Chloe Gossage

Unaffiliated voters are registering in record numbers, rivaling Democrats in their weekly increase in registration. There are 1.3 million unaffiliated voters – 22 percent of ... Keep Reading

The Court System and the Departments of Correction, Crime Control & Public Safety, Justice, and Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Chloe Gossage Senior Policy ... Keep Reading

Statewide Voter Registration: April 2004 to August 2008 Data Source: State Board of Elections Note: Data from 2004 - 2006 is reported at most twice a year. ... Keep Reading

Highlights of the House Justice & Public Safety Budget Total General Fund budget of $2.09 billion; nearly half is dedicated to prisons. Increase of 1.6 percent over ... Keep Reading

While the bulk of the money spent by the State on corrections is for the incarceration of prisoners, three-quarters of convicted offenders each year are returned to the community ... Keep Reading

The map below compares the winners - by county - of the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary and the 2004 Presidential General Election. In North Carolina overall, President Bush ... Keep Reading

 The map below shows population changes in areas surrounding urban centers. Counties with only the blue outline are not included in the Census Bureau's definition of urban - ... Keep Reading

  North Carolina’s public school system is in need of fundamental reform. While education spending continues to grow, key measures of student progress demonstrate that ... Keep Reading

The State Department of Public Instruction (DPI) recently released the first “cohort graduation rate,” showing that little more than two-thirds of high school students ... Keep Reading

The debate over raising the cap on charter schools has prompted legislation (HB 30) for a study of charter schools. A recent report by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy ... Keep Reading