An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced a bill that which would create the state’s first systematic K-8 math intervention program, modeled on Read to Achieve.
Myon Burrell was freed from his life sentence after media organizations uncovered new evidence that all but exonerates him in the killing of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards in 2002. Amy Klobuchar prosecuted him in the "flawed" case.
An inmate, who was prosecuted when he was a teen, maintains his innocence.