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Student stabbed to death at Wake County high school

On Monday, the Raleigh Police Department reported that two students were stabbed at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School and transported to the hospital, where one of the students died of injuries. The second victim remains hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a press conference delivered by Raleigh Chief of Police Estella Patterson.

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Leandro plaintiffs seek Berger Jr.’s recusal from upcoming hearing

Plaintiffs in North Carolina’s long-running education funding legal dispute are seeking Justice Phil Berger Jr.’s recusal from the state Supreme Court’s pending hearing in the case. Critics object to Berger considering a case involving his father, the state Senate’s top officer.

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School board group backs Gaston County in state Supreme Court SAFE Child Act case

The North Carolina School Boards Association supports the Gaston County school board’s appeal in a state Supreme Court case tied to the SAFE Child Act. The local school board wants the high court to overturn a decision that upheld the act as constitutional.

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The Debrief: Redistricting Maps Become Law, Lawmakers Make Their Move, & A New School Choice Poll

This week on “The Debrief”: * This week’s legislative action focused mostly on redistricting. Votes for new congressional and legislative maps were finalized Wednesday. Since Gov. Roy Cooper has no role in the redistricting process, the maps became law once legislators approved them. * Redistricting may have grabbed the headlines, but lawmakers took some other...

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State Supreme Court splits over new review of 29-year-old education funding case

The state Supreme Court voted 5-2 to take another look at North Carolina’s long-running court battle over education funding. Justices will decide whether a trial court had “subject matter jurisdiction” to order hundreds of millions of dollars in new education spending. The decision announced Friday split the court along party lines. Republicans agreed to hear the case again. Democrats dissented.

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