Opinion
Late lessons, costly mistakes
NC's Economics and Personal Finance course for high schools is vital. But saving it for the end of senior year ignores that students have been making financial decisions for years at that point.
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NC proud
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Leandro should have ended long ago
For all the confusion, finger-pointing, and rancor that accompanied the North Carolina Supreme Court’s final ruling in the Leandro school-finance case, the primary emotion it conjured in me was relief. This is likely the last time I’ll feel compelled to comment on the matter. I have many acquaintances, and some cherished friends, who are very...
Opinion
When local governments fail, the state cannot look away
If the General Assembly declines to act when local governments repeatedly fail in this manner, the consequences will not remain confined to Mecklenburg County.
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Judge rejects idea that NC election laws require ‘one-way ratchet’
Multiple lawsuits in recent years have targeted reforms that tighten election rules in North Carolina.
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Next generation
Opinion
The solar tax break NC should reconsider
Only solar energy systems receive a substantial property tax abatement, while other forms of energy production do not. A sound tax system should strive for neutrality, not selective advantage.
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Flashback: NC’s Easter Monday tradition forged on the baseball diamond
On Good Friday state offices were closed in North Carolina for Holy Week, along with 10 other states. However, that has not always been the case in North Carolina. The Monday after Easter — rather than Good Friday — was a legal holiday in North Carolina for 52 years, and for many years before by...
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Are you sure about that?
Opinion
Why the Halifax Resolves matter
On April 12, a large crowd of North Carolinians will gather in the town of Halifax to commemorate the 250th anniversary of a pivotal historical event. It was on April 12, 1776, that 83 delegates representing all 35 (at the time) counties plus nine municipalities affirmed what became known as the Halifax Resolves. They instructed...
Opinion
NCAE chooses activism over academics… again
This year, NCAE leadership appears to want participation in their protests to be sizable enough to force school boards across NC to cancel classes on May 1.
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Seeking a path between warehousing and enabling the troubled
America is alone among developed nations in allowing the kind of disorder being tolerated on Raleigh's Glenwood South, on the Charlotte transit system, and in countless other cities.
