North Carolina's Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said that firefighters continue to battle wildfires in western North Carolina due to drought conditions. Since November 1, there have been 622 wildfires burning state and private land in the region.
The Syrian government would be forced to pay more than $1.1 billion to victims of ISIS terrorist attacks from 2015 to 2017, under an order issued Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Raleigh. Among the beneficiaries would be former U.S. Ambassador Jim Cain, his wife, and his daughter.
North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Machelle Baker Sanders announced Wednesday that the state has entered into an international agreement with Denmark to advance its offshore wind energy production.
A unanimous vote in the N.C. House means a “regulatory sandbox” bill is on its way to Gov. Roy Cooper. The new “sandbox” would waive certain obstacles for a trial period for fast-emerging financial and insurance products and services. The 111-0 vote Thursday in the state House followed a 49-0 vote Wednesday in the Senate....
Whether the size of a school district has any effect on academic performance or cost efficiency is unclear, because the research isn’t conclusive, UNC-Chapel Hill representatives told a legislative committee. Too little information exists for anyone to claim victory, said Rep. Bill Brawley, R-Mecklenburg, co-chairman of the Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Division of...
RALEIGH — While there will be a handful of European officials in North Carolina observing tomorrow’s elections, a state elections official says their role will be to observe and learn about American elections. “This is more of an educational opportunity for these persons,” said Don Wright, general counsel for the State Board of Elections. “They are not monitoring the elections.”
RALEIGH — International comparisons show North Carolina public school students struggle to match the performance of economic competitors around the globe, despite spending levels that rank among the highest in the world. The John Locke Foundation's top education expert reaches that conclusion in a new Spotlight report.
WILMINGTON — Electricity generated from the wind is inefficient, extremely expensive, and bad for the environment, argued scientists and economists at a Dec. 5 forum the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.
RALEIGH — The Pew Research Center study found that more than 2.2 billion people live in countries where religious restrictions or social hostilities were rising. Those restrictions decreased in countries accounting for only 1 percent of world population.
RALEIGH — The investigation comes on the heels of calls for Butterfield, a Democrat representing the state’s 1st Congressional District, to return $4,000 in campaign donations from a political action committee of embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y.
RALEIGH — North Carolina parents are leaving the PTA by the thousands, opting to form independent parent teacher organizations. Some are making the switch because they’re fed up with the PTA’s political involvement — it partners with teacher unions to lobby against school choice, and its national organization opposes the Bush tax cuts — but most parents just want more bang for their buck.
