The Green New Deal was recently rolled out by Democrats in Congress. What's it all about and who supports this sweeping, far-reaching proposal? How did Mitch McConnell get the ... Keep Reading
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Reforms Needed to Address Ballot Harvesting: Part 2
Update: An earlier version of this article read, "Under current law, anyone can submit absentee ballot applications on behalf of anyone else." whereas it should have read, "Under ... Keep Reading
North Carolina Teachers: How Frustrated are They?
Media reports provide a steady diet of frustrated teachers. Survey results for teacher turnover and working conditions don’t support what you hear from the media. While some ... Keep Reading
Reforms Needed to Address Ballot Harvesting: Part 1
Ballot harvesting is a crime that has long plagued North Carolina politics Current law makes it unnecessarily difficult to prosecute or prevent ballot harvesting There are ... Keep Reading
How the 9th District Results Could be Overturned
There are two ongoing investigations into alleged ballot harvesting in the 9th Congressional District race. The Wake County District Attorney's office is investigating possible ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Expansion: Learning from History
Medicaid began as state/federal program to help the neediest among us. The Obama Administration sought to cover the uninsured by requiring states to expand Medicaid. The Supreme ... Keep Reading
Your Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren are Paying for Medicaid Expansion
At a presidential campaign stop in Indiana in 1968, Robert Kennedy was asked by a medical student who was going to pay for his healthcare proposal for poor people? Kennedy famously ... Keep Reading
How Public Schools Fit into “School Choice”
Traditional public schools educate around 80 percent of K-12 students in North Carolina. Expanding choice incentivizes traditional public schools to be more in touch with parent ... Keep Reading
Poll Results: NC Likes School Choice and Wants More Of It
92 percent of respondents believe parents should have the ability to choose their child’s school Support for charter schools and Opportunity Scholarships are stronger among ... Keep Reading
The School Choice Waiting List Crisis
Editor's Note: A previous version of this article cited an outdated estimate of the Opportunity Scholarship waitlist total. The current total is now used for the overall waitlist ... Keep Reading
