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No seat for NC board of education on new high school redesign commission

A bill the General Assembly ratified Aug. 6 creates a 15-member commission to redesign North Carolina's high schools, giving four private organizations seats on it along with the job of staffing it and drafting its reports. The State Board of Education has no appointments at all.

Stein pulls Smythe DPS nomination, blames NC Senate for inaction

The governor has appointed NC DPS Chief of Staff Casandra Hoekstra to serve as interim secretary while a search is conducted to find the next permanent secretary.

Mamdani’s cheap grocery scheme won’t help poor families

Long food lines and food ration cards, however, are the hallmarks of a failing Soviet Union and have no place in a free society.

More bar owners drop out of COVID shutdown lawsuit

Fifteen more plaintiffs are dropping out of a six-year-old lawsuit challenging then-Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to keep North Carolina bars closed during the COVID pandemic.