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Stein takes early leap into governor’s race with a shot at NC’s LTG
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein officially kicked off North Carolina’s 2024 race for governor Wednesday morning when he threw his hat in the ring.
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Tillis, Burr file bill to halt Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan
ate May that would restrict President Biden from forgiving student loan debt. The bill will not restrict pre-existing federal student loan forgiveness programs like Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Public Service Loan forgiveness.
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Castelli wins close NC6 GOP primary
Christian Castelli has won the Republican primary for North Carolina’s 6th U.S. Congressional District with 36% of the vote. Lee Haywood — the nominee from the 2020 contest — came in second with 34% of the vote. Castelli will now go on to face Democrat incumbent Rep. Kathy Manning in the general election in November. The Triad-area seat leans Democratic overall. Even with a strong Republican wave year expected, it is still considered a longshot possibility for Republicans.
Opinion
Debt settlement is a vital option for those in financial crisis
No one wants to get into debt. Families don’t plan on a financial crisis upending their lives. Yet, life is not always fair, people don’t always make good decisions, investments go sour, and unexpected expenses crop up. When someone finds themselves in crisis, they need help; options to get out of trouble. That’s what debt...
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Competitive Meck County SD 41 pits GOP incumbent Tarte against challenger Marcus
Senate District 41 (Northern and western Mecklenburg County). • Jeffrey Tarte, Republican. (Three-term incumbent). Occupation: Founder and chairman emeritus of Applied Revenue Analytics, a multimillion-dollar consulting firm. Education: University of Illinois, economics degree. Attended executive education courses at Duke University Fuqua School of Business, and Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Career Highlights: Former partner,...
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Studies: Charter school parents satisfied with children’s education
RALEIGH — Public charter school parents are more satisfied with their children’s education than are traditional public district-school parents, according to two new studies from Education Next, a journal from Stanford University and the Harvard Kennedy School. Private school parents outrank both other categories as the most satisfied of all test groups, the studies also showed....
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Incoming transportation secretary backs sharing economy
Airbnb, Uber, Etsy, and other companies within the sharing economy could see friendly regulatory reform from President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, based on remarks Chao made at a meeting last year to the American Action Forum. Airbnb and Uber, which in North Carolina have faced pushback from city and state lawmakers, represent a...
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Three More Perdue Donors Convicted In Campaign Probe
RALEIGH — Three associates of former Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue — New Bern attorney Trawick "Buzzy" Stubbs, Morganton businessman Charles Michael Fulenwider, and former Western Piedmont Community College board member Robert Lee Caldwell — were convicted Wednesday of misdemeanor charges for obstruction of justice in an investigation of fundraising violations during Perdue’s 2008 campaign for governor.
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Friday Interview: Making Sense of the Middle East
RALEIGH — It’s hard to read or watch any news without learning about some disturbing development in the Middle East. Americans ought to pay close attention to those developments. That’s the opinion of Meghan O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick professor of the practice of international affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. She was a special assistant to President George W. Bush and deputy national security adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan. O’Sullivan recently delivered North Carolina State University’s annual John W. Pope Lecture on the topic “Making Sense of the New Middle East.” She discussed key themes from her presentation with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
Opinion
The Christmas Waltz
There’s a connection between Strauss, the Waltz, Austrian economics, and the proper role of government leaders. Or perhaps it's just an excuse to mention dancing. . .
Opinion
Privates do out-perform publics
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Harvard researcher, Paul Peterson, looking deeper into the U.S. Department of Education's report on the performance of public and private students with similar socioeconomic conditions, found that the study's conclusion false.
Opinion
Study finds foreign student program rife with corruption
The Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C., released in June a very damning evaluation of the Foreign Student Program. Conducted by George Borjas, Pforzheimer Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, the evaluation finds the program rife with corruption and failing abysmally at achieving its advertised benefits.
