Nic Querolo

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  • A worried high school student looking at his test paper before starting during an exam.Lifestyle

    Teacher absences are worse now than during the pandemic. It’s costing schools $4 billion a year and some students ‘will never get back on track’

    By Bloomberg and Nic Querolo
  • Worried mixed race businesswoman at workFinance

    The accountant shortage is so real that dozens of cities have no credit score because they didn’t file financial paperwork in time

    By Nic Querolo and Bloomberg
  • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vows to keep restaurants open during COVID-19 at a news conference on December 15, 2020, at Okeechobee Steakhouse in West Palm Beach, Florida. DeSantis and his education policies were the target of a school walkout at Plantation High School in the Broward County district. (Michael Laughlin/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Politics

    Disney’s worst nightmare in Florida comes true as Gov. Ron DeSantis seizes control of special district

    By Nic Querolo and Felipe Marques
  • JPMOrgan Chase CEO Jamie DimonFinance

    Kentucky wants to divest from Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase because it thinks they’re too hostile to fossil fuels—despite reports they’re top industry financiers

    By Nic Querolo and Bloomberg
  • Pro-choice demonstratorsHealth

    With Roe v. Wade in flux, blue states ramp up efforts to support abortion access

    By Ella Ceron, Nic Querolo, and others
  • Schools keep in-person learning during COVID-19Health

    School districts are asking parents to be substitute teachers as Omicron hits classroom staffing

    By Nic Querolo and Bloomberg
  • Garden Grove, CA – August 16: Masked students wait to go to their classroom during the first day of class at Stanford Elementary School in Garden Grove, CA on Monday, August 16, 2021. Students and teacher were required to wear masks in the classroom but not outside. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)Health

    The Delta variant is throwing a wrench in back-to-school plans across the U.S.

    By Nic Querolo and Bloomberg
  • Respiratory therapist Andrew Hoyt cares for a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, with the word ‘Merry’ posted on the window a few days before Christmas, on December 21, 2020 in Chula Vista, California. According to state figures, Southern California currently has 0% of its ICU (Intensive Care Unit) bed capacity remaining amid a spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.Health

    Nearly twice as many Americans are hospitalized right now with COVID-19 than in spring

    By Nic Querolo, John Tozzi, and others