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North Carolina makes bipartisan effort to treat student loan borrowers fairly May 27—RALEIGH — Imagine being 17 years old, your mom has died and you are financially independent. Popular Searches Now imagine all of that taken away after an injury. That's the story of 37-year-old Kanethia Rankin, who amassed around $70,000 in student loans after her injury cost her her scholarship. She tried to dig her way out of the debt, but said she was placed on a payment plan that she cannot afford. "I've been trying to establish a payment plan that I can pay monthly to pull out of this debt and it's b...

NC bill aims to protect college students accused of sexual assault. Critics are wary Kate Murphy, The News & Observer © Julia Wall/The News&Observer/TNS New students at UNC-Chapel Hill participate in a campus orientation tour starting in "The Pit" on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. CMP-NC-SEXASSULTRALEIGH, N.C. — Some North Carolina state senators have introduced a bill that would expand the rights of college students accused of sexual misconduct in all 16 UNC System universities. The new bill would set a higher burden of proof for universities to find students responsible for se...

The three state lawmakers from Catawba County have shown their support for a bill pending in the N.C. General Assembly that would require schools to offer in-person learning options to

[co-authors: Katelyn Kingsbury and Andrew Moretz, Government Relations Advisors] Government officials in both Raleigh and Washington have started work in 2021. In Raleigh, the Council of State, which includes Gov. Roy Cooper, has taken office, and the North Carolina General Assembly has started its session. In Washington, President Joe Biden was sworn in this week and Congress has begun its work.      North Carolina Council of State Seven members of the Council of State, which is composed of 10 statewide elected officials, were reelected. They are Gov. Cooper (D), Agriculture Commissione...