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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Consensus legislation designed to help North Carolina voters with worries about COVID-19 gain access to absentee ballots this fall received a few changes on Tuesday and then cleared a state Senate panel.

CARY, N.C. (AP) — A public school system in North Carolina suspended a school bus driver for comments, and said it plans to take disciplinary actions against students who made “racist, vile, and thoughtless statements” on social media about the national protests over the death of George Floyd.

Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s capital city enacted a curfew Monday after two nights of protests over the latest killing of a black man by police led to street fires, store break-ins, and fireworks thrown at officers.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mass COVID-19 testing at a second North Carolina state prison has turned up more than 30 additional positive cases of the new coronavirus, the Department of Public Safety said Monday.

Raleigh -- Press Release: May 31, 2020: Governor Roy Cooper encourages all North Carolinians to honor June 1, 2020 as a Day of Mourning to grieve the 100,000 people in America, including almost 1,000 in North Carolina, who have lost their lives to COVID-19.

Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 

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Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 

Raleigh, N.C. -- Press Release May 29, 2020  North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services:  is requesting Congressional support

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mass COVID-19 testing began on Friday at a second North Carolina state prison, keeping to a policy of making widespread diagnoses only when incremental case numbers for those behind bars warrant it.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump and North Carolina’s governor disagreed on Friday over the viability of a full-fledged Republican National Convention, the governor’s office said, as Trump does not want to see signs of the pandemic in his renomination audience.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Temporary and permanent changes to mail-in absentee ballot rules in North Carolina and funds to improve safety at in-person voting sites this year during the COVID-19 pandemic received overwhelming approval Thursday by the state House.

Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19