Teacher shortages, assaults on police addressed in new laws
RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed legislation that helps public schools rehire retired teachers in hard-to-fill classrooms and increases prison time for someone who uses a gun to assault a law enforcement officer.Cooper has announced he’s enacted another dozen bills with his signature.One measure signed on Thursday will more than double the minimum prison sentence to roughly three years for someone convicted of a firearm-related assault on a police, […]
