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North Carolina’s General Assembly recap
Published: Saturday, July 12th, 2025 @ 9:23 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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She used the money for a "luxury lifestyle" in California and Georgia, prosecutors said.
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024 @ 9:57 pm
By: Daily Wire
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State government data show that North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program serves students from low- and moderate-income households
Published: Saturday, November 25th, 2023 @ 7:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new study from the Heritage Foundation finds that states with expansive school choice have lower private-school tuition rate increases than states without school choice.
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 5:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion at the Kathy Taft Center for Leadership and Excellence in Pitt County to highlight the extreme Republican plans to undermine and underfund public education in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 2:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Thursday, Democrat North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion to highlight what he called “the extreme Republican plans to undermine and underfund public education in North Carolina,” attacking the “unaccountable private school vouchers for the wealthy
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 10:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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RALEIGH: Over the past few weeks, Governor Roy Cooper has continued to sound the alarm on dangerous Republican plans that would gut funding for public education and expand private school vouchers so anyone – even a millionaire – can get taxpayer money for their children’s private school tuition.
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 @ 9:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College to highlight the extreme Republican plans to dismantle public education in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 1:33 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion about the extreme NC General Assembly legislation that would undermine and underfund public education.
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 @ 8:20 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: On May 23, Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to all state legislators in the House and Senate urging them to make meaningful investments in North Carolina’s public schools, students and teachers and stop their plans to dismantle public education
Published: Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 @ 12:33 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Visits College Road Early Childhood Center and Greene Central High School to Highlight Need to Protect Public Education
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2023 @ 12:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Visits Weaverville Primary School to Highlight Need to Protect Public Education
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2023 @ 12:33 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Visits Washington Elementary in Raleigh to Highlight Need to Protect Public Education from Extreme Legislation
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 3:35 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Cooper outlines devastating impacts of Republican legislature’s schemes to give vouchers to millionaires, defund public schools and push culture wars in the classroom and urges North Carolinians to contact their legislators to protect public schools
Published: Monday, June 12th, 2023 @ 8:57 am
By: Governor's Office
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All families in North Carolina would be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship Program under a bill that moved through the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 11:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans have introduced a bill this session that would create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in North Carolina. Here is a quick primer on what ESAs are, what other states are doing on this issue, and what could be on tap here in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Thursday, May 18th, 2023 @ 7:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Several recent legislative proposals aim to expand North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program to serve more students and families
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2023 @ 12:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NC House of Reps on Tues. will consider several bills designed to open up school choice for families
Published: Monday, May 1st, 2023 @ 5:18 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Policy choices in response to the pandemic increased parental demand for more educational options
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 2:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nearly seven-in-10 registered voters in North Carolina support expanding the Opportunity Scholarship Program to all families, regardless of income. That’s one of the findings of a new poll from Carolina Partnership for Reform.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers have introduced a bill in the North Carolina House that would create a universal Education Savings Account to allow parents to pay directly for approved non-public educational expenses for their children.
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2023 @ 5:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Some Republican-led states, including Tennessee, are joining Democrats in actively resisting school choice policies after dozens of red states have already begun implementing such changes.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 9:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Institute for Justice (IJ) has released an update of its stellar “License to Work” report, which examines the burdens of occupational licensing regulations across the country.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Manhattan district attorney is reopening an investigation into former President Trump’s hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, and you may be thinking, “When will they ever learn?”
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2022 @ 8:22 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has released data on public school finances for 2021-22.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Four medical students chosen for the Class of 2026 Brody Scholar Award
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 @ 6:18 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Recently, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Raising Expectations with Child Opportunity Vouchers for Educational Recovery (RECOVER) Act to empower parents to solve the learning loss crisis facing today’s students.
Published: Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 @ 5:29 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Northampton County is the only majority-choice county in North Carolina, with 57% enrolled in private, home, and public charter schools
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 9:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Arizona lawmakers passed a groundbreaking bill last week allowing the State’s 1.1 million students — from kindergarten to high school graduation — access to a school of their choice.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2022 @ 2:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Roy Cooper has been a stalwart opponent of school choice since securing the governor’s office in 2016.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 7:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Republican congressman from North Carolina would expand school choice for students across the nation facing mask mandates or classroom instruction based on Critical Race Theory.
Published: Thursday, November 4th, 2021 @ 12:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Without North Carolina’s school-choice scholarships for students with special needs, retired soldier James Martin would have moved his family to another state.
Published: Friday, August 27th, 2021 @ 12:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislation to expand school choice in North Carolina is on the move in both chambers of the General Assembly, after both the N.C. Senate Education Committee and Rules Committee OK’ed a measure to increase the dollar value of Opportunity Scholarships and open them to more families.
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 6:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill to expand the Opportunity Scholarship Program passed the N.C. House, 69-49, on Tuesday, April 13, following a floor debate that focused on accountability.
Published: Sunday, April 18th, 2021 @ 7:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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