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Canada’s COVID-19 experience offers valuable lessons
Philip Cross writes for National Review Online about Canada‘s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic. In terms of the health crisis, Canada more successfully locked down its economy and shut in…
Elections & Public Integrity
Kamala Harris pick a ‘serious error’ for Biden?
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online pans Democrat Joe Biden’s vice presidential choice. Joe Biden has named his 2020 running mate: authoritarianism. American prosecutors wield awesome and terrible powers that…
Health Care
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on a union campaign among nurses in western North Carolina. John Trump’s Daily Journal explains why a popular song lyric linked to Raleigh…
Education
NCAE invites members to donate to the Biden/Harris campaign
The NC Association of Educators (NCAE) affirms its loyalty to the Democratic Party.
Health Care
Greensboro-based Cone Health plans to merge with Sentara Healthcare
Greensboro-based Cone Health and Norfolk, VA-based Sentara Healthcare on Wednesday announced plans to merge the two hospital systems. Tara Bannow from Modern Healthcare reported, The CEOs of both not-for-profit health…
Education
Cooper spends $85.6 million in federal GEER funds
Congress included the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund in the CARES Act, and North Carolina’s share was $95.6 million. Gov. Cooper just announced how he’s spending the money, and…
Law & Public Safety
Breaking Down the Judge’s Ruling In Lt. Gov. Forest’s Lawsuit Against Gov. Cooper
So what exactly did the judge rule this week in Forest v. Cooper? Is it the end of the line for Lt. Gov. Dan Forest’s lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper’s…
Education
Teachers to parents: “You don’t know what’s best”
Reposted by a North Carolina educator:
Education
Martin Center column emphasizes lifeboats to escape sinking higher ed ship
Stephanie Brenzel offers Martin Center readers suggestions for college reform. In their recent Martin Center policy brief, Joy Pullmann and Sumantra Maitra get much right about the activist professor problem…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Recoveries keep rising, active cases keep falling — three weeks in a row
Six out of every seven (85.5 percent) of NC’s known cases of COVID-19 are presumed recovered.
Research Brief
Education
North Carolina families deserve greater access to virtual charter schools
Last week, the NC Office of Charter Schools asked the members of the State Board of Education to grant a one-year enrollment increase to meet parental demand for full-time online…
Elections & Public Integrity
N.C. businessman could become 2020 electoral scapegoat
Editors at Issues and Insights believe Democrats have identified a potential scapegoat if they lose this fall’s presidential election. The postmaster general is rarely a household name. Expect that to…