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Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the debate in the N.C. General Assembly over school calendar laws.
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 @ 4:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Local boards of education are becoming ever-frustrated with a North Carolina law that puts restrictions on the start and end dates for the school year.
Published: Monday, February 27th, 2023 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An N.C. House standing committee first met in January to discuss ways to improve K-12 public education. This week, the committee approved its final set of recommendations.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 11:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s a rite of every legislative session: the introduction of an ever-increasing number of bills calling for school calendar flexibility. The goal? Get out from under North Carolina’s rigid school calendar law.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 @ 4:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Members of the General Assembly continued working at a fast pace this week, moving bills quickly through committee and floor votes, in an effort to meet their self-imposed July 1 adjournment deadline.
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week, the John Locke Foundation released “A Parents’ Bill of Rights for North Carolina.”
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 4:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NCACC Weekly Update — May 7
Published: Thursday, May 13th, 2021 @ 10:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With the legislature’s crossover deadline a little more than one week away, the N.C. House is tackling multiple bills during the session that reconvened this afternoon.
Published: Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 @ 9:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House has passed a bill that would give individual school districts more flexibility to set their own calendars.
Published: Tuesday, April 27th, 2021 @ 1:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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NCACC Weekly Update — April 23
Published: Monday, April 26th, 2021 @ 7:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCACC Weekly Update — April 16
Published: Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 @ 7:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Without consulting “the Google” or any other resource answer these questions. What are the three branches of government?
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2021 @ 10:23 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Every North Carolina student, from kindergarteners to post-graduates, will have new health and safety rules to follow this fall.
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2020 @ 12:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is keeping tuition and fees the same no matter what happens with COVID-19.
Published: Friday, July 24th, 2020 @ 2:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is requesting Congressional support to extend the Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program to provide food for children beyond the traditional school calendar year.
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2020 @ 12:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We recently published a story about the new proposal from the State Elections Board that would constitute an excess government overreach of power for the Executive Director.
Published: Sunday, May 10th, 2020 @ 8:38 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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On Monday, May 4th, Governor Cooper signed two bills passed by the General Assembly, providing regulatory and financial relief in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 @ 12:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today signed the following COVID-19 relief bills into law: Senate Bill 704 & House Bill 1043
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 5:47 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The House Select Committee on COVID-19 Education working group has approved an education omnibus bill providing regulatory relief and support for North Carolina’s K-12 and higher education systems.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 12:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers gave Wake Forest Baptist Health $100,000 for random antibody testing to gather data on how many N.C. residents had the coronavirus.
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2020 @ 4:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As North Carolina fights the coronavirus, the General Assembly should take a few simple, smart steps to keep public education on track and the economy afloat, experts say.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 11:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, August 27th, 2019 @ 1:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The pervasiveness of summer vacation in music, film, and TV is indicative of the remarkable role it plays in the life of Americans.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2019 @ 2:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today ends the last "slow week" at the Legislature. Many of us attended services for Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr. in Greenville, NC.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 11:22 am
By: S. Henri McClees
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The NC General Assembly schedule will be accelerating next week. Chairmen are scheduling their Committee meetings. Legislators are working with the Bill Drafting Division to draft and file bills
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 10:12 am
By: S. Henri McClees
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Today, Governor Cooper signed Senate Bill 2 and House Bill 4 into law
Published: Thursday, October 4th, 2018 @ 10:04 am
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper rejects an appeal from legislative leaders to convene a special session this week for Hurricane Florence relief efforts.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2018 @ 4:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper rejects an appeal from legislative leaders to convene a special session this week for Hurricane Florence relief efforts
Published: Monday, September 24th, 2018 @ 7:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the Disaster Recovery Act of 2016 into law today, providing $201 million to help citizens and communities recover from Hurricane Matthew and wildfires
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2016 @ 4:43 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory will request approximately $200 million in a Special Session of the General Assembly
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 @ 1:07 am
By: McCrory Communications
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In an effort to provide relief to residents impacted by Hurricane Matthew, Governor Pat McCrory has directed the Division of Motor Vehicles to temporarily waive certain fees for customers in three additional counties affected by Hurricane Matthew
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 11:28 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory convened the first meeting of the Hurricane Matthew Recovery Committee today and outlined a recovery plan for the first 100 days to help North Carolina recover from the storm.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 12:04 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory joined local officials to tour sites affected by Hurricane Matthew in Fayetteville today.
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2016 @ 9:28 am
By: McCrory Communications
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