Morning News Briefs: Thursday, October 31st, 2019
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The results of a national exam show student reading scores in North Carolina have dropped. This comes despite a $150-million investment in a state literacy program.
Former Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Barker has died.
Barker served as sheriff from 1990 to 2002.
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New numbers are out on the rising cost of rent in the U.S., and some North Carolina cities are outpacing the national average.
Funeral services for former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan will be held on Sunday, November 3.
It will begin at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church on N. Elm Street in Greensboro.
Democrats have filed a lawsuit over an early voting law passed by the Republican-led General Assembly in 2018 and set to take effect in 2020.
North Carolina judges are upholding changes to state legislative maps. Republicans were ordered to amend them after the court found them to overly favor the GOP.
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North Carolina judges on Monday blocked the state's congressional map from being used in the 2020 elections.