North Carolina's junior U.S. senator gained a national audience during recent Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a major impact on the state's businesses, with private bars being particularly hard hit. Meanwhile, North Carolina school kids have finished up the first quarter of the school year, some 100 percent virtual, some a hybrid of virtual and in-person learning, and the question now is what comes next for the kids, for the teachers, for the faculty, for the parents.
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