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Prosecutors are often reluctant to bring charges in election fraud cases since they can be difficult to prosecute. One way to correct that problem is to expand the special prosecutor…
Although election fraud can take various forms, voting by mail (known as absentee voting in North Carolina) is uniquely vulnerable to fraud. When law enforcement and election officials fail to…
We have all seen the scenes of utter devastation after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. Yet most county boards of elections were up and running within a few days,…
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…
North Carolina K-12 public schools have received close to $6 billion in Covid-19 relief funds A new analysis finds school districts have about 75% of Covid funds unspent, and although…
K-12 public school districts in North Carolina have received about $6 billion in federal funds to help address the coronavirus pandemic. On average, since last March, school districts have spent…
According to data released by the NC Department of Public Instruction today, the average per-pupil expenditures (PPE) for each district in 2019-20 were as follows: Year LEA LEA Name Total PPE…
The following are data published by the NC Department of Public Instruction. Public School Unit Name Allocations (as of August 14, 2020) Alamance-Burlington Schools $ 9,630,194 Alexander County Schools $ …
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…
As I mentioned in two previous blog posts, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction just released figures for the 2018-19 school year. Note that city school systems follow the county in which they…
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction released estimates for the distribution of $100 million in lottery funds for school facilities. Charter schools are not entitled to lottery funds for this…
Last week, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released per-student expenditure data for the 2017-18 school year. While most districts increased spending from 2017 to 2018, 10 districts spent less. …