Nicholas Curry just wrapped up his first semester at Appalachian State University. It’s a moment to celebrate for any student, but for Nicholas, the victory is particularly meaningful. Nicholas has cerebral palsy and is classified as intellectually disabled. His mother, Gretchen Bivins, said that when he was accepted into the…
Lawyers supporting and opposing North Carolina’s new election maps will take their arguments to the N.C. Supreme Court on Feb. 2. The court has set that date for a virtual session of oral arguments. The arguments are tied to multiple legal challenges of the state’s new congressional and legislative…
Military installations in North Carolina will benefit from the recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act, which U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, helped to push through Congress. President Biden signed the $778 billion act, Senate Bill 1605, in late December. The…
A majority of the state’s hospitals are reaping the benefits of tax-exempt status but come up short in providing adequate charity care to earn that designation — and they’re getting away with it. That’s the conclusion of a report released in October jointly…
State Auditor Beth Wood is investigating the city of Goldsboro over possible mismanagement and misappropriation of funds. The investigation comes after the city’s 2019 audit showed multiple bookkeeping adjustments to capital assets and notes receivable, with no audits conducted in 2020 or 2021. State Treasurer Dale Folwell, who requested the…
Defenders of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program want a three-judge panel to hear a lawsuit challenging the voucher program. They’re asking the N.C. Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court’s ruling on the issue. Three separate briefs filed Wednesday at the Appeals Court all supported the lawsuit’s transfer from…
Former N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory is the preferred choice for the state’s U.S. Senate seat in 2022, according to a Civitas Poll of likely GOP primary voters released Thursday, Jan. 13. McCrory, a Republican, leads the primary field with 24% of the vote, compared to 19%…
As critics of North Carolina’s new election maps take their case to the state Supreme Court, lawyers on both sides of the case are taking aim at justices they want to drop out of the case. Along with official notices of appeal, one document filed in the state’s highest…
Two of the Tar Heel State’s school choice programs have saved taxpayers between $74.1 million and $154.3 million through fiscal 2018, according to an updated analysis from the school choice advocacy organization EdChoice. Those figures translate to between $3,373 and $7,022…
A unanimous three-judge panel has upheld North Carolina’s new congressional and legislative election maps. The panel of two Republican Superior Court judges and one Democratic colleague rejected critics’ arguments that mapmakers engaged in unconstitutional partisan and racial gerrymandering. The 260-page order also grants the State Board of Elections’ request…
