NC needs these elections safeguards
The NC General Assembly passed two bills that will help to ensure that the law gives every eligible voter the right and ability to cast a ballot and to ensure that the votes cast will be counted accurately.
The bills shorten primary early voting, add post-election audits and revise ballot deadlines as Stein signals a possible veto.
The legislature will be back the week of July 27, and it may be their last chance to pass significant election reform for at least three years, depending on the results of November’s election.
NC DPI has issued the first statewide guidance on classroom screen time, but it stops short of setting a maximum screen time level for any grade level.
House passes revised election bill after GOP concerns, but Senate Leader Phil Berger has not committed to taking it up.
North Carolina continues to mark America’s 250th anniversary this year with many events and celebrations still to come, along with many items commemorating the occasion.
Election law changes bill cleared House Rules 14-9 after protest, GOP dissent, and concerns from lawmakers whose votes could matter in a veto fight.
A sweeping NC election bill stalled after backlash over post-election audits, voter challenges, overseas voting rules, and process concerns.
Legislation would expand outpatient commitment, study psychiatric hospital operations, and improve access to behavioral health bed data.
A North Carolina House committee on May 19 advanced a bill to track whether state-funded principal trainees actually become administrators. The measure would also add $5 million a year to the state's Principal Fellows program.
The NC House Education Committee on May 19 advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would make the elected superintendent of public instruction the voting chair of the State Board of Education and replace 11 governor-appointed seats with members elected from legislatively drawn districts.
Republican members of the NC House Education K-12 committee challenged the Department of Public Instruction's framing of student achievement data on May 12, telling officials its metrics may overstate how prepared North Carolina students are for college and careers.