The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to cut $40 million from the federal Charter Schools Program, in a major policy shift away from the bipartisan support that charter schools have enjoyed in recent years. In addition to the funding cut, the move would prohibit federal funding for charter schools that contract “with a for-profit entity...
President Biden is expected to announce Thursday, July 29, that all federal employees must be vaccinated or submit to rigorous COVID testing. That would include members of the military. The White House Office and Management already announced an employee mask mandate in all federal buildings. The announcement would come the same day that Gov. Roy...
Three members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation have signed a letter urging President Biden to postpone a meeting this week with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. They cite concerns about “a string of cyberattacks originating in Russia,” according to a news release. U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8th District, served as co-lead writer on the letter. Fellow...
It seems that both Gov. Roy Cooper and President Joe Biden think the money printer can go “Brrr” anytime they’re feeling generous with taxpayer money. But it’s not just Cooper and Biden. With each passing year, whether under Democratic or Republican leadership at the federal level, fiscal conservatives have had little to comfort ourselves with, as the...
What Biden’s visit to Cree was meant to convey, in part, was this: if businesses play ball with us and conform to our political preferences, they’ll make money.
