Carolina Journal

Ager well outpaces Balkcom in NC-11 fundraising

In third quarter FEC campaign finance reports, Ager raised $2.3 million and has $1.6 million in cash on hand. Balkcom raised $355,134 and has $295,084 in cash on hand. 

Treasurer Briner: Avoid financial scam scares this season

Fraud is becoming much more sophisticated. Artificial intelligence can produce convincing emails, realistic photographs and even voices that sound like someone you know.

UNC System puts $400K into new routes to teaching

The UNC System has awarded $400,000 to 15 campuses to build teacher apprenticeships and other new routes into the classroom. The grants come as more than 4,000 NC educators teach on temporary licenses and the state rolls out its own apprenticeship program.

Tillis to join Davidson College’s Martin Institute after leaving Senate

The retiring senator joins Susan Rice and James Zogby in the institute’s inaugural residency program.

Charter school asks top NC court to reject student suicide case

A Wake County charter school is urging North Carolina’s highest court to reject a case related to a 13-year-old student’s off-campus suicide in 2022.

Locke brief backs lawmakers in appointments fight at top NC court

The John Locke Foundation is supporting legal arguments from North Carolina legislative leaders in their appointments dispute with Gov. Josh Stein at the state’s highest court.

HCA seeks to have AG Jackson’s Mission Hospital lawsuit dismissed

HCA Healthcare has filed a new motion to throw out North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s lawsuit over HCA’s operations of Asheville’s Mission Hospital.

Greater Carolina warrant targets obtaining property by false pretense

The latest search warrant released in the State Bureau of Investigation probe into advocacy group Greater Carolina focuses on the possible crime of obtaining property by false pretense.

Ed schools seek protection as K-6 teachers move to grades 7-8

A draft state rule would let K-6 licensed teachers be assigned to grades 7 and 8. The commission reviewing it spent most of its time on shielding ed schools from the results.

Absentee ballot requests drop by 32% from 2022

Experts attribute drop in absentee ballot requests to a a return to in-person voting after COVID, not an expected decline in voter participation.

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