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"A third of kids in North Carolina are missing more than 10 days of school per year. This is, as compared to other states in the South, not a good number,” said NC DPI Superintendent Catherine Truitt
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 1:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today the North Carolina House has voted to override Governor Cooper's veto of Senate Bill 747, a bill which will make significant improvements to North Carolina's election laws and further strengthen the integrity of our elections.
Published: Monday, November 20th, 2023 @ 7:01 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Recommendations will assist law enforcement and communities strengthen trust and collaboration
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 4:02 am
By: ENC NOW
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Raleigh, NC – Today the House Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform Committee will consider Senate Bill 747, a bill which would make significant improvements to North Carolina's election laws.
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 12:00 am
By: ENC NOW
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For more than a decade we’ve studied the problem exhaustively, we’ve talked about it almost incessantly, we’ve engaged the latest curriculum du jour, and have spent more than $50 million dollars, yet we still can’t solve the mystery of our children’s reading proficiency.
Published: Sunday, March 26th, 2023 @ 9:02 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The final earnings report published by Meta for 2022 indicated that the social media company’s net income declined 41% over the course of the year, prompting executives to announce efficiency improvements in comments that appear to have restored investor confidence.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 1:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A presentation to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on Nov. 29 revealed marginal improvements in reading proficiency for students in kindergarten through 3rd grade, although learning loss from pandemic school closures is having an impact, particularly for minority students.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 7:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Voters say that Democrats did a slightly better job communicating their message than Republicans during the midterm election.
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2022 @ 8:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newsom went to Washington, D.C., this week in order to receive an award on behalf of the Golden State’s alleged education improvements.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 9:45 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Local Government Commission to Vote on Over $1.5 Billion in Financing Requests from Around State
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 6:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Tuesday, conservative actor James Woods wasted no time in offering two salient suggestions for Elon Musk after Musk had tweeted that he was “looking forward” to “make significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!”
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 3:32 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Tuesday, after Monday’s news that Elon Musk had become Twitter’s largest shareholder, taking a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc., Twitter’s CEO Parag Agrawal announced Twitter would appoint Musk to the company’s board of directors.
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 1:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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There is broad agreement that North Carolina is better suited to handle redistricting in a more transparent fashion than a decade ago, but further improvements can be made to the process according to a wide spectrum of speakers at Duke University’s Redistricting and American Democracy two day sympos
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of Senators introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act, a bill that would make rebates that homeowners receive for making natural disaster mitigation improvements to their homes exempt from federal taxes.
Published: Thursday, August 12th, 2021 @ 8:47 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Watchdog Criticizes $7 Million Guilford County Will Give for Improvements Around High Point BallparkA government watchdog criticized a plan by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners that could send $7 million to High Point to help pay for improvements around Truist Point ballpark, home of the High Point Rockers minor league baseball team.
Published: Sunday, February 28th, 2021 @ 10:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper announced today $194 million in loans and grants to help pay for 54 drinking water and wastewater projects.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2020 @ 11:22 am
By: Governor's Office
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88 Projects Funded with a focus on Infrastructure Resiliency
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 1:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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President Donald J. Trump is modernizing environmental regulations to deliver infrastructure projects that will improve our communities.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2020 @ 11:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate Armed Services Committee members will include a host of new privatized housing rules and reforms in their annual defense authorization bill this year, including pulling back some funding from outside contractors and redirecting it to housing improvements.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 3:27 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Social Services is holding a town hall meeting Friday, May 3 in Winterville to receive public comment on improving child welfare in the state.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 12:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In addition to choosing representatives, and deciding six statewide constitutional amendments Tuesday, Nov. 6, North Carolina voters approved more than $1.8 billion in local bonds for K-12 and community college projects, parks and open spaces, low-income housing, and street improvements
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently released federal data shows that a partnership between ECU and Vidant Health made significant improvements in the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries while still achieving significant cost savings last year
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 2:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2017-18 school performance grades are in, and it’s mixed bag of good news and bad. Meanwhile, education leaders continue to promise improvements in academic performance
Published: Monday, September 17th, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) was thrilled to announce a $147 million grant awarded to the North Carolina Department of Transportation for improvements to U.S. 70 (future I-42) and I-95 in the eastern part of the state - the largest infrastructure project in North Carolina
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2018 @ 5:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new report shows that charter schools are becoming more racially diverse, enrolling more impoverished students, and performing better than in previous years, but experts say challenges remain
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 5:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report shows that charter schools are becoming more racially diverse, enrolling more impoverished students, and performing better than in previous years, but experts say challenges remain
Published: Monday, February 5th, 2018 @ 9:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) introduced two amendments for consideration of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act aimed at making significant improvements to the bill
Published: Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 @ 3:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A runner could make major improvements in his 5K time by starting his race at the 1,000-meter mark
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2017 @ 7:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At an education event held this morning, Gov. Roy Cooper encouraged leaders in business and education to support improvements in North Carolina's K-12 school system, including an increase in teacher pay
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 @ 9:56 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Pat McCrory joined state and local officials at a groundbreaking ceremony today to begin improvements on a 20-mile portion of the historic Business 40 highway between I-40 east of Kernersville and I-40 west of Winston-Salem.
Published: Saturday, October 22nd, 2016 @ 10:51 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory joined local business leaders and state and local officials for the RTP Series Event hosted by the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce today to highlight economic improvements in Durham, and the state as a whole
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 @ 11:36 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory welcomed teachers and students across the state to a new school year during a visit to Newton-Conover High School today.
Published: Friday, September 2nd, 2016 @ 10:18 am
By: McCrory Communications
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A new study from the Mercatus Center highlighted improvements in North Carolina's fiscal performance from fiscal 2013 to 2014.
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 9:57 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As part of 10th St Connector roadway improvements - 10th St between Evans and Dickinson will be closed.
Published: Tuesday, May 17th, 2016 @ 11:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Innovator's Dilemma theory is based on the premise that incumbent firms in a given market tend to focus on making incremental improvements to existing products and services, rather than on providing new and possibly revolutionary ones
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2016 @ 11:42 am
By: John William Pope Center
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As part of Governor Pat McCrory's "Project Phoenix" initiative, the North Carolina Council of State has approved a partnership with the City of Raleigh to improve Moore Square in downtown Raleigh
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2016 @ 3:27 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Governor has announced additional customer service improvements for the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles (NCDMV) for 2016. The office-based improvements are aimed at reducing wait times, particularly for obtaining new driver licenses and identification cards as well updating...
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 12:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Department of Public Safety (DPS) Secretary Frank L. Perry and State Budget Director Lee Roberts met with Moore County leaders today to highlight the public safety improvements included in Governor Pat McCrory's Connect NC bond proposal.
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 10:02 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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