Opinion

Override of SB20 isn’t final step towards making NC a culture of life

On Sunday, we in the North Carolina Senate received a message from the governor, notifying us that he had vetoed Senate Bill 20 — the Care for Women & Children Act. It was both disheartening and telling that the governor chose Mother’s Day weekend to veto our bill, which protects the sanctity of human life...

Michael Lazzara
Opinion

When NC’s courts prioritize race-matching, foster children lose

For over 20 years, federal law has made it illegal to determine a foster child’s placement on the basis of race. Last week a Newsweek article focused a national spotlight on the family courts in Guilford County, North Carolina, for doing just that.    Naomi Schaeffer Riley, who wrote No Way To Treat A Child; and...

Paula Rinehart
News

Plight of foster children taking center stage in legislature

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s foster kids are not all right. More than 12,000 children are wards of the state — up about 25 percent over the past five years, Sen. Tamara Barringer, R-Wake, told Carolina Journal. No one can explain the spike, and state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are working toward an answer.  ...

Kari Travis

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