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Cooper’s COVID prison releases see new scrutiny
Recent investigations indicate nearly half of the inmates released under a 2021 pandemic settlement were later arrested on new charges.
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Appeals Court tackles COVID, CON, public records, slander
The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued decisions Wednesday reviving a COVID-related death benefits claim from the family of a former Winston-Salem police officer, rejecting a western North Carolina certificate-of-need complaint, granting part of Matthews’ request in a public records dispute with a Charlotte television station, and rejecting a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokesperson’s slander suit.
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Student testing data improves but still lags behind pre-COVID highs
Public school students increased proficiency scores in reading and math compared to recent years, but the results still lag behind the high watermarks earned prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data released by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
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Gov Ops requests records about UNC-Chapel Hill coronavirus researcher Baric
As North Carolina House chairman of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, has requested records from UNC-Chapel Hill regarding Dr. Ralph Baric and his work related to COVID-19.
Opinion
Uncovered risks — no oversight of UNC’s extreme virology
UNC-Chapel Hill’s virology program faces scrutiny for risky coronavirus research tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Charlotte City Council member indicted on federal charges
Charlotte Democrat Tiawana Brown and her daughters were indicted for allegedly fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds.
Opinion
Cooper’s blunder still holds us back
Student achievement in North Carolina remains almost half of a grade level below pre-COVID scores in math and three quarters of a grade level below in reading.
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Lawmakers back bill to make ivermectin available over-the-counter
The General Assembly push comes just days after the Arkansas governor signed a bill into law legalizing over-the-counter ivermectin.
Opinion
Top NC court tackles legal issues linked to pandemic
Four years after the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, several high-profile cases have reached North Carolina's highest court.
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Foxx subpoenas Walz administration in covid fraud scheme
Foxx subpoenas Walz's MDE in what has been called "the largest pandemic fraud in the nation."
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Former TIAA employees sue over termination and denial of religious exemption to COVID vaccine mandates
Former employees of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America are suing their former employer over being terminated from their jobs after failing to comply with the company’s COVID-era vaccine mandate.
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Mother appeals case of teen’s forced COVID shot to state Supreme Court
A Guilford County mother hopes the state Supreme Court will take the case of her teenage son’s forced COVID vaccine shot. The mother and son sued the Guilford County school board and the Old North State Medical Society over the 2021 incident.
