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ECU will provide mental health services for youth with $3.2 million United Health Foundation grant
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 10:37 am
By: ECU News Services
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WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to serve in key roles:
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 8:38 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The former presiding jurist in the Leandro school funding case says the current struggles facing public schools in North Carolina are more about a breakdown in classroom instruction than a lack of funding.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2022 @ 8:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Supporters of a proposed $1.7 billion court-ordered hike in N.C. education funding are renewing their pleas for action from the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 11:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As state lawmakers try to sort out when students can go back to school full time, members of the House are sponsoring a bill that would offer a voluntary summer school program for North Carolina students.
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2021 @ 9:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As children across North Carolina and nation prepare to return to school, the parents of children with underlying health conditions are worried if in-person classroom instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic can be safe for their already at-risk children.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2020 @ 5:44 pm
By: ECU News Services
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On July 25, 2017, Governor Roy Cooper announced the creation of the Commission on Access to Sound Basic Education.
Published: Friday, July 5th, 2019 @ 9:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, at-risk 4-year-olds unable to attend a brick-and-mortar pre-K may soon get a chance to attend virtual preschool.
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2019 @ 1:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper appointed 28 new members to 23 North Carolina Boards and Commissions.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2019 @ 11:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to reauthorize the Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCAA), which provides funding for Children's Advocacy Centers that serve child victims and help law enforcement hold perpetrators accountable.
Published: Saturday, January 19th, 2019 @ 4:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Senate passed a $23.9 billion balanced budget adjustment with bipartisan support yesterday, Thursday, May 31, 2018
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:43 pm
By: Bill Cook
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The $23.9 billion state General Fund budget proposal reduces personal and corporate income taxes and increases education spending by nearly $700 million
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2018 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this year Governor Cooper vetoed the compromise budget drafted by Republicans in the state House and Senate. The budget added thousands of slots to the state's pre-K program and eliminated 75% of the waitlist for at-risk children
Published: Thursday, August 31st, 2017 @ 12:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, used Gov. Roy Cooper's own words to urge him to sign a $23 billion General Fund budget, reminding him the N.C. Constitution gives more power to the General Assembly than the executive branch
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2017 @ 9:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) voted today in support of the final budget compromise with the House of Representatives
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 8:39 pm
By: Bill Cook
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The North Carolina Senate passed a $22.9 billion balanced budget Friday, May 12, 2017
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2017 @ 10:39 am
By: Bill Cook
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The Office of State Auditor has renewed warnings about lack of security regarding access to sensitive material in the state Department of Health and Human Services' information systems, but that audit finding was overlooked amid the report of $835 million in questionable Medicaid spending documented
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2016 @ 3:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the 2014 election cycle draws to a close, few states have drawn so much national attention as North Carolina, thanks to the tight Hagan-Tillis race, the dramatic turn in state government from blue to red, and our status as a presidential swing state in 2008 and 2012.
Published: Friday, October 31st, 2014 @ 10:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 4:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's highest court is about to weigh in - again - on state government's constitutional role in making sure children considered at risk of failure in school begin kindergarten with the proper tools to succeed.
Published: Saturday, October 5th, 2013 @ 8:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A regulatory oversight panel Thursday rejected an effort by the N.C. Child Care Commission to ban religious instruction at schools held at religious facilities that participate in the NC Pre-K program.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 @ 8:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Spending tax dollars on preschool intervention for at-risk North Carolina children may be a worthwhile idea.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 4:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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How do you know 'judicial activism' when you see it? Black's Law Dictionary defines judicial activism as a "philosophy of judicial decision-making whereby judges allow their personal views about public policy, among other factors, to guide their decisions."
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2011 @ 9:16 am
By: Diane Rufino
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