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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Durham County budget increases funding for pre-K students

Consumer Reports surveyed more than 2,000 members who shared their experiences with pet insurance.

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Mika Gadsden, founder of Charleston Activist Network and vocal critic of the Charleston Convention & Visitors Bureau, outside the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture in Charleston, S.C., July 18, 2020. A powerful visitors’ bureau has pushed Charleston to the top of “best” lists by selling gentility, but critics say that has come at the expense of history and the city’s Black population. (Hunter McRae/The New York Times)

Charleston Tourism Is Built on Southern Charm. Locals Say It’s Time to Change.