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Today, the North Carolina House Committee on K-12 Education approved Senate Bill 49, which would enshrine a Parents’ Bill of Rights into law.
Published: Saturday, July 29th, 2023 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The bill prohibits government agencies from training employees that one race is inherently superior to another.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 3:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Three liberty-oriented groups in North Carolina and South Carolina have announced a new initiative to provide education, training, and support for school board members.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 9:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday the State Senate approved major charter school legislation. HB 618, passed by the Senate on a straight party-line vote, transfers the right to authorize charter schools from the State Board of Education to the newly-created, Charter School Review Board.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 1:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The military life is regimented. You are told what to do and when to do it. You are instructed where to live and for how long.
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 @ 3:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Alabama’s congressional map was a racial gerrymander
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 @ 12:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Cooper is warning others to oppose the expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship Program because he thinks private schools lack accountability
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 6:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Operators of a Brunswick County charter school challenge arguments from the federal government's top lawyer in a case under consideration at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 8:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Major charter school legislation moved a step closer to reality on Wednesday as the Senate Education committee approved HB 618 by a party-line voice vote.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 8:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Utilities Commission’s initial Carbon Plan would close over 9,000 MWs of coal-fired generation by 2035
Published: Monday, July 24th, 2023 @ 7:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"I had never met her," Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, said of Cleta Mitchell. "I did not know who she was until after the meeting. They had no influence on the bill whatsoever."
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 @ 11:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Comments in the North Carolina General Assembly supporting SB 747 (Election Law Changes) and partially supporting SB 749 (No Partisan Advantage in Elections)
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 4:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday, former Vice President Mike Pence filed to run in the 2024 Republican Presidential primaries, only days before his appearance at the North Carolina GOP convention this weekend in Greensboro.
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 12:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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SBE requested $13.6 million to replace aging election infrastructure
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 12:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state Senate's Republican election leaders have unveiled an omnibus bill that would set Election Day as the absentee ballot deadline and ban "Zuck bucks."
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 9:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In this episode of Issues & Insiders, Carolina Journal opinion editor David Larson interviews incoming CEO of the John Locke Foundation, Donald Bryson. Bryson discussed his background, his perspective on North Carolina politics, and his vision for the future of Locke.
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2023 @ 6:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two Polls Ask Parents and School Board Members Their Opinions on the Direction of Schools, Their Governance, How They Address Controversial Issues, and More
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The factors that go into grading public schools in North Carolina would change under a set of recommendations proposed by an advisory panel in the Department of Public Instruction.
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 11:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A fired Winston-Salem State University professor focuses on "administrative deference" in his latest plea to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 7:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State-inspected and federally inspected meat processing facilities already have to meet the same standards
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 4:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More want employers to steer clear of political controversies.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 8:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Carolina Journal by Video CCLXV: Locke’s Donald Bryson analyzes 2024 N.C. gubernatorial poll resultsJohn Locke Foundation President Donald Bryson discusses new Civitas Poll results focusing on North Carolina’s 2024 governor’s race.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 8:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The $1.4 billion allocation for a non-profit called NCInnovation in the state Senate’s budget plan has raised some eyebrows. Given that this appropriation to the barely five-year-old non-profit organization would amount to nearly five percent of the entire state General Fund budget, it should.
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2023 @ 1:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The “Great Reset” is an effort led by the World Economic Forum to reshape the global economy
Published: Saturday, July 15th, 2023 @ 8:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most North Carolinians probably know that the “Regulators” were a group of Piedmont farmers who opposed the heavy-handed enforcement of taxes and fees by the colonial government in the years preceding the War of Independence.
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2023 @ 7:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Through his partisan temper tantrums, it's clear that Roy Cooper isn't handling being a lame duck governor very well," said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC.
Published: Monday, July 10th, 2023 @ 2:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Changes include making most mail ballots due by election day and making ballots associated with same-day registrations provisional
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2023 @ 12:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a hypothetic matchup for governor in 2024, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is the only declared Republican candidate who would best Democrat Josh Stein, the current attorney general.
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 @ 1:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Accuracy in Media released a new video earlier this week where school officials in North Carolina described how teachers and staff were still able to teach many of the CRT concepts, despite strong opposition from the public and parents.
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 @ 7:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A deeper look at the poll quesiton, "Do you believe this year’s elections in North Carolina will be free and fair?"
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 @ 5:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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