While the budget negations between the North Carolina House and Senate may still be ongoing, the redistricting process continues to be on the minds both of election activists and the…
On Monday, October 7, 2019, JLF’s Becki Gray published a letter from N.C. Senator Donald G. Davis, D-Pitt to Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen. The blog and letter…
In “Schools defend work to close racial achievement gap, unsure of cause,” Carolina Public Press reporter Imari Scarbrough examines the wide achievement gaps between students who attend public schools in…
The Carolina Public Press has an article about children in poverty in Western North Carolina. The report it cites says half the children fill the bill. It’s been that way…
A lengthy article in the Mountain Xpress tells of progress the already transparent City of Asheville has achieved in making public records even more accessible to The Wee People. The…
The Carolina Public Press covered a meeting featuring Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan and Asheville Police Chief William Anderson. Mysteriously held two days before mayhem broke out in Ferguson, MO,…
• The News & Record analyzes Mark Walker’s surprising margin of victory in Tuesday’s runoff for the GOP nomination in the 6th Congressional District. • Legislation sponsored by Democratic U.S.…
• There will be a televised debate between 6th Congressional District Republican candidates Phil Berger Jr. and Mark Walker after all. Time Warner Cable will air the July 11 debate,…
I can follow a lot of rationalizations, but the definition of womanhood in terms of getting taxpayer dollars to kill babies has always eluded me. To rehash, I deem medical…
Angie Newsome’s Carolina Public Press reported poverty rates for Western North Carolina counties. Rates ranged from 14 to 25% for the general population and from 25 to 33% for children.…
Wilmington-area radio listeners learned this week about progressive taxation and real class warfare, thanks to the “chief economist and director of graduate studies at the Institute for Rational Thought.” That’s…