attention during National School Choice Week 2021.
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NCDOT and NCDHHS announce solution to help fund transit rides to and from COVID-19 vaccine sites
Today, the NC Department of Transportation and the NC Department of Health and Human Services announced that approximately $2.5 million in Coronavirus Relief Funding is being distributed to local transit agencies across the state to help pay for rides for individuals who need transportation assistance to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Broadband funding will capture lawmakers’ attention this session
When the General Assembly reconvenes next week, broadband promises to be a hot topic. One of lawmakers’ first order of business, according to Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, will be to pass legislation handling money in the rural broadband grant program.
John Hood: COVID immunity is too far off
As of January 18, North Carolina has received about a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Nearly 330,000 of those doses have been injected into the arms of North Carolinians. That may sound like a big number. But it’s not nearly big enough.
Prisons’ first vaccine allocation arrives and inoculations have begun
Around 1,000 of the 1,300 vaccines allocated for the prison system this week have arrived, and the rest of the week’s allocation is expected to arrive and be distributed within days. This week’s allocation is the Moderna vaccine.
It’s safe to reopen schools where hospitalization is low, study says
A new national study says that it appears safe to reopen schools for in-person instruction in counties with lower rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Attorney General Josh Stein commends US DHHS on important step forward in opioid addiction treatment
Attorney General Josh Stein today commended the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for expanding access to treatment for opioid use disorder. Specifically, HHS eliminated some unnecessary barriers on physicians who wish to prescribe buprenorphine, an important medication for those struggling with opioid use disorder.
President Trump pardons former NC Congressman and NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes
President Donald J. Trump granted pardons to 73 individuals and commuted the sentences of an additional 70 individuals. Robert Cannon “Robin” Hayes – President Trump granted a full pardon to Robert Cannon “Robin” Hayes. The former North Carolina Congressman is serving a 1-year term of probation for making a false statement in the course of a Federal investigation. In addition to his years in Congress, Mr. Hayes has served as Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and Chair of the National Council of Republican Party Chairs. Senator Thom Tillis and several members of the North Carolina Congressional delegation strongly support clemency for Mr. Hayes.
John Hood: Protect the right to be wrong
I have strong opinions — but not about how to perform brain surgery, write a smart-phone app, design a golf course, or produce a hip-hop album. Perhaps you do have a strong view about one of these, but almost certainly not about all four.
Governor Cooper Visits Large-Scale Vaccine Site at UNC Friday Center
Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen visited a large-scale vaccine site at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Friday Conference Center to witness health care workers and North Carolinians over age 65 receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Sen. Bill Rabon Tests Positive for COVID
Sen. Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick) took a COVID test earlier this week because he was experiencing mild cold-like symptoms.
Cooper pushes multibillion-dollar bond, but budget picture remains murky
Gov. Roy Cooper is again pushing for a multibillion-dollar infrastructure bond, but Republican leaders caution that North Carolina’s still-unsteady economy makes it impossible to tell whether it would be prudent.