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A follow-up report from the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor has uncovered additional alleged financial management failures in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, including roughly $15 million in expenditures that were kept off the district’s books for months.
Published: Sunday, March 8th, 2026 @ 11:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Personnel changes strengthen essential operations at state elections board
Published: Saturday, November 15th, 2025 @ 8:35 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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(RALEIGH) Today Governor Stein signed seven bills and vetoed three bills.
Published: Friday, July 4th, 2025 @ 10:41 pm
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt visited Pitt Community College as part of her Future-Ready Community College Tour.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2025 @ 3:27 pm
By: Governor's Office
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When will common sense guide School Board decision making?
Published: Thursday, February 27th, 2025 @ 5:04 pm
By: Dave Hudson
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Title IX was passed by Congress to protect actual women
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2025 @ 12:01 pm
By: John Steed
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Tensions flared between members of the North Carolina State Board of Education on Thursday over the approval of a new charter school.
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2024 @ 3:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The final of three debates on challenges facing North Carolina’s education system is slated for Wednesday evening, November 1, in Benson at the W. J. Barefoot Auditorium. This time experts will focus on education funding in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2024 @ 2:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Educators urged to go against the 'Israeli narrative,' teach students to be pro-Palestinian activists
Published: Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 @ 11:55 am
By: Daily Wire
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On Monday, Gov. Roy Cooper signed seven bills, vetoed two, and let three become law, including the 2023 Appropriations Act, or the state budget, which passed both chambers on Sept. 22.
Published: Friday, January 26th, 2024 @ 7:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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School choice advocates thought it couldn’t get any better than the successes and growth of the movement in 2022. But then 2023 came along.
Published: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 12:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A back-and-forth power struggle between state lawmakers and members of the North Carolina Board of Education came to a head in the new budget—and, at least for now, lawmakers won.
Published: Saturday, January 13th, 2024 @ 8:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wells fails to file, Walker changed races
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Steed
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Finally. The Republican conference budget proposal was finally released earlier today. I’m sure readers are aware of the infighting among Republican lawmakers regarding casino legislation and Medicaid expansion.
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 @ 12:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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“North Carolina’s entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well,” North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall told Council of State members at their monthly meeting on Tuesday.
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 @ 11:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In an end run around a new law that seeks to streamline the process for approving new charter schools, the Democrat-controlled North Carolina Board of Education OK’ed a new policy on Sept. 7 that allows the board to control funding for new charters.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 10:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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On Sept. 7, the North Carolina State Board of Education approved a new policy entitled “Funding and Accountability for Charter Schools” in an effort to exert more authority over charter school funding.
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 @ 1:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to boards and commissions.
Published: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 @ 11:27 pm
By: Governor's Office
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I recently attended a forum discussing the future of elections in North Carolina. During a break, someone commented on my rants about legislative shenanigans, asking my assessment of the current General Assembly. I rambled a bit, but do remember mentioning the terms “historic,” and “power grab.”
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 9:15 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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"We’re not going to do the transgender game of back and forth."
Published: Saturday, November 11th, 2023 @ 8:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Standards writers have released the first draft of proposed revisions to North Carolina’s Healthful Living standards, which include Physical Education and Health/Sex Ed
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 7:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the state legislature overrode six of Governor Roy Cooper’s vetoes, setting a record for the most veto overrides in a single day.
Published: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 @ 6:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Christmas came in August for many North Carolinians as Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate flexed their muscles and overrode three of Gov. Cooper’s vetoes on bills impacting school choice.
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 @ 8:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper continues to give his veto pen a workout for the 14th time this year, this time vetoing a bill involving the expansion of charter schools, including being able to request money from counties for funding capital projects.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 6:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State test scores show slight improvement over last year’s scores but still trail prepandemic levels
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2023 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bipartisan bill is on the move in the General Assembly that would require middle and high-school students enrolled in traditional public schools to complete a career development plan.
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 8:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s new science standards add beneficial introductory material about the scientific method and its importance
Published: Saturday, October 7th, 2023 @ 11:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We now know most, if not all, the candidates who will compete in the March 5th Primary Elections for Governor.
Published: Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 @ 5:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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