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Wake Forest high schoolers seek to cap student loan interest rates
A group of motivated Wake Forest High School students is seeking to convince state and local lawmakers to back them in an effort to cap interest rates for student loans at 1 percent. Students in Jeremiah Mattingly’s AP Government and Politics class were each assigned a project to create a bill to send to local representatives. The group that decided […] The post Wake Forest high schoolers seek to cap student loan interest rates first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Family frustrated after SAT testing site at Saint Augustine's University found closed
Family says schedules SAT testing Saturday at Saint Augustine's University was not open. A family expressed their frustration after arriving at Saint Augustine's University on Saturday for their child's SAT test, only to find the testing center closed. Elizabeth and Stefan Will of Raleigh says that their 17-year-old daughter was...
Carteret County residents receive law degrees
RALEIGH — Five Carteret County residents were among the record 173 graduates who received Juris Doctor degrees May 10 from Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. The 46th hooding and graduation ceremony was held at the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.
No. 4 Seaforth beats No. 1 Franklin Academy for spot in regional final
Playing against No. 1 Franklin Academy, an hour-long weather delay, a smaller field and darkness, No. 4 Seaforth just needed one goal for a spot in the 2A East regional final. The Hawks took down the top seeded Patriots, 1-0, in a bizarre 2A East regional semifinal Thursday that wasn’t normal from the very beginning.
UNC Board of Governors repeals DEI policies
RALEIGH — The UNC System Board of Governors approved a new policy to repeal and replace its previous diversity, equity and inclusion policies and requirements for the system’s 17 campuses. The repeal and replace vote taken on the consent agenda was 21-2. The only no votes came from...
Bezos group sending $30M to N.C. State for food protein studies
A group led by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is giving $30 million over five years to NC State University to help create healthy food products that will be plant-based or use fermentation and animal cells. The Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein at the Raleigh University will create a manufacturing hub...
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