By Jenna A. Robinson In late October, the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina announced that Margaret Spellings, Secretary of the Department of Education under ... Keep Reading
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Ignore the Doomsayers about UNC’s Spellings
By Jenna A. Robinson In late October, the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina announced that Margaret Spellings, Secretary of the Department of Education under ... Keep Reading
Tell Candidates: Shun Debates Sponsored by Opponents of Voter Photo ID
This year a new state law will protect your ballot by requiring voters to show government-issued, photo identification to cast a ballot. But some groups are still fighting this ... Keep Reading
Political Contributor has Elections Monopoly in North Carolina
Two Charlotte media organizations, the Charlotte Observer and WBTV, ran stories last week about a legislator who appears to have made stealth changes to legislation that would ... Keep Reading
Public Schools Undergoing Historic Shift
Part 2 of 2 In Part 1, we looked at Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) enrollment as an indicator of the growing gap between the educational options now available at the ... Keep Reading
What Wake Enrollment Stats Really Mean
Part 1 of 2 Wake County Public Schools are growing at a slower rate than expected, and the reasons for this trend illuminate the growing gap between what the traditional public ... Keep Reading
State High Court Vacates Death Row Cases
Today the North Carolina Supreme Court vacated all four cases filed under the Racial Justice Act. All four convicted killers who had their sentences commuted to life without ... Keep Reading
What If Trump Thinks He’s Already Won?
One of my colleagues, Demi Dowdy, and I were talking about whether Donald Trump would lead a third-party movement, which the Republican presidential hopeful has said he wouldn’t ... Keep Reading
Judge Rules Suit Against DEQ Will Proceed
Judge Melissa Owens Lassiter of the Office of Administrative Hearings on Monday denied the Attorney General’s motion to dismiss in Owens v. NC Department of Environmental Quality. ... Keep Reading
Judge Rules Suit Against DEQ Will Proceed
Dec. 15, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jim Tynen, 919.747.8062 or jim.tynen@nccivitas.org RALEIGH -- Judge Melissa Owens Lassiter of the Office of Administrative ... Keep Reading
