Opinion
âStay strong hill countryâ: One volunteerâs perspective on the devastation in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene(The Daily Signal) â 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
Government
China continues buying up land near US military installations(The Daily Signal) â 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
Public Education
Lab schools for UNC System demonstrate significant gains(The Center Square) â Several lab schools established by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to improve academic performance have demonstrated significant gains, according to a new report. Read More
Government
âVoting means everythingâ: NC resident blasts government for incompetent Hurricane Helene response, says election matters now more than everMere weeks after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on long-deprived residents of western North Carolina, two goals remain: survive and vote. âVoting this year means more. It means everything,â a longtime… Read More
Public Education
NC community forbids Ten Commandments, Constitution displays in schoolsA school district in North Carolina has decided against allowing the display of the Ten Commandments and other âfounding documentsâ in its schools, citing the possibility of legal repercussions. Members… Read More
Government
NC National Guard has no information about armed militias ‘hunting FEMA’ despite media reportsThe public affairs office at the North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) tells The Lion it has no information about an alleged interaction between its soldiers and supposed militia âhunting FEMA.â … Read More
Politics
Will battleground North Carolina voters overcome Hurricane Helene challenges?(The Daily Signal) â The North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously passed measures attempting to address concerns about hurricane-ravaged western counties leading up to the Nov. 5 presidential election. With… Read More
Public Education
Beloved NC teacher among two dozen missing educators in wake of Hurricane HeleneThe search continues for a North Carolina middle school teacher after her home was swept away by flood waters in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Kim Ashby, a math teacher… Read More
Culture
‘Everything was goneâ: Volunteer first responders recall slothful government response to Hurricane Helene, ask for prayerWhen Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina, the first responders werenât from the government. The real first responders werenât paid, trained, or even supposed to be there. They were young men,… Read More
Government
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoes school choice once againDemocratic Gov. Roy Cooper has again attempted to stifle school choice in North Carolina by vetoing additional funding the Legislature approved for students waiting for scholarships. Earlier this month, Republican… Read More
Homeschools
North Carolinaâs public schools changing policies to embrace homeschoolers, analysts sayAs homeschooling has grown in North Carolina over the years, schools have been changing their policies to accommodate them, a recent study suggests. “The last time EdNC did an analysis… Read More
Public Education
Teen addresses school board about âgraphicâ and âincestualâ story read in class(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A North Carolina teen spoke out Tuesday at a school board meeting after she was allegedly forced to read a sexually explicit book in class… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina school district spends $3K for âimplicit biasâ training(The Daily Signal) â A school district in North Carolina spent more than $3,000 on two hours of training in âimplicit biasâ for its school board members last year, according… Read More
Government
North Carolina plan will clear 55,000 from school choice scholarship waiting list(The Center Square) â Republican leaders in North Carolina announced a mini-budget spending plan Friday that will clear a 55,000-student wait list for school choice. The measure, scheduled for a… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina’s focus on K-3 literacy paying off(The Center Square) â From kindergarten through third grade, North Carolina public school students scored higher than the national average on literary assessments at the end of last school year,… Read More
Public Education
Majors trimmed at two UNC System schools(The Center Square) â Eighteen academic programs at two University of North Carolina System institutions have been eliminated because of budget shortfalls and enrollment declines. The decision was rendered Wednesday… Read More
Government
New law valuable tool in the sex trafficking demand reduction arsenal(The Center Square) â Making solicitation of prostitution a felony and enhanced training requirements are key ingredients to the North Carolina legislation helping combat human trafficking. Lawmakers directed the Department… Read More
Public Education
NC college scholarship program expecting 120,000 applications(The Center Square) â An estimated 120,000 North Carolina students are expected to apply for a state college scholarship program for students in families with incomes of $80,000 or less,… Read More
Government
NC governor requests more money for juvenile justice system via veto(The Center Square) â With less than two weeks to the deadline for state budget adjustments, North Carolinaâs governor sent another fiscal request at closing time Friday using his veto… Read More
Public Education
Teacher guilty of sexually assaulting minor claims he was too drunk to be accountableA North Carolina high school teacher was found guilty Wednesday of taking indecent liberties with a student, while arguing he was just too intoxicated to form the criminal intent. John… Read More