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Government
‘Florida men’ arrested for kidnapping teens turn out to be illegal immigrants

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Two undocumented immigrants are facing kidnapping charges after authorities discovered them in Florida with two missing teenage girls from North Carolina. The Clayton County Police… Read More

May 14, 2025
Government
Rights for parents in children’s medical care nears floor vote

(The Center Square) – Mandatory consent from parents for several medical treatments is poised to reach a floor vote in the North Carolina House of Representatives. As lawmakers return from… Read More

May 6, 2025
Public Education
North Carolina bill would give parents greater say over public-school libraries

The North Carolina Senate is poised to vote on a bill establishing new guidelines to monitor media in public-school libraries – which includes giving parents more leeway in adding and… Read More

April 22, 2025
Public Education
Report: Teachers quitting still an issue in North Carolina

(The Center Square) – Fewer North Carolina public school teachers are quitting than before, according to a new state report, but the numbers are still high. The teacher attrition rate… Read More

April 8, 2025
Courts
NC Supreme Court allows lawsuit against school that vaccinated child against parent’s will, testing federal PREP Act

The North Carolina Supreme Court is allowing the mother of a minor child who received a COVID-19 vaccination against her and the child’s will to sue the school that administered… Read More

April 3, 2025
Government
NC governor wants to cut school choice program to pay for teacher raises; GOP says no

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein’s new budget would cut and then eliminate school choice, but Republicans are saying not so fast. Stein, a Democrat who took office in January, submitted… Read More

March 24, 2025
Public Education
North Carolina school choice applications surge amid expansion 

Applications for North Carolina’s school choice program are surging after the state lifted income restrictions. Numbers released by the state Department of Education show applications for the current school year… Read More

March 18, 2025
Government
North Carolina moves to eliminate DEI in public schools with Senate bill 

The North Carolina Senate Tuesday passed a bill to eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in public education.  “Our schools should not be in the business of teaching inaccurate… Read More

March 14, 2025
Public Education
Public-school employee in North Carolina arrested after special-needs student suffered multiple injuries

A former public-school employee has been charged with felony child abuse, aggravated assault and other crimes in North Carolina following multiple injuries to an 8-year-old student with special needs. Lakita… Read More

February 11, 2025
Christian Schools
North Carolina hybrid school aims ‘to open the world up for our children’

After Tina Cowell finished homeschooling her own children, she found a different mission – using a hybrid model to support North Carolina families who want a little help along the… Read More

January 30, 2025
Public Education
Teacher guilty of abusing special-needs students in North Carolina; school district delayed police report 2 years

A North Carolina public school teacher has been found guilty on six counts of assaulting persons with disabilities and now faces two federal lawsuits for his conduct. The November verdict… Read More

December 16, 2024
Government
NC Legislature passes ‘common sense’ override to ban sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants 

First it was school choice, and now it’s sanctuary cities.  Twice this week, Republicans in North Carolina’s Legislature used their supermajorities to override Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of key… Read More

November 22, 2024
Public Education
NC Legislature empties school choice waitlist as it overrides Democrat governor’s veto

Another 54,000 students will join North Carolina’s school choice program after the state Legislature overrode Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto this week on funding for it. The Republicans used their… Read More

November 20, 2024
Government
Boil water notice ends in Asheville

(The Center Square) – Residents of North Carolina’s most populous mountain city are no longer under a boil water notice, Asheville officials announced on Monday. Extensive rain and flooding from… Read More

November 20, 2024
Culture
Helene death toll rises to 103 in North Carolina, 232 in South

(The Center Square) – North Carolina fatalities linked to Hurricane Helene has risen to 103, says the Division of Public Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. The… Read More

November 19, 2024
Public Education
Toxic lead discovered in Asheville, North Carolina schools’ water 

Asheville public schools still don’t have clean water, city officials have reported.   On Thursday, Clay Chandler of Asheville’s Water Resources Department (WRD) said a Nov. 7 test found lead in… Read More

November 19, 2024
Government
NC Republicans make final push to fully fund school choice

The North Carolina Legislature is making one final push to fully fund school choice before Republicans lose their supermajority. North Carolina’s wildly popular Opportunity Scholarships program,… Read More

November 15, 2024
Opinion
Government delivered inflation – but no real aid –in North Carolina

(The Daily Signal) – North Carolina can’t catch a break under the Biden-Harris administration. The federal government’s appalling response to Hurricane Helene almost surely cost lives, adding insult to the… Read More

November 11, 2024
Opinion
‘Stay strong hill country’: One volunteer’s perspective on the devastation in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene

(The Daily Signal) – Beside a lonely road in Boone, North Carolina, Styrofoam stood, balanced on cardboard and weighed down by a rock. Scrawled on it in faded black, yellow,… Read More

November 5, 2024
Government
China continues buying up land near US military installations

(The Daily Signal) – Chinese companies and Chinese nationals have been buying farmland across the United States, disproportionately located in the vicinity of major military installations. This includes land located near… Read More

November 4, 2024