GOP lawmakers score well in N.C. Chamber’s annual ‘How They Voted’ report card
Republicans lawmakers in North Carolina scored well in the 2021 “How They Voted” report card released by the N.C. Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Dec. 13.
Opinion
Imperial city loses on mandates
On September 15, I wrote a column responding to President Joe Biden’s announcement of a new federal mandate that large employers, federal contractors, and certain other business establishments require their employees either to be vaccinated or to undergo frequent COVID-19 testing.
OPINION: Virginia proves now is America’s school choice moment
America has reached its school choice moment. The decades-long fight to create and expand school choice programs accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic and finally played out politically as the eyes of the nation watched the gubernatorial race in Virginia on Nov. 2.
Governor Cooper gives a 50-50 response to six final bills for 2021
N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper signed three bills into law Thursday, Dec. 9, but also vetoed three bills. Getting the veto stamp were House Bill 220, Choice of Energy, and Senate Bill 725, Prohibit Private Money in Elections Administration, which would have banned private groups from funding local elections offices in North Carolina. The issue came up when a group founded by Mark Zuckerberg provided money for elections in 2020 in communities that leaned Democrat.
N.C. budget includes $100 million teacher pay supplement for lower-wealth counties
The Tar Heel State’s budget for the new biennium includes $100 million in supplemental pay for public school teachers in some of the state’s smallest, poorest counties.
N.C. Supreme Court blocks candidate filing, delays all primary elections to May
The N.C. Supreme Court has jumped into the state's legal battle over new election maps. The high court has shut down candidate filing and delayed all state primary elections until May 17.
Generosity and freedom go together
In places where governments are smaller, taxes are lower, regulations are lighter, and property rights are more secure, people tend to be more generous, trustful, and tolerant. Although progressives may find this proposition hard to accept, there’s an ever-increasing stack of empirical evidence to support it.
Redistricting challengers want Berger Jr. removed from case
Opponents of North Carolina's new election maps want the state Supreme Court to disqualify Justice Phil Berger Jr. from hearing their case.
DHHS employee fired over vaccine mandate, despite natural immunity
An employee of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services who was fired for not getting a COVID vaccine is speaking out.
Full N.C. Appeals Court ends candidate filing delay, will hear case ‘en banc’
The full N.C. Court of Appeals has overturned a three-judge panel's order blocking congressional and legislative candidate filing. Filing can proceed until the full 15-member court considers challenges to new state election maps.
Opportunity Scholarship supporters seek three-judge panel to review lawsuit
Parents supporting North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program want a three-judge panel to review a lawsuit challenging the scholarships. A motion filed in the N.C. Court of Appeals this month seeks to have the case transferred away from a single trial judge.
How the spending spree will end
Can I let you in on a not-so-little secret? The Democrats in Washington don’t really mean it. The Republicans don’t, either.