News for February 17

Federal Stimulus Package May Mean More Schools

WUNC’s Dave DeWitt reports that $550 million is earmarked for renovations and new school construction; watch NBC-17’s broadcast of Governor Perdue talking about the total $6.1 billion stimulus package.

Magnet School Admissions May be Limited

N&O reporter T. Keung Hui writes that the Wake School Board opt for more stringent admission rules.

Feds No Longer Paying for Whole Milk

Changes to North Carolina’s WIC program, which offers food vouchers to low-income women, infants and children, in an effort to lower obesity rate in NC children.