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UNC-Charlotte alum Rep. Hudson applauds university for denouncing BDS student resolution
Rep. Hudson applauds UNC Charlotte admin for denouncing student resolution against Israel.
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Republicans in other states split on N.C.’s redistricting argument at U.S. Supreme Court
Republicans in Pennsylvania’s state Senate endorse N.C. lawmakers’ case in the Moore v. Harper redistricting dispute at the U.S. Supreme Court. But Missouri’s high-profile Republican secretary of state warns against a key element of the case put forward by N.C. legislative leaders. Those contrasting opinions became clear in friend-of-the-court briefs filed Friday at the nation’s highest court.
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NY Times ties Price’s departure to national Democratic trend
A leading national newspaper is linking U.S. Rep. David Price’s retirement announcement to a national pattern. The New York Times cites Price’s decision as one example of Democrats’ “fading” hopes for maintaining control of Congress past 2022. “The quickening pace of Democratic retirements in the House may be the clearest indication yet that the party’s...
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Democrats, unions fighting move to open disciplinary records as Cooper remains quiet
A bill that would open disciplinary records of government employees is crawling through the Senate, and employee unions and Democrats are determined to kill it. Lawmakers filed Senate Bill 355, the Government Transparency Act of 2021, in late March, and it has been mired in committee since. Republic Sens. Norm Sanderson of Craven County, Bill...
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Both Sides Declare Victory In Ruling On Open Meetings
RALEIGH — A Superior Court judge ordered the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education to release previously undisclosed information about the circumstances surrounding the departure of a school superintendent in what media lawyer John Bussian said was “a big deal” for the public’s right to know. A former school board member disputes the importance of the ruling.
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Appeals Court Hears Arguments In Alamance Records Case
RALEIGH — The Times-News of Burlington wants minutes from a closed session of the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education discussing the departure of former school Superintendent Lillie Cox, who resigned and received more than $200,000 in severance a few months after her contract was renewed. The deal also included a provision that neither the board nor Cox would discuss the reasons for her dismissal and severance.
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Appeals Court Ordered To Hear School Records Case
RALEIGH — The Times-News of Burlington sued the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education to obtain minutes from closed meetings at which the board voted 4-0 to fire former superintendent Lillie Cox before she resigned. Cox was awarded more than $200,000 in severance. The school board has provided only partial minutes.
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U.S. Justice Department Spurns Kinston Decision on Elections
KINSTON — Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King, who announced the change, was the same DOJ official who, The Washington Times reports, recommended that the federal government “drop voter intimidation charges against members of the militant New Black Panthers” in Philadelphia during the 2008 presidential election.
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UC Member Subject of Write-in
RALEIGH — A recently reappointed member of the North Carolina Utilities Commission is the subject of a write-in mayoral campaign, even though he says he's not a candidate. But R.V. "Bobby" Owens, Jr. has said publicly that should he win the election on Tuesday, he will accept the office.
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Bad News is No News
When Judge Howard Manning, Jr. questions how CMS uses its resources, that sounds interesting. The judge has only spent a decade working on the topic of public school spending in North Carolina.
