As the Innovative School District’s first and only school, Southside Ashpole Elementary has a lot to live up to in terms of academic progress. An early evaluation of the inaugural school shows much work is needed.
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 @ 3:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Certificate of need reform was one of the bills sacrificed as scrap material for the piecemeal budget.
Published: Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 @ 7:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Only four House Democrats refused to sign a letter pledging to uphold Gov. Roy Cooper's budget veto.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 4:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Certificate of Need reform could join the other health-care issues that are ensnared in the fight over the budget veto override and Medicaid expansion.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 @ 10:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House of Representatives recently released their budget, and the Senate released their version of the budget last week.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 3:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a news release issued Friday, Gov. Roy Cooper’s spokesman made it clear: Medicaid expansion must be part of any General Fund budget he signs.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 @ 1:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper finally sat down with Republican legislative leaders Wednesday, June 19, less than two weeks before the end of the fiscal year, to negotiate a budget.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 1:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate passed its budget plan for the next two years Friday by a 30-16 vote.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 @ 11:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate passed its version of a $23.9 billion 2019-20 budget amid sharp rhetoric that broke along partisan and regional divides.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 5:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After a week of subcommittee meetings, full appropriation consideration, input from the finance side, two rare Friday sessions, and two full days of debate, on Friday, May 3, the House passed its $23.9 billion General Fund budget proposal.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 @ 2:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As some of our state’s legislative leaders continue their opposition to expanding Medicaid to cover the “working poor,” there’s growing evidence that they’re out of step with many of their constituents — even the conservative ones.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 11:25 am
By: Governor's Office
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Missed you guys. Under President Trump's leadership, the United States economy is growing at record levels, putting the President in a strong position to fix longstanding trade concerns with China.
Published: Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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My fellow Americans, I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and re-open the federal government.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 1:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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December 15 marks a very special day in our founding history - On that date in 1791, the first 14 states (Vermont had just been admitted to the Union as the 14th state), ratified the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, known collectively as our Bill of Rights.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The Senate Select Committee on Elections approved a drastically slimmer version of a House judicial redistricting bill. Constitutional issues about the bill struck a raw nerve among Democrats
Published: Thursday, June 14th, 2018 @ 4:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The recent legislative adjustments to North Carolina's 2018-19 state General Fund budget produced two main political controversies that we'll hear more about as we move through the campaign season to the November midterms
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2018 @ 8:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Debate was more civil, but the outcome was the same. House Republicans followed the Senate's lead, voting 66-44 to pass a $23.9 billion General Fund budget, and sent it to Gov. Roy Cooper over Democrats' objections
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $23.9 billion state General Fund budget for 2018-19 is a step away from being sent to Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 6:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After a brief debate, the state Senate on Wednesday passed the 2018-19 General Fund budget largely along party lines, 36-14
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 10:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $23.9 billion state General Fund budget for 2018-19 is a step away from being sent to Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 6:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $23.9 billion state General Fund budget proposal reduces personal and corporate income taxes and increases education spending by nearly $700 million
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2018 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the N.C. General Assembly drops its state budget for 2018-19, North Carolina's public colleges and universities vie for money to back career and technical education, employee raises, and system upgrades
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2018 @ 8:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican legislative leaders’ decision to hold secretive budget deliberations was bad politics, and could further motivate angry Democrats to flood the voting booth this fall, political observers say
Published: Thursday, May 31st, 2018 @ 7:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After hearing what is apparently taking place in our General Assembly we have to ask why we even need 170 members in the General Assembly
Published: Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 @ 12:02 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The minimum wage for state employees will rise to $15 an hour if the budget proposed by legislative leaders becomes law
Published: Sunday, May 27th, 2018 @ 12:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lee Lilley did little to assuage Republicans' concerns over a $57.8 million "voluntary" payment to Gov. Roy Cooper's office from companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Published: Sunday, February 11th, 2018 @ 1:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Republican legislative leaders announced a fix to the class size mandate, which would phase in smaller class sizes in kindergarten through third grade over the next four years instead of an immediate fix this school year
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2018 @ 8:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A measure “throttling” the costliest new government regulations could have unintended consequences, critics say. For example, House Bill 162 might have stopped the General Assembly from forcing schools to collect vaccination reports on sixth-grade students.
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2018 @ 12:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly will take up legislation to resolve the GenX water pollution case and judicial redistricting and reform when it returns to special session Wednesday.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2018 @ 9:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Republican-led Senate Select Committee on Judicial Reform and Redistricting on Wednesday rolled out a skeleton proposal for a constitutional amendment to switch from electing judges to a multistep appointment process
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 8:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When members of the N.C. General Assembly's minority party make extraordinary doom-and-gloom predictions about the consequences of the majority party's actions, it's easy to dismiss the comments as political theater
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 @ 5:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday John Buie accompanied the management team from JEB Designs to a trade show in Charlotte to inspect a $60,000 machine for his small screen-printing/embroidery company
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2017 @ 8:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2017-18 General Assembly may soon try to keep alive its unblemished record of overriding Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 9:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Trump has a strong agenda to cut the red tape restraining the economy, but like officials at the state level he faces an army of entrenched opponents
Published: Friday, September 1st, 2017 @ 11:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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