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June 26, 2025

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NC Senate Democrats uphold governor’s veto of Free the Smiles Act

March 10, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — On Mar. 9, the General Assembly Senate Democrats took upheld Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 173, the Free the Smiles Act. The bill would have given parents the power to opt […]

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State Board of Education gets sneak peek of upcoming K-12 toolkit changes

March 3, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Members of the N.C. State Board of Education were briefed on COVID-19 policy changes and were given a sneak peek at the upcoming K-12 toolkit changes at its Mar. 3 meeting. The N.C. […]

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Cooper vetoes Free the Smiles Act

February 25, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — In the late afternoon of Feb. 24, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 173 (Free the Smiles Act). The bill would have given parents back the power to decide whether or not to mask […]

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NC House takes steps to make masks optional for K-12 students statewide

February 16, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina House of Representatives is taking legislative steps to make masks optional statewide for K-12 school children. A conference committee substitute for Senate Bill 173, the Free the Smiles Act, will […]

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House Speaker Tim Moore calls on Gov. Cooper to end K-12 masking, quarantine policies

February 10, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) has sent a letter asking Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to end masking and related quarantine policies for the state’s K-12 students. “Throughout the pandemic, it […]

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“Test to Stay” was well underway in NC prior to CDC announcement

February 10, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — At least two months prior to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s December 2021 announcement of new “Test to Stay” protocols for K-12 schools, documents show the ABC Science Collaborative and the […]

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More NC districts vote to make masks optional this fall

July 28, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The school boards for Mooresville Graded School District and Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Pender, Sampson and Watauga counties have voted to make masks optional for all students for the upcoming 2021-22 school […]

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Randolph County Schools becomes fifth district to make masks optional this fall

July 22, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — On July 20, the Randolph Record reported that the Randolph County Public Schools board of education had passed a resolution that would make masks optional for the upcoming 2021-22 school year. As of […]

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NCDHHS officials give shifting criteria to drop masks in K-12 schools

June 9, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — At the June 3 State Board of Education meeting, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) officials told board members masks were probably not going to be coming off students anytime soon. […]

Opinion

Editorial Cartoon – Dr. Fauci

June 4, 2021 admin

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