A new study released yesterday by the Civitas Institute evaluates government education spending and academic results across all local school districts in NC. A few key findings from the study include... Read More
U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan is taking heat over money that her husband’s company received as part of the federal economic stimulus grant in 2010. Thom Tillis, Hagan’s Republican challenger in the U.S... Read More
The Supreme Court said Saturday that Texas can use its controversial new voter identification law for the November election. A majority of the justices rejected an emergency request from the Justice... Read More
In honor of Healthcare Solutions Week, I wanted to share with you some information about North Carolina’s Health and Human Services budget. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is... Read More
You have to give folks on the Right credit for one thing this election season. They are going all out to mislead people in North Carolina about the damage done to public education by the General... Read More
by Gene Nichol, UNC professor, published in News and Observer, October 16, 2014. It is impossible to miss the fact that an election approaches. Commercials launch from every corner and platform. You... Read More
Since our last look at the rampant fraud and abuse of school voucher programs around the country, North Carolina has implemented its own voucher program that provides low-income students with funds... Read More
Stop the presses. I have something nice to say about Governor McCrory. Unlike his Republican colleagues Thom Tillis, Phil Berger and Dan Forrest, McCrory said he will respect and obey the court... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, October 16, 2014. The N.C. Supreme Court will decide sooner rather than later whether school vouchers violate the state constitution. The court last week announced... Read More
I haven’t had a tv for more than a decade, and increasing numbers of my friends are getting rid of theirs. At the very least, many of them are dropping cable or satellite and using their... Read More
