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The Leandro school funding lawsuit returns to the N.C. Supreme Court Aug. 31 for oral arguments. The case dates back to 1994.
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2022 @ 12:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At the center of the debate surrounding the new state budget, public school advocates claim it falls hundreds of millions of dollars short of a court-ordered mandate to increase funding to improve public education.
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 12:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders argue a trial court's $785 million Leandro spending order exceeds judicial authority over public education.
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 @ 3:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As the N.C. Supreme Court considers whether to boot two Republican justices from a high-profile case involving voter ID, three former chief justices are weighing in.
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 9:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Every columnist keeps a "clip file"- articles, stories or ideas from which to write future pieces. Sometimes that file becomes so full it's hard to choose just one topic on which to write.
Published: Friday, November 5th, 2021 @ 11:13 am
By: Tom Campbell
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When it comes to reopening public schools there are four things on which most agree.
Published: Saturday, August 1st, 2020 @ 11:52 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The six living retired N.C. Supreme Court chief justices have signed onto a letter opposing two constitutional amendments that sit now in legal limbo
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2018 @ 7:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today under Governor Roy Cooper's direction, Democrat appointees on the new State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement have chosen to reject transparency
Published: Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 @ 10:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the Civitas Institute released a statement on the nomination of Damon Circosta, executive director of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, to the State Board of Elections and Ethics as the "unaffiliated" ninth member of the board
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2018 @ 6:56 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Roy Cooper chose Damon Circosta, executive director of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation - which provides grants for charitable causes and is a major funder of the left-leaning N.C. Justice Center - as the ninth and final member of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2018 @ 5:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eight members of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement on Wednesday unanimously selected two nominees for the final seat on the State Board. Both nominees are registered as unaffiliated voters
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 @ 4:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Representative Justin Burr obviously has a burr under his saddle, almost single-handedly leading an effort to redistrict the judicial and prosecutorial districts in our state
Published: Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 @ 11:19 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The N&O issued a tearful goodbye this morning to the "education judge." SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECH! (The what?):
Published: Saturday, August 1st, 2015 @ 9:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We expect an announcement soon that Superior Court Judge Howard “Howdy” Manning, Jr. will be retiring upon reaching the mandatory judicial retirement age.
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 2:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A student at UNC-Chapel Hill recently asked me to comment on a survey of employers that had been featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education. She suggested that perhaps the Board of Governors is giving too much emphasis to technical skills when, she said, "employers value good communication...
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 11:35 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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I know we call ourselves "daily," but we're only human. Sometimes we need to stop and smell the roses. The staff and I did just that for the Memorial Day weekend.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 11:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Christian Action League of North Carolina has endorsed Justice Paul Newby for the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 2:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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To many, the race is below the radar, taking a back seat to the presidential and gubernatorial contests in North Carolina. But some say the battle for a state Supreme Court justice seat could be the most important race to be decided by the state's voters this year.
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2012 @ 11:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Campaign finance disclosures made available this week show that Randy Ramsey has outraised and outspent his chief rival, Norm Sanderson, significantly in the Republican primary in N.C. Senate District 2.
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2012 @ 9:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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