Education
The definitive thumbnail guide to the 2012 SAT scores
View in your browser. Welcome Sociologist William Julius Wilson points out that "the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best…
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Other items of interest
Audiences across North Carolina continue to hear insights from John Locke Foundation Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray. She previewed the week’s state government news Monday for WTSB Radio listeners…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Monday, March 12, 2012
GOP hopefuls in the 9th Congressional District struggle to pick up TV ad buys (WSOC-TV) Blue Dog Democrats endorse Hayden Rogers, Heath Shuler’s former chief of staff, in the 11th…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Monday, February 6, 2012
Another Republican, Mattie Lawson, joins the House District 6 race (Beaufort Observer) Incumbent Democrat Larry Kissell leads the way in 8th Congressional District fundraising, hauling in $527,486 through the end…
Energy
Clean Tech sets Dec. 15 deadline or it will abandon Stanly County plans
From a press release issued today by Clean Tech, a company hoping to produce rebar and other construction materials at Alcoa’s former smelter location in Stanly County: Clean Tech…
Education
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Gov. Beverly Perdue and the Republican-led General Assembly aren’t alone in haggling over state education spending. Wake County Superior Court Judge Howard Manning wants a say in the debate as…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Don Carrington’s latest Carolina Journal Online report notes Gov. Beverly Perdue’s curious absence from a recent announcement of 200 new “green jobs” heading to the site of Alcoa’s Stanly County…
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D’oh!
Why didn’t Gov. Perdue attend the ceremony that celebrated 200 “green jobs” coming to Stanly County? Carolina Journal’s Don Carrington gets to the heart of the cringe-worthy situation in which…
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Carolina Journal’s work recognized
A busy legislative session means continued reporting and analysis from Carolina Journal. Watchdog.org and N.C. Senate Republicans promoted Associate Editor Sara Burrows‘ article this week on a compromise bill designed…
Law & Public Safety
New at CJO: Three bills target Alcoa’s Stanly County operations
Sara Burrows’ latest Carolina Journal Online report focuses on a series of bills in the N.C. General Assembly that take aim at Alcoa’s operations along the Yadkin River in Stanly…
Health Care
Mercer Review of NC DHHS
A recent Mercer Organization Review of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services (Division) told a great…
Education
Tell Her What She’s Won, Vanna!
At a meeting of the NC House education committee this morning, representatives voted to confirm Janet K. Lowder, a community college trustee from Stanly County, as a member of the…