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The North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law backs plaintiffs challenging the funding arrangement of Greenville's now-dismantled red-light camera enforcement program.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 1:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Greenville and the Pitt County school board defended the city's red-light camera enforcement program in court filings Wednesday at the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 8:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bridges Academy falsified student enrollment records to obtain $404,971 in state funding to which it was not entitled.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 9:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law: Senate Bill 750 & 11 others
Published: Wednesday, July 1st, 2020 @ 12:05 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina Democrats and Republicans have sparred for years about the level of state funding for public schools.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2019 @ 5:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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I’ve always likened North Carolina’s budget process to a dance, but this year it is hard to tell whether it’s a boogaloo, dosey-doe or the chicken dance. Longtime observers say they’ve never seen anything like what’s taking place.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 3:33 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The N.C. School Board Association and school districts are suing several state agencies to extend a 2008 court order
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2018 @ 5:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Minority Leader Larry Hall's bill imposing new financial accountability measures on charter schools is regulatory overkill that will hinder the schools' operation, critics warn.
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 11:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Do you have any interest in reporting the facts?" That's the question I'd like to ask News & Observer editors after reading the recent editorial, "Time for Wake Schools to Build Back."
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 9:44 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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I've made this point before, but it's worth emphasizing one more time: those who oppose school choice in elementary and secondary education should, if they wish to be consistent, oppose former Gov. Jim Hunt's Smart Start program and former Gov. Mike Easley's More At Four program, now known as NC Pre
Published: Saturday, May 10th, 2014 @ 4:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Liberal activist organizations are challenging two new laws. In North Carolina Association of Educators, et al, v. The State of North Carolina, the state's teachers union challenged recent changes to North Carolina's tenure (aka "career status") law.
Published: Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The race to fill the open seat in state House District 63 is being waged by a pair of veteran municipal officials, one viewed in some quarters as an establishment Republican, the other a Democrat with some conservative notions.
Published: Thursday, October 18th, 2012 @ 8:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two men who call themselves conservatives are vying to represent House District 51, a district that spills roughly equally over the Lee and Harnett county lines.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Charter schools are tuition-free public schools that have more freedom than district-run public schools, but are required to meet certain state regulations, such as participation in the accountability program, the ABCs of Public Education.
Published: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On June 28th, the Supreme Court handed down yet another disappointing and discouraging decision regarding religious expression and association in this country.
Published: Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 @ 4:59 am
By: Diane Rufino
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