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The Debrief: Opportunity Scholarships, Early Voting, and Hog Farm Spin

February 8, 2024

This week on ‘The Debrief’: Demand for Opportunity Scholarships sets a record, early voting starts next week, tackling the spin about North Carolina’s hog farms, and the political lessons we can learn from Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey.

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News

Cooper lays out his final budget proposal as governor

Before the short session began in the General Assembly Wednesday, Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper laid out his recommended budget proposal for the last time as governor.

Theresa Opeka

News

NCSBE quietly modifies election document after NCGOP slams ‘blatant partisanship’

The North Carolina State Board of Elections altered planning documents on Tuesday morning less than an hour after a complaint from the state Republican Party was sent

Brianna Kraemer

Opinion

State revenues are down this year

State Controller Nels Roseland has just released five months of reports about North Carolina’s General Fund budget. I’m told the delay wasn’t nefarious. It was caused by a change in accounting systems. Well, better late than never — but I hope the delay hasn’t lulled our leaders into complacency. Over the first two-thirds of the...

John Hood

News

Private schools drop appeal in Opportunity Scholarships case

Sixteen private schools in Cumberland and Durham counties have withdrawn their appeal of trial court rulings in a now-dismissed lawsuit that targeted North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. Among the challenged rulings was one that blocked the schools from seeking more than $25,000 in sanctions against scholarship critics. A court document filed Monday mentions a settlement agreement.

CJ Staff

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Cooper lays out his final budget proposal as governor

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State revenues are down this year

Private schools drop appeal in Opportunity Scholarships case