North Carolina comes out on top nationwide as the state catching up the fastest with early reading skills post-pandemic, according to N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt. She made the announcement Tuesday at the N.C. Council of State meeting.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson just picks up steam despite any highly controversial statements or past actions.
The opioid epidemic is killing more than 100,000 Americans each year. Fentanyl alone — not counting other opioids such as heroin, oxycodone, and morphine — now tops the list as the No. 1 cause of death for adults 45 and younger. That’s more than suicides, car wrecks, or COVID-19. The second-largest attorney-general settlement in history...
Editor’s note: This story was updated Wednesday afternoon to reflect comments from the office of AG Josh Stein. N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein is getting a slew of complaints from consumers over ever-rising gas prices. Residents say owners of gas stations are unnecessarily inflating prices to take advantage of supply disruptions because of the war...
While the new N.C. congressional map is likely to undergo significant changes, Republicans may not have to significantly alter their recently enacted legislative maps that were declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court. Carolina Journal recently reported exclusive details on a new congressional map expected to be released today. The map will likely result in...
Editor’s note: The number of hospitals included in the Patient Rights Advocate study has been changed, based on updated information from the Office of the State Treasurer. State Treasurer Dale Folwell is raising concerns about hospitals’ compliance with federal price transparency laws. Folwell highlights new research that “directly counters” competing claims about price transparency from...
Our two most recent state attorneys general have urged the N.C. Supreme Court to ignore a clear provision in the General Statutes.
Lawyers working for N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein will soon ask the state Supreme Court to jump back into the long-running Leandro school funding dispute. At stake is the potential transfer of $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds without legislative approval. A notice filed Tuesday in the state’s highest court warned justices that the attorney general’s...
A national group representing Republican state officials is backing N.C. legislators at the U.S. Supreme Court. Legislative leaders want the high court’s permission to intervene in a federal lawsuit targeting voter ID. That request in a case called Berger v. N.C. State Conference of the NAACP has prompted a friend-of-the-court brief from the Republican State...
The latest legal challenge to North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program could be decided by a single judge or a three-judge panel. Arguments presented in recent days to the N.C. Court of Appeals focus on the case’s destination. Lawyers for the state, Republican legislative leaders, and parents defending Opportunity Scholarships all want the case transferred to...
State Attorney General Josh Stein’s office is willing to go along with a delay in implementing a $1.7 billion school funding order. A court filing from Stein’s office Tuesday morning marked the latest development in the long-running Leandro lawsuit. “The State is mindful of the unique circumstances and novel issues that this case presents,” writes...
