North Carolina ranks 50th in school funding effort and 48th in overall funding level, according to an annual report by the Education Law Center. Parents and administrators cited a lack of instructional staff and inadequate supplies as areas affected by low funding.
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North Carolina ranks 50th in school funding effort and 48th in overall funding level, according to an annual report by the Education Law Center. Parents and administrators cited a lack of instructional staff and inadequate supplies as areas affected by low funding.
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"Since January 2021, the number of active short-term rentals (STRs) in the Chapel Hill area has increased by about 40 percent."
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The development and preservation of the Town of Chapel Hill's new affordable housing units struggles to keep up with demand, despite increases in funding. This fiscal year, the Town plans to preserve 350 affordable units and develop 30 affordable units. Last fiscal year, the Town funded the preservation of 509 affordable units and the development of 11 affordable units.
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Six hundred UNC students are on the waitlist for fall 2023 on-campus housing. Last year, there were 422. That's an increase of 42.18 percent. The University said in a statement it is common to have a shortage in the next semester's housing availability at this point in the year. Carolina Housing will provide a room for every student who wants to live on campus. “Prices for (off-campus) housing are just absolutely ridiculous,” Jaleah Taylor, a UNC sophomore currently living in Morrison Residence Hall, said. “And that’s why people have to live on campus now — because it’s just so expensive to live off campus.”
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This win upholds UNC’s win streak and proves that the team is capable of winning on the road.
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The executive order, signed Jan. 12, directs the state's Chief Information Officer and the North Carolina Department of Information Technology to develop a policy that prohibits TikTok and other potentially high-risk applications to be installed on state-owned devices within 14 days.
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Following a two-week hiatus, the North Carolina gymnastics team returned to competition by picking up right where it left off.
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A land use ordinance is a collection of all of the rules, procedures and guidelines a municipality follows when developing a property. It defines, through zoning, what kind of building can go on a site and what limitations that building has.
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Housing instability is a prominent issue facing many North Carolina residents. About 348,000 renter households in North Carolina are at an extremely low income level and 69 percent of these households have severe housing cost burdens, according to data from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
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Graduate students in the UNC community face complications in the relationship between their stipends and rent in Chapel Hill. Between finding roommates, managing stipends and working other jobs, graduate students share their experience of living in the Chapel Hill community.
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After Saturday’s 80-69 victory over N.C. State, UNC head basketball coach Hubert Davis insisted he was not worried about the team’s record. With a Tuesday visit to Syracuse, Davis’ focus likely remains the same: keep getting better.
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"A week ago I discovered that my boyfriend was cheating on me. This discovery sent me into emotional shambles. I needed to re-introduce structure to my life, so I came up with a multi-step guide on how to cope with a breakup."
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The UNC redshirt senior diver made her long-awaited comeback to the pool this season after battling acute promyelocytic leukemia – a form of bone marrow cancer – last year. Grund will compete at the 2023 NCAA Regional Zone Championships this year.
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Almost a year "Tarred Healing" was pulled from display at the University, Cornell Watson's photo project debuted at National Civil Rights Museum. The exhibit features Black history in Chapel Hill, with photographs of places on UNC's campus that are relevant to the University's racial past. “When you do things the right way, when you are connected with the community that you are creating something about, they will stand behind you in those turbulent times,” Watson said. “It was really gratifying to have the Black community of Chapel Hill stand behind this and really kind of become family.”
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The average overall rent in Chapel Hill is $1,917 and $1,419 in Carrboro, according to RentCafe. The average rented space in Chapel Hill is 968 square feet and 857 in Carrboro, meaning the cost per individual square foot in Chapel Hill is roughly 19.6 percent more expensive than Carrboro
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As the three-year anniversary of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches, seniors at UNC reflect on their experiences with housing throughout their time as a student.
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As dorm conditions change and renovations are completed, Carolina Housing continues to provide on-campus housing for a large amount of students.
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Local governments are carefully planning out their use of remaining funds from the American Rescue Plan Act — the federal effort to help communities with economic hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Orange County received a total of $28.8 million from the act and has $4.45 million remaining.
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In the first 2023 meeting of the UNC Faculty Council, updates on the pandemic were shared along with discussions of the approved UNC absence policy and the presentation of the 2022 Thomas Jefferson Award.
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"We’ve all seen the 'peaked in high school' tweets and TikTok videos. We know the stereotypical person who shares nostalgic memories on social media, wears their high school sweatshirt, reminisces on their 'glory days' and goes back to visit their favorite teacher. But why is that a bad thing? What’s wrong with reflecting on those days in a positive light?"
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