Victor Clifton has a full scholarship to Duke University. He credited his school, Henderson Collegiate High School, with helping make this possible. “After all my years at Henderson Collegiate, I finally and truly understand the value of the school,” Clifton said. Clifton was just one of many who shared their own school choice experiences during...
The N.C. Court of Appeals gave Lt. Gov. Dan Forest the green light for his lawsuit against the Employees Political Action Committee, the political arm of the State Employees Association of North Carolina. In a split 2-1 decision, the Court of Appeals reversed the earlier decision of a trial court, which threw out Forest’s complaint...
Some North Carolina lawmakers are looking to simplify the state’s complex criminal code. The criminal laws are bloated, inconsistent, and redundant, said Steven Walker, general counsel to Lt. Gov. Dan Forest. Walker and several lawmakers introduced House Bill 379, “Recodification Working Group.” The measure would require state agencies, boards, and commissions to sort through and report...
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai visited Graham High School to recognize North Carolina’s recent technological achievement. The Tar Heel State is the first and only state with broadband access in every single classroom. “As we enter a digital economy we want our students to be able have the tools necessary to compete and, increasingly, that means...
North Carolina is the first state to connect all K-12 classrooms to high-speed broadband. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will host a celebration of this achievement Tuesday, May 22, at Graham High School. State Superintendent Mark Johnson; Alamance-Burlington Superintendent William Harrison; Rep. Stephen Ross, R-Alamance; and Rep. Dennis Riddell, R-Alamance, will...
Correction: This story was updated Feb. 23 to correct the spelling of Special Deputy Attorney General Matthew Tulchin. They are four words among many in the state constitution. But their meaning could invalidate all laws passed in a 2016 special session of the General Assembly if a three-judge Superior Court panel decides they enshrine fundamental...
RALEIGH — Campus free speech — a major topic of conversation in North Carolina — has federal lawmakers talking. On Feb. 7, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced a bill requiring public universities to dissolve free speech zones and ditch policies that squelch the First Amendment. The bill would reinforce and strengthen students’ ability to file...
On its face, the agreement between the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Commonwealth of Virginia looks similar to the deal the pipeline operators signed with Gov. Roy Cooper. Both allow the pipeline to cross private and public property in each state and deliver natural gas to communities along the way, so long as the ACP...
Since National School Choice Week began in 2011, North Carolina has become a leader in expanding educational opportunities. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest said he’s honored to have worked alongside the General Assembly to help provide those opportunities to students. “I believe that every child is uniquely created. Because of their unique gifts and abilities, children...
RALEIGH — North Carolina is a national front-runner in protecting campus speech rights, a recent report from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education shows. FIRE, a nonprofit research and legal organization, examines more than 450 public and private universities each year. Schools are rated based on the constitutionality of their speech policies. Red-light schools have...
It happened so quickly. Joy Anderson was first deceived. Then, she was lured into a prostitution ring. Anderson, one of four adopted children, had a good home life. But she felt like an outsider, a perception she attributes to her dark skin and unique personality. She met her traffickers at age 19, and, as odd as it now sounds, Anderson found a place to belong. “[I was at...
