Government
THE CENTER SQUARE: Cooper extends North Carolina's COVID response via executive order
Gov. Roy Cooper has signed a new executive order to extend North Carolina’s COVID-19 response, a measure he contends is necessary despite a “sustained decline” in cases. Cooper issued Executive Order 256 on Friday to extend provisions granting the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services secretary flexibility to increase the health care workforce to ensure continuity of operations in hospitals, adult care homes, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities.
THE NEWS & OBSERVER: President Biden to visit NC next week. Here's what we know about the trip so far.
President Joe Biden will visit North Carolina next week, the White House announced Friday. Biden plans to come to Greensboro next Thursday, to talk about manufacturing efforts. “On Thursday, April 14, the President will travel to Greensboro, North Carolina, to discuss his administration’s efforts to make more in America, rebuild our supply chains here at home, and bring down costs for the American people as part of Building a Better America.”