Wake County school leaders who’ve been pushing for the state to switch to a 10-point scale for high school grading could get their wish today. As noted in today’s Charlotte Observer article by... Read More
RALEIGH — Hours after a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling brought clarity about which parts of a 2013 election law would apply to the coming election, Gov. Pat McCrory and legislative leaders... Read More
ALEIGH — As incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan and Republican challenger Thom Tillis have battled to represent North Carolina for the next six years in Washington, their messages have focused on... Read More
Yes, there’s still five weeks to go. Yes, anything can happen. But the story of this race is likely to be that Thom Tillis lost it when he stayed Speaker in this year’s legislative session... Read More
Opinion by The Times-News, October 1, 2014. We spend a lot of time these days bragging about Elon University. It seems a week doesn’t go by when the campus isn’t being decorated with one award or... Read More
Last week we told you about seven bad decisions made by the General Assembly that have received very little attention amid all the back and forth about education cuts, the refusal to expand Medicaid... Read More
For every dollar spent on the N.C. Education Lottery in the latest fiscal year, slightly more than a quarter – 27.3 cents – came back to the state for education. In this fiscal year, which ends... Read More
RALEIGH – U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers leads challenger Clay Aiken by 8 percentage points in their race for House District 2, according to a new Civitas Flash Poll released today by the Civitas Institute... Read More
MOBILE, Ala. — It’s been noticed by just about everyone except what we call the “liberal establishment” that of the eight Senate seats now up for grabs, four are in the South – Arkansas... Read More
RALEIGH — The state’s most recent gun law may allow concealed firearms at this year’s N.C. State Fair, where they have been forbidden for decades. Grass Roots North Carolina, an advocate group... Read More
