This year a new state law will protect your ballot by requiring voters to show government-issued, photo identification to cast a ballot. But some groups are still fighting this ... Keep Reading
Archives for December 2015
Political Contributor has Elections Monopoly in North Carolina
Two Charlotte media organizations, the Charlotte Observer and WBTV, ran stories last week about a legislator who appears to have made stealth changes to legislation that would ... Keep Reading
Naughty & Nice List 2015
Here's our list of who we think has been naughty and nice this year... NAUGHTY: Former SEANC head Dana Cope, convicted of stealing more than half a million dollars from the ... Keep Reading
Public Schools Undergoing Historic Shift
Part 2 of 2 In Part 1, we looked at Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) enrollment as an indicator of the growing gap between the educational options now available at the ... Keep Reading
What Wake Enrollment Stats Really Mean
Part 1 of 2 Wake County Public Schools are growing at a slower rate than expected, and the reasons for this trend illuminate the growing gap between what the traditional public ... Keep Reading
NC Common Core Commission Takes a Dive
by A.P. Dillon On Friday, December 18th, the North Carolina Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) was tasked with providing recommendations to replace Common Core ... Keep Reading
NC Common Core Commission Wraps Up 15 Month Investigation
By A.P. Dillon Today is the final meeting of the Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC). The ASRC was tasked by General Assembly Senate Bill 812 with investigating Common ... Keep Reading
Sanctuary City Protester’s Vote Counts
On December 10, the Durham County Board of Elections met to hear the challenge to Ivanna Gonzalez’s voter registration. In less than an hour, the two board members present (one ... Keep Reading
NC Job Growth Beating National Average Since 2013 Tax Reform
Progressive critics of North Carolina’s historic 2013 tax reforms are quick to seize on topline unemployment rate figures in an attempt to discredit the rate cuts. But a closer ... Keep Reading
Judge Rules Suit Against DEQ Will Proceed
Judge Melissa Owens Lassiter of the Office of Administrative Hearings on Monday denied the Attorney General’s motion to dismiss in Owens v. NC Department of Environmental Quality. ... Keep Reading