As dawn broke across North Carolina, 1.5 million public school children were supposed to be headed back to the classroom this week to resume in-person education halted last spring ... Keep Reading
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The battle for North Carolina: Donald Bryson on The Triangle’s Afternoon News
Listen as Donald Bryson joins Rick and Donna Martinez on The Triangle's Afternoon News to discuss the latest Civitas Poll results. With the election 82 days away and 15 electoral ... Keep Reading
Cooper’s upper hand and Biden’s gaffes
Ray is joined by North Carolina writer Andrew Donaldson this week. They discuss the politics surrounding Gov. Roy Cooper’s extension of Phase Two and then jump into the governor’s ... Keep Reading
Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, and the American Dream
This week, Brooke is joined by Leah Byers, Civitas policy analyst and government affairs coordinator. They make guesses as to former Vice President and presidential candidate Joe ... Keep Reading
What Will Plan “B” Like For Your Family?
Now that Governor Roy Cooper has mandated Plan “B” for North Carolina’s Public Schools, 115 local school districts must adopt their own plans or choose to be remote only with all ... Keep Reading
Cooper’s dreaded Plan B part-time school return now a reality
Gov. Roy Cooper finally announced that North Carolina’s 1.5 million public school children will not return to school full-time this fall, and will spend much of their time at home, ... Keep Reading
Gov. Cooper indecision over schools causing high school sports chaos
Governor Roy Cooper’s mixed signals and unexplained delay in announcing how North Carolina public school children will be educated this fall is causing heartburn for parents The ... Keep Reading
Parents should prepare for Cooper’s back to school nightmare
Gov. Roy Cooper appears unwilling to allow North Carolina’s 1.5 million public school children to return to school full-time this fall, and parents must prepare for the ... Keep Reading
Parents fret as Gov. Cooper’s school announcement provides zero clarity on back to school plans
In the classic 1978 coming of age movie Grease, at least beauty school dropout Frenchy had her guardian “Teen Angel” to tell her what it would be like to return to Rydell High ... Keep Reading
Heartbreak for North Carolina delegates as Cooper’s unbending virus rules force RNC 2020 Convention to abandon Charlotte
As vice-chair of the Mecklenburg County Republican Party, Sarah Reidy-Jones did not want to leave anything to chance. She had been pitching Charlotte’s case to host the Republican ... Keep Reading
