COVID-19 order directs efforts to fix North Carolina racial disparity
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday unveiled a state commission and other initiatives to address socioeconomic and health disparities for African Americans and Latinos in North Carolina underscored since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic.Through an executive order, Cooper announced the formation of a task force led by state Administration Secretary Machelle Sanders. It could work up to two years to collect information and identify solutions to health access issues, […]