2/21/2022

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An organization rebuilding homes and restoring hope is expanding across eastern North Carolina

by Cheyenne McNeill | February 21, 2022

Chris Jenkins stood outside of an old white house in Goldsboro on Monday, Feb. 14. From the outside, you might not be able to even tell that anything was wrong with it, aside from one boarded-up window. But once he...

Perspective | Recovering from COVID disruption requires all hands on deck

by Ferrel Guillory | February 18, 2022

At first glance, the data seem counterintuitive. As the COVID contagion disrupted education, child care, office work, sports and entertainment, daily driving declined. And yet deaths from traffic crashes sadly have increased — in North Carolina and across the nation....

Perspective | Trailblazer Profiles: Dr. Greg McLeod

by Belk Center | February 21, 2022

This profile of Dr. Greg McLeod is part of the Belk Center for Community College Leadership & Research’s NCCCS History Project Trailblazer profiles. The purpose of the NCCCS Trailblazer Profiles  is to highlight and celebrate the work of Asian, Black, Indigenous, and...

The Editor’s Notes

The House Select Committee on An Education System for North Carolina’s Future will be meeting today at 1 pm in room 544 of the Legislative Office Building. You can watch or listen here. There are currently no documents or an agenda posted but when they become available, you can find them here. 

Need to know

• Education, traditionally a strength, has Democrats on their heels

  The Washington Post | February 21, 2022

• Enrollment in virtual schools is exploding. Will students stay long term?

  The Washington Post | February 20, 2022

• Is this the year NC will expand Medicaid?

  NC Health News | February 21, 2022

• PHOTOS: Teen dreams and disappointments after the world's longest COVID school closure

  NPR | February 19, 2022

• Justice Dept. is set to modify Trump-era program aimed at fighting Chinese threats

  The New York Times | February 20, 2022