A national watchdog group lists U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning of North Carolina’s 6th congressional district as one of the top ethics violators in 2022. The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, or FACTS, chided Manning, a Democrat serving her third term in the U.S. House, for failing to disclose stock trades of up to $1.25 million....
North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt has released an update on Operation Polaris, a four-year plan for strengthening student outcomes across the state. Operation Polaris was initially released in September 2021. The “north star” of the plan is that “every student deserves a highly qualified, excellent teacher in every classroom.” In an update...
A new working paper published in the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that the link between Medicaid expansion and improved rates of adult mortality is not as clear as previous research has suggested.
U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina’s 8th congressional district flipped his vote for House Speaker to Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California after voting for an alternative on the previous 11 ballots. The change came on the 12th ballot for House Speaker on the afternoon of Jan. 6. According to an analysis by CBS News,...
The rapid growth of school choice options brought on by the pandemic shows no signs of letting up as the calendar turns over to 2023. Recent statistics show that for the 2021-2022 school year, there were 115,311 students enrolled in K-12 private schools, 160,528 in homeschools, and another 132,909 enrolled in public charter schools. Part...
El rápido crecimiento de las opciones de elección de escuela provocado por la pandemia no muestra signos de disminuir a medida que el calendario avanza hacia 2023. Las estadísticas recientes muestran que para el año escolar 2021-2022, había 115,311 estudiantes matriculados en escuelas privadas K-12, 160,528 en educación en el hogar y otros 132,909 matriculados...
A new survey from GasBuddy has some good news for drivers in North Carolina’s capital city — Raleigh is no longer on the top 10 list for Scroogiest drivers during the holiday season. GasBudy reviewed data from millions of drives during the Thanksgiving 2022 holiday weekend to reach its results. Raleigh dropped to 19th on the...
La primera encuesta estatal sobre la salud mental de los adolescentes desde antes de la pandemia en 2019 pinta un panorama terrible. En una amplia gama de métricas, los jóvenes de hoy informan que se sienten peor que sus contrapartes hace una década, lo que subraya los impactos de la pandemia y los vientos culturales...
Raleigh’s WakeMed campus had the 10th highest number of Emergency Room visits in 2020 nationwide, according to new statistics from NiceRX Health. WakeMed had 127,059 visits in total. Across North Carolina, there were nearly 1.2 million ER visits over that one-year period, or around 1,122 visits per 10,000 residents. As for reasons for an ER visit,...
portrait. On a wide range of metrics, young people today report feeling worse off than their counterparts a decade ago, underscoring the impacts of the pandemic and shifting cultural winds.
Una nueva encuesta de posibles votantes republicanos en Carolina del Norte le da al gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, una ventaja del 56% al 35% sobre el expresidente Donald Trump en un posible enfrentamiento en las primarias de 2024. Faltan más de 13 meses para las primeras contiendas en las primarias, pero eso no detiene...
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit that seeks to protect charter schools across the United States filed a motion Dec. 14 asking a federal judge to reject the government’s attempt to have the lawsuit dismissed. In November, a coalition of charter-school advocacy organizations from five states filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block new restrictions on charter...