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.

WRAL Investigates: 'Greedflation' and other drivers behind inflation at the grocery store

A look at inflation at the grocery store

The board will lose millions of federal dollars next year, but staffing challenges are pushing board members to find a way to give staff raises.

Wake school board must figure out how to pay staff as federal funds dry up

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People pose for photos with a cardboard cutout of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after he failed to appear at a town-hall meeting at a synogogue in Brooklyn on Monday, July 2, 2018. Airplane woes grounded Schumer 250 miles away in Utica, N.Y., forcing the senator to hold a telephone-style town hall instead. (Holly Pickett/The New York Times)

Schumer Misses Town Hall in Brooklyn, but Still Feels the Heat