The North Carolina state budget, recently enacted, expanded the powers of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, a body that has been in existence since 1975. Expanding the Commission’s…
Senate Democrats pledged unwavering allegiance to the North Carolina Democratic Party, the N.C. Association of Educators, and the advocacy groups that ignore the overwhelming support for in-person instruction and the…
As the legislature hunkers down to re-draw some of the House and Senate districts to comply with the recent Common Cause three-judge decision which claimed “extreme” partisan gerrymandering, new maps…
This morning, Carolina Journal published a story on the potential expansion of the online charter school, NC Virtual Academy. In the story, CJ reporter Lindsay Marchello reports: On Thursday, June…
As Carolina Journal’s Lindsay Marchello reports, in the second Hometown Debate about education, state Rep. Graig Meyer (D-Orange) had this to say about accountability for public charter schools in North…
A bill moving through the North Carolina General Assembly that aggressively addresses the long standing and now critical problem of failing public schools. House Bill 1080, sponsored by Rep. Rob…
Budgets lay out priorities. Votes on the budget reflect priorities of lawmakers. The governor had his with a 2.3% increase in spending. The House passed a budget last week that…
You should know where JLF stands on N.C.’s mandate and subsidies for renewable energy and subsidies. We’ve written extensively about North Carolina’s renewable energy portfolio standards and what a bad…
The Common Core debate is far from over. Thursday afternoon the House Education Committee took up Senate Bill 812, Maintain State Authority Over State Standards, aka the Common Core Bill.…
Film incentives are a bad deal for North Carolina taxpayers. It’s bad public policy. Job creation is questionable and reports are misleading. It is inconsistent with positive tax reforms. Over…