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North Carolina’s General Assembly is unusually strong compared with the legislatures of other states. So, it is especially damaging when entrenched legislative leaders stymie legislation, including state budgets, as part…
This is the fourth of a four-part series covering our findings in “Reforming North Carolina’s General Assembly.” Part One covered legislative pay, Part Two dealt with session limits, and Part…
Note: This article originally appeared in National Review on August 19, 2024. It is reprinted with minor modification. Christine Fairbanks is an education-policy fellow at the Sutherland Institute. Robert Luebke is the…
Collusive lawsuit settlements harm the public when used to overturn laws. The State Board of Elections entered a collusive lawsuit in 2020 to alter election laws. A federal judge limited…
North Carolina parents plan to gather tomorrow in a show of support for the state’s popular Opportunity Scholarship Program, which helps families across North Carolina access private schools for their…
“This could end very badly.” That’s the sentiment I pick up from discussions with parents, educators and policymakers frustrated with efforts by the N.C. House to slow-walk expansion of the…
Last Thursday, parents across North Carolina rushed to apply for the state’s Opportunity Scholarship voucher program on behalf of their children. More than 20,000 applications were received on the first…
Saturday, October 7, marked the single deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, many calling it “Israel’s 9/11.” Hamas, a bloodthirsty terrorist organization backed by Iran, declared war on Israel…
One goal when drawing congressional districts is to keep political communities, including counties, together. As Jim Stirling and I noted in our report, Limiting Gerrymandering in North Carolina, “[W]hile there…
School choice advocates in North Carolina had two reasons to smile this week. First. on Wednesday, Tamika Walker Kelley, Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) and…
General Assembly leaders agreed to a bottom-line budget number last week, kicking off the biennium budget season. Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) announced that General…
Packing policy into budgets harms transparency and accountability.