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The two sides to NC state test score results

Op-Ed: Will Black voters save the Democratic Party from socialism?

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NCInnovation’s passed audit is a facade

Earlier this month, the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) released a performance audit of NCInnovation, the controversial nonprofit that has been given $500 million of taxpayer money to fund…

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Twenty years after Kelo, will North Carolina finally join Florida and Virginia at the top of the eminent domain honor roll?

For readers unfamiliar with the phrase, “eminent domain” refers to the government’s power to take private property without the owner’s consent. For centuries, it was generally assumed that this power…

New Opportunity Scholarship numbers show sustained demand

More than 40,000 new Opportunity Scholarship applications were submitted during the priority application period this year, according to new data from the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA). Opportunity…

A bill to REIN in red tape in NC

Should North Carolina state government agencies be allowed to pass rules unilaterally, without full General Assembly approval? That’s a question being addressed by a new bill filed today in the…

Will North Carolina soon get independent election audits?

North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek appeared on Carolina Journal’s “The Debrief” on March 6. Early in the episode, Editor-in-Chief Donna King asked Boliek if he was open to having…

Poll shows support for open enrollment in NC public schools

Nearly three-quarters of respondents to a recent Carolina Journal Poll said that they would support a policy giving students the opportunity to transfer to a public school of their choice,…

Confucius Classrooms in NC? Follow the evidence

For the last several years, journalists and writers across the country have been exposing the propaganda machine the Chinese Communist Party has been using to infiltrate our colleges, universities, and…

How campaign money moved in North Carolina 2024 legislative elections

In the 8 years I’ve worked on and analyzed North Carolina campaigns, I’ve seen how legislative candidates run their campaigns wildly differently. Campaigns can range from tooth-and-nail battles where candidates…

“Election observers should see rather than be seen”

Below is my prepared public comment on the State Board of Elections (SBE) proposed rule 08 NCAC 20.0103, “Identification of Observers.” I made the comment at an SBE hearing on…

Law & Public Safety

A guide to the birthright citizenship debate

Under English common law, citizenship was determined by where one was born. That principle, which was known as “jus soli” or “law of the soil,” became the norm throughout the…

Will the General Assembly make election day a holiday?

Should election day be a holiday? Many North Carolina legislators think so. An election day holiday bill advances in the General Assembly House Bill 31, directly entitled “Make Election Day…