RALEIGH — After sidestepping questions earlier this year about whether or not North Carolina would be creating a “vaccine passport,” Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration has created a “certified” state vaccination card for COVID-19. In late […]
RALEIGH – At a July 21 press briefing, Gov. Roy Cooper refused to take a position on what has become a hot-button education issue across the country: whether Critical Race Theory, a Marxist concept, should […]
RALEIGH — At a July 14 press conference where a proposed new amendment to the North Carolina Constitution was introduced, Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) spoke at length about the controversy surrounding Critical Race Theory. […]
CHAPEL HILL — Nikole Hannah-Jones, the writer of the controversial “1619 Project,” turned down a job at UNC Chapel Hill and will instead take a tenured position at Howard University. Hannah-Jones made the announcement on […]
RALEIGH — It was standing room only at a press conference commemorating the North Carolina law that opened up the state to charter schools 25 years ago this month. On June 21, 1996, the “Charter […]
RALEIGH — Two of North Carolina’s top elected Republican officials pushed back over a resolution issued by the Durham City Council endorsing the teaching of Critical Race Theory in public education. The resolution’s language specifically […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Senate passed its 2021-23 budget on Thursday, agreeing to spend $25.7 billion in 2021-22 and $26.6 billion in 2022-23. The plan follows the conservative approach Republicans have followed since taking over the General […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Senate, who introduces their spending plan first this biennium, presented their budget on June 21, maintaining the conservative approach General Assembly Republicans have been following since they took over the […]
RALEIGH – A June 15 consensus revenue forecast shows that NC coffers are expected to have a surplus of over $6.5 billion by 2023 without funds from the American Rescue Plan. “These new numbers show […]
RALEIGH — At the first in-person COVID-19 media briefing in over 400 days, on June 2, Gov. Roy Cooper said North Carolina’s state-of-emergency order needed to continue and would not say when it will be […]
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