A recent Heritage Foundation report raises concerns about K-12 school transgender policies that exclude parental input. The report questions state and local policies that abridge the fundamental rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their children, a pressing issue in North Carolina as the battle continues over implementing the Parents Bill of Rights. Released June 12,...
On Monday, North Carolina Senate leaders unveiled their proposed state budget. Governor Cooper will be under pressure to sign the final version because Medicaid expansion, a bill he signed earlier this year, is tied to passing a budget.
CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina’s governing body may provoke national backlash if it bars the UNC Center for Civil Rights from entering into lawsuits, said UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt. Folt expressed her concerns July 28 in a five-page letter to Anna Nelson, chair of the board’s educational planning, policies, and programs...
Sen. Ted Cruz sees America much as it was in 1980, seeking a strong yet principled leader. But his political memoir reminds us how difficult it is for even reformers to change the status quo.
RALEIGH — North Carolina is in the cross-hairs of some 45 law firms. State Treasurer Janet Cowell will choose about 10 to serve as a pool for lawsuits. Representatives from Cowell’s office and the office of Attorney General Roy Cooper are evaluating proposals from the firms.
RALEIGH — Last April, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appeared to the nation as an affront to freedom and civil society. Yet half a year later, Chapel Hill seems more like a shining beacon of free speech than a repressive state imposing an extreme version of political correctness.
The law school is going to fight poverty, and its long, extensive director's search selected Edwards, and everyone agrees it's not about politics at all. They promise, even.
John Edwards, in his new position at UNC, is supposed to move "more Americans out of poverty," but his policies do the opposite.
CHAPEL HILL — With the war on terrorism ongoing in Iraq and Afghanistan, graduates at some area colleges heard firsthand from two individuals who have been involved in policy decisions regarding Iraq and the Middle East. Secretary of State Colin Powell and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright highlighted a list of graduation speakers this May at colleges across North Carolina. Powell at Wake Forest. Albright spoke at Duke. Others who spoke during graduation ceremonies included Sen. Elizabeth Dole and Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards.
Capitalism, not government taxation, provides the best means for lifting people out of poverty.
Conservatives willing to brave the touchy-feely miasma of the Supreme Court's recent decision of Grutter v. Bollinger, which allows universities to consider race in admissions as an element of diversity, should be heartened by the ruling, flawed as it is. Here's why.
