city in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States
That’s the title of a recent Fox 8 report. Among other distressing statistics, the report states that “In Raleigh, 102 of 800 police office officer positions are vacant” and “Sometimes Durham…
This kind of nonsense probably wouldn't happen so much if North Carolina learned from the state's stinging U.S. Supreme Court loss in North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal…
Three families that benefit from North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program hope to intervene in a lawsuit challenging that program. The Institute for Justice is working with the parents. IJ successfully…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on three Republican senators calling for a bipartisan probe of absentee voting irregularities in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. Lindsay Marchello reports on…
Carolina Journal’s Lindsay Marchello reports: Carver Heights Elementary in Goldsboro might be the next school to join the Innovative School District if the State Board of Education approves the recommendation.…
Here is a follow-up to my previous blog post about Red4EdNC’s advocacy events. Despite what the Red4EdNC folks claim in their press release, 87 percent of North Carolina teachers agree…
Interesting column in the News & Observer by Rob Christensen wondering if it’s time to mover state government out of Raleigh—well, at least some of it: The Department of Administration…
News & Record reports on yesterday’s district court hearing in Greensboro challenging the state General Assembly’s redrawn districts in response to charges of racial gerrymandering. As the N&R’s headline states,…
• The polls are open until 7:30 p.m. Find your polling place here. Have at it! • Advancing the primary so that North Carolina became a player in the presidential…
Yours truly will provide election coverage from 8 p.m. until midnight this evening on a statewide network of stations, originating at WPTF NewsRadio 680 AM in Raleigh. Cash Michaels of…
• A new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows President Obama’s approval rating at 40 percent, the same level President George W. Bush logged before the 2006 Democratic wave. The Democratic…
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in New Bern totaled about $1,530 per person in the 2012 budget year, and the city dropped three spots to No. 28 on a…