A decision shaking up the 30-year-old legal dispute could open the conversation about reforming North Carolina's education finances.
We need judges and justices who faithfully interpret and apply the NC Constitution based on its text and history. Our constitutional rights, especially to economic liberty, depend on it.
With traditional calendar school districts getting underway in late August across North Carolina, many parents might be wondering about what is and isn’t permissible for religious expression in public school classrooms. The issue has been in the news again this week due to calls from GOP superintendent of public instruction candidate Michele Morrow to begin...
State Attorney General Josh Stein is appealing a Wake County judge’s order last month that $12 million Smithfield Foods has paid to North Carolina since 2019 should fund environmental enhancements in public schools. Stein had been using the money to fund his own environmental grant program.
The University of North Carolina System defends the legal concept of administrative deference in its latest state Supreme Court filing in the case of a fired Winston-Salem State University professor. Lower courts have ruled against Professor Alvin Mitchell.
In the new Carolina Journal poll, just 40% of respondents would support an amendment to repeal the requirement, with 38% opposing it. That is a surprisingly tight margin.
The UNC Board of Governors voted Friday to elect Lee Roberts, serving as interim chancellor since January, as the fully vested chancellor of North Carolina's flagship public university.
“Sowing Resilience,” a project of the John Locke Foundation, was released to the public August 12th. This four-part docuseries takes an in-depth look at food insecurity in North Carolina, the challenges facing those in food production, and offers policy recommendations to make our food systems more resilient.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt told Council of State (COS) members Tuesday, including Gov. Roy Cooper, that she credits the Excellent Public Schools Act with helping North Carolina’s kindergarten through third-grade students outperform the national average on end-of-year literacy assessments for three years in a row.
New reports from the North Carolina state government reveal a consistent rise in private and home school enrollments year-over-year. Private school enrollment has grown 3.2%, while Mecklenburg, Wake, and Union counties lead the state in the number of homeschool students.
A deep dive into the "Regional Economic Development Reserve Fund" and where the money is going.
