The North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership’s Hometown Debate Series concluded Thursday, Oct. 17, in Henderson, as legislators and policy advocates debated the delivery of medical services. Panelists also addressed topics from the three earlier debates: Medicaid expansion, the rural-urban health care divide, and the future of telemedicine, to name a few. Since 2016, the...
A massive school safety bill is nearing a final vote after unanimously passing the N.C. House on Tuesday, July 23. Senate Bill 5 has been through a lot of edits and back-and-forth discussions, but now all it needs is a vote of concurrence from the Senate before it goes Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature. ...
Students play a critical role in helping keep schools safe, State Superintendent Mark Johnson said during a May 30 news conference announcing a partnership with Sandy Hook Promise to deliver a statewide anonymous mobile tip line. Starting with the 2019-20 school year, all North Carolina public middle and high schools will be able to use...
A requirement for every North Carolina public school student to learn about civic responsibility is one step closer to becoming law after an education committee approved the bill. House Bill 73, the civic responsibility education requirement bill, was one of two school safety bills to get the stamp of approval from the House K-12 Education...
