NC may asterisk graduation rate over immigration enforcement
Education officials say they may place an asterisk on NC high school graduation rates if figures drops sharply, citing effects from federal immigration enforcement on attendance.
The raids aren’t the core problem. The optics and execution are. And the numbers don’t lie. 2025 exit polls in heavily Hispanic counties showed 25-40-point swings back toward Democrats.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections launched a new effort to modernize the state's data system and said there are 75,000 voters remaining on the Registration Repair List, the ongoing work on tens of thousands of incomplete voter registrations across the state.
The official poverty rate in NC was 13% in 2024, essentially unchanged from 2023 and the 17th-highest rate among states.
We need North Carolina’s leaders in Washington, DC, to do the right thing and secure these tax breaks for the long haul.
Before you bask in the pain of your political rivals, cut off your family and friends, or blame entire people groups, consider Lincoln's counsel.
Are you better off today than you were four years ago? Trump’s simple question resonated powerfully. Overwhelmingly, voters were drawn to a candidate who promised economic improvement.
Two activist groups represented by Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm want to intervene in a lawsuit Republican groups filed against the State Board of Elections. The suit accuses election officials of ignoring a 2023 state law requiring removal from the voting rolls of noncitizens identified through jury questionnaires.
On Trump’s New York criminal trial, 56% of voters believe the guilty verdict, along with the other charges against Trump, are politically motivated, while 40% disagree.
“STOP the anti-immigrant bill, HB 10.” When I opened my inbox the above subject line repopulated hundreds of times. It piqued my interest, so I read a little further. The email continued with the assertion that: “This bill will make immigrants in our community feel unsafe and cause detrimental economic impacts on our state. We...
When asked what the biggest issue is influencing their voting decisions this election year, more voters across North Carolina chose “immigration” than any other option, even over the ever-relevant economy, according to a recent Carolina Journal poll. It’s an understandable area for concern; illegal immigration through our nation’s southern border has skyrocketed in the last...
A 16-year-old student at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina was suspended for three days last week for using the term ‘illegal alien’ during a vocabulary assignment in his English class.