More than 21% of North Carolina's four-year-olds enrolled in the state's pre-kindergarten programs during the 2022-2023 school year, up from the prior year but still below the state's pre-pandemic highs, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

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Compared to pre-pandemic prices, ground beef is up 35%, chips are up 45%, bread is up 57% and a 12-ounce can of soda is up 66%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tracks trends on common grocery store items.

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FILE -- Country singer Kane Brown, in New York, Dec. 3, 2016. A new song by Brown, who performed at the October 2017 Las Vegas festival in which 58 people were killed and hundreds wounded, includes lyrics about school shootings: “Now you gotta take a test in a bulletproof vest/Scared to death that you might get shot." (Christopher Gregory/The New York Times)

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