In Tuesday night’s State of The Union speech, President Joe Biden focused his comments on a theme to “finish the job,” proposing new taxpayer-paid benefits, focusing on the more than 20,000 projects related to the infrastructure bill, and highlighting climate policy in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Should businesses weigh in on political controversies? According to a recent Gallup poll, the general public is closely divided on the question, 48% in favor and 52% opposed. Not surprisingly, young people are friendlier to the idea — but even their preferences are more nuanced than a single yes-or-no question can convey. That’s one of...
North Carolina Rep. Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County was the only Democrat to support a proposed constitutional amendment that would make members of the N.C. Board of Education elected rather than appointed. The vote was taken Feb. 7 during the House K-12 Education Committee. Cotham is the newly minted co-chair of the committee, along with...
On Tuesday, a bill filed by NC House Democrats, “The Parents’ and Students’ Bill of Rights” was referred to the Committee on Rules and Operations of the House. The Democrats’ bill was filed after Republicans filed the Parents’ Bill of Rights, scheduled to be considered on the N.C. Senate floor Tuesday afternoon.