WRAL Specialists brings you the most researched topics, the most knowledgeable experts, presented by the most experienced news team. The WRAL Specialists are: Consumer Reporter Keely Arthur, Investigative reporters Cullen Browder and Joe Fisher, State Government reporter Will Doran and Travis Fain, Investigative Data Reporter Ali Ingersoll, NC Capitol Bureau Chief Laura Leslie, Climate Change Reporter Liz McLaughlin , Investigative Sports Reporter Brian Murphy, Investigative Documentary Reporter Cristin Severance, Politifact NC Reporter Paul Specht, Education Insider Emily Walkenhorst
Statewide, schools have spent about 20 percent of the $5.5 billion in emergency funds they’ve received from the federal government. Administrators say they’re now switching from crisis mode to strategic thinking.