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Proposal would shift weighting for A-F grades for NC public schools

The factors that go into grading public schools in North Carolina would change under a set of recommendations proposed by an advisory panel in the Department of Public Instruction. The recommendations were presented to the N.C. House Education Committee on Tuesday.

David N. Bass
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Fired professor urges NC Supreme Court to address ‘deference’ dispute

The latest legal filing from a fired Winston-Salem State University professor urges the N.C. Supreme Court to take his case and tackle the issue of “administrative deference.” It’s the same issue the John Locke Foundation emphasized in a brief supporting professor Alvin Mitchell’s case.

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Unaffiliated voters ask federal judge to reject Cooper’s motion to dismiss their suit

Unaffiliated voters challenging the partisan makeup of the N.C. State Board of Elections are asking a federal judge to reject the latest request from Gov. Roy Cooper. The governor filed paperwork earlier this month seeking dismissal of the unaffiliated voters’ lawsuit.

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The Debrief: Super-technologically-diabolical Gerrymandering, Cooper’s influence over public policy in question.

This week on The Debrief: The N.C. Senate kicked off the week presenting its version of the state budget and wrapped the week giving it bipartisan passage. The state legislature also voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of SB 20, a measure restricting abortion in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. Within minutes,...

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Rep. Tricia Cotham touts ‘Choose Your School, Choose Your Future’ legislation, House Bill 823

Rep. Tricia Cotham, R-Mecklenburg, presents House Bill 823 to colleagues on the House floor. The bill is titled “Choose Your School, Choose Your Future.” Cotham offered these comments on May 17, 2023. Video courtesy of ncleg.gov.

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Locke’s Mitch Kokai assesses Gov. Cooper’s abortion law pressure campaign

Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s campaign to convince Republican legislators to flip their votes on an abortion bill. Kokai offered these comments during the May 12, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”

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The Debrief:  Gov. Cooper’s Failing Pressure Campaign, NCGOP’s Blockbuster Lineup, & NC State Board of Elections

This week on The Debrief: Gov. Roy Cooper launched a pressure campaign this week, targeting four Republican lawmakers in swing districts, but it does not seem to be going as planned. The NCGOP announced its speaker lineup for June’s party convention in Greensboro. Former President Donald Trump, former VP Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron...

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Ukrainian people in NC rally to support homeland 

As the Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine continues to escalate, North Carolina’s local Ukrainian population is rallying to bring attention to the suffering of people in their homeland and to gather supplies to help them. Donna Goldstein, co-president of the Ukrainian Association of North Carolina, finds herself at the forefront of these efforts.  Goldstein has...

David Larson
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Why the Fourth Estate is in receivership

The fourth estate, journalism, is racing to receivership unless we can rescue it from its rapacious self. The hubris hasn’t always been this bad, this blatant, or this biased, yet it worsens daily. In the town I grew up in, Nashville, Tennessee, there were two newspapers in the 1950s and 1960s, one for the morning,...

Mark Herring