After the North Carolina Board of Elections recently agreed to a settlement with advocacy groups over absentee ballot procedures, both Republican members of the five-member board resigned, citing misleading information from Democrat Attorney General Josh Stein's office.
North Carolina State University is planning to furlough an unknown number of employees and reduce salaries after saying that the institution’s revenues for auxiliary services are down 60% during the economic crisis created by restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As North Carolina heads into the fall, schools from kindergarten to the university level are facing a new variety of challenges while trying to implement late-issued guidance and adapt to the needs of families and students.