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Nearly three-quarters of respondents to a recent Carolina Journal Poll said that they would support a policy giving students the opportunity to transfer to a public school of their choice,…
Introduction Overregulation of the health care profession deteriorates the physician/patient relationship and is pushing some doctors to opt out of insurance contracts so they can spend more time with their…
North Carolina finds itself in a four-way tie for last place when it comes to having strong open enrollment policies that improve access to traditional public schools. A new study…
Forty-three percent of North Carolina K-12 schools received a grade of D or F on state report cards, and state test scores show academic achievement is lagging and racial achievement…
September 5, 1802 John Stanly and Richard Dobbs Spaight dueled in New Bern. After the death of Spaight, the General Assembly outlawed dueling. September 6, 1958 William R. Valentiner passed away. He…
This past week 97.7% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Nevertheless, 39 out of 40 (97.4%) adult North Carolinians — and more…
Superior Court Judge W. David Lee violated the separation of powers by ordering state finance officials to transfer $1.7 billion in taxpayer money from the General Fund without the requisite…
For nearly three decades, Leandro v. State of North Carolina has had the potential to bring together elected officials from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches for the benefit of…
Kudos to Michael Hicks of Union County Public Schools for his petition supporting school calendar flexibility. This year, our county, Union County Public Schools, adopted a schedule where children came…
A group of Union County teachers is petitioning the county school board to implement a full-time remote learning plan. Today, the group held signs in front of the district’s central…
Last week, Gov. Roy Cooper pulled $50 million from reserve accounts and funds set aside for summer reading camps (which will not occur this summer for obvious reasons). Districts and…
Last year, Mark Johnson announced he would not seek re-election as superintendent of public instruction and instead would compete for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. His loss in the…