After months of negotiations, House and Senate leaders claim to have reached a budget compromise that includes an average 8% teacher pay raise — one of the largest proposed increases…
Teacher pay has been much in the news lately. Thousands of North Carolina teachers are supposed to descend on Raleigh next Friday to protest no state budget and lobby for…
Last Wednesday, North Carolina House leadership released a biennial budget proposal that over the next two years would, among other things, increase spending on public schools, raise average teacher pay…
At the same time, Cooper would have media, teachers, and you believe that money not taken from corporations is one-to-one money not given to teachers.
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online that the anti-opioid HOPE Act is heading to the governor’s desk despite lingering privacy concerns. Andy Taylor’s Daily Journal focuses on efforts to…
The latest High Point University Poll concludes that “NC Republicans and Democrats agree on education issues.” That’s news to me. After an examination of the poll, I suspect the supposed…
Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online on State Treasurer Janet Cowell’s interest in boosting state pension fund investments in real estate. John Hood’s Daily Journal focuses on the best…
Next month’s primary election marks the first time that voters will be required to bring photo identification to the polls. But some critics of voter ID have been sending mixed…
The top leaders in the N.C. House and Senate addressed reporters’ questions about taxes, education issues, Medicaid reform and expansion, and other key issues during a news conference marking the…
The Heartland Institute and the Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” promoted John Locke Foundation Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato‘s recent report recommending that North Carolina reduce or…
Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online on a proposed N.C. constitutional amendment that would allow defendants to waive the right to a jury trial. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains…
The Charlotte Observer knocks one out of the park — yes, really — questioning the push to increase sales taxes here in Mecklenburg County. It started when commissioners Chairman Trevor…