In October 2019, Beaufort businessman Randy Ramsey was unanimously elected chairman of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors. He’s had an eventful few months at the helm. Ramsey, president of boat-building company Jarrett Bay Boatworks, was…
Editor’s note: This story was updated Monday afternoon with comment from the Spring Hope mayor. P.T. Barnum once said there’s a sucker born every minute. Step right up, North Carolina. Part of a train once owned by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey…
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper raised $605,649 — 7% of his 2019 campaign funds — from residents of New York and California, based on a Carolina Journal analysis of his campaign finance reports. But details about Cooper’s fundraising trips to those states are hard to…
North Carolina’s budget stalemate is seriously affecting its public universities and may even cause enrollment cuts at three institutions participating in a reduced tuition program, say leaders of the University of North Carolina System. UNC’s Board of Governors is worried about…
Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour has given a local Confederate group 45 days to return Silent Sam to the University of North Carolina system. Baddour filed the order Thursday, Feb. 20. The N.C. Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans must…
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Common core: A week ago, State Superintendent Mark Johnson sent a survey about Common Core to thousands of…
Andrés Guilarte was sitting in a university lecture when a fellow student began crying and choking. Tear gas was seeping through a classroom window. Police had targeted Guilarte’s school, the Central University of Venezuela, in response to student protests. Guilarte himself led a student group at…
The digital revolution has slashed profits for companies in the business of journalism, leaving the industry to reassess a longstanding yet faulty business model, says Charles Whitaker. Four decades ago, the student rate for an annual subscription to Time magazine was $200, said Whitaker, dean of…
As state community colleges struggle to raise enrollment, they are looking to recruit more non-traditional students — those older than 25. The push could help lift those students out of poverty and boost North Carolina’s workforce — but only if colleges get it right, advocates say.
A second court has blocked voter ID in North Carolina — a move policymakers and analysts denounce as riddled with substantive and procedural problems. A state Court of Appeals three-judge panel has temporarily banned a…
