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NYE ISIS terror attack thwarted in North Carolina
Law enforcement stopped a New Year’s Eve terror plot in NC. Officials say 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant was radicalized online by ISIS and planned knife and hammer attacks
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Report: NC hospitals rank third in the nation for patient safety
A national report card on hospital patient safety has ranked North Carolina in third place among hospitals in the U.S. that had mostly “A” ratings when it comes to patient safety, up from sixth place this past spring.
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Cooper goes on tour to pressure pro-life lawmakers
Gov. Roy Cooper intends to veto significant abortion legislation this Saturday. But leading up to that, he is embarking on a tour aimed at pressuring lawmakers to reconsider their stance on abortion, or at least the current bill.
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Appeals Court rejects constitutional challenge to town charter school law
The N.C. Court of Appeals delivered a blow Tuesday to a lawsuit against a 2018 state law allowing some towns to sponsor charter schools. The Appeals Court vacated a trial judge’s order that would have allowed the lawsuit to move forward. The appellate judges’ unanimous decision means the law, S.L. 2018-3, originally known as House...
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Debt fared better than taxes in local referendums
In addition to choosing representatives, and deciding six statewide constitutional amendments Tuesday, Nov. 6, North Carolina voters approved more than $1.8 billion in local bonds for K-12 and community college projects, parks and open spaces, low-income housing, and street improvements. Voters also weighed in on sales tax increases, alcoholic beverage sales, and local government reforms....
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Controversial municipal charter school bill is now law
Four towns in Mecklenburg County can open and run their own charter schools apart from the local board of education. After lengthy — sometimes heated — debate, House Bill 514 passed 64-53 on Wednesday, June 6, and it’s now law. It’s a local bill, so the governor’s doesn’t need to sign it, and it’s not...
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Senate gives initial OK to controversial municipal charter bill
House Bill 514, which would allow four cities in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district to create and run their own charter schools, passed its initial vote in the Senate, 30-20. The bill will remain on the Senate calendar for Monday, June 4, for final approval. Then it will go to the House, which must approve the...
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Municipal charter bill passes Senate committees despite complaints
A bill allowing a few towns to operate their own charter schools is closer to becoming law. The Senate education and rules committees passed House Bill 514 on Wednesday, May 30, but not without criticism. H.B. 514 would allow four Mecklenburg County towns — Mint Hill, Matthews, Cornelius, and Huntersville — to run charter schools...
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Bill allowing municipal charters faces financial, legal challenges
Democrats and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials are claiming a bill allowing municipalities to create charter schools would only lead to financial complications and legal conundrums. But the sponsor of the bill says a few adjustments in the language would address those concerns. On Monday, May 21, Sen. Jeff Jackson, D-Mecklenburg, Sen. Joyce Waddell, D-Mecklenburg, and Rep....
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Ignoring race in redistricting could backfire on GOP, scholar says
Republicans chose to shun race as a consideration in remapping 28 legislative districts federal courts have deemed racial gerrymanders. Relying so heavily on that strategy might backfire as the case moves forward, a constitutional scholar says. While the GOP’s eventual goal is to maintain its supermajority status in both bodies of the General Assembly, courts may...
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Bill Blocks Cities from Regulating Home Appearance
RALEIGH — The proposed law makes strange bedfellows, pitting Republican state lawmakers and liberal groups like the North Carolina Housing Coalition and Habitat for Humanity against liberal mayors who want to ensure that new development does not clash with the appearance of established neighborhoods.
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Two GOP Candidates Vie in Independent-Minded House Dist. 92
Two Republicans hope to gain their party’s nomination to represent District 92 in the state House, a district that begins near Lake Norman and stretches southward to Lake Wylie, hugging the western boundary of Mecklenburg County along the way.
