The opening day of North Carolina’s General Assembly session will be marked by thousands of teachers descending on the Legislative Building to lobby for more school funding and higher salaries. The gavels go down on the House...
Read MoreThe annual session of the North Carolina General Assembly begins as thousands of teachers descend on the Legislative Building for a school funding rally. That should slow down formal lawmaking activity on the first day...
Read MoreA legislative committee has agreed to more than a dozen recommendations on how to improve K-12 school safety in North Carolina that leave out any new gun restrictions or harsher penalties for bringing weapons to schools or...
Read MoreThe Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering how much authority lawmakers have to cancel judicial primaries.
Read MoreFollowing Gov. Cooper’s lead, Democrats are calling for stricter gun restrictions – and also more mental health services in schools.
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A member of the UNC System Board of Governors is looking to make a return to the North Carolina...
Read MoreA trial over the legality of a North Carolina law canceling primary elections this year for state appellate court judgeships is scheduled for late spring. During a hearing Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joi Peake set a June 7...
Read MoreArguments over the legitimacy of a December 2016 special legislative session called by North Carolina Republicans centered Wednesday on what “adequate notice” and the constitutional right for state residents to “instruct” their...
Read MoreSeveral election advocacy groups have sued to try again to block legislative districts in one North Carolina county from being used in this year’s elections. Democracy North Carolina, the state NAACP and League of Women Voters...
Read MoreNorth Carolina House members with education, law enforcement and mental health policy backgrounds will serve on a special committee to examine K-12 school safety standards and recommend any changes. House Speaker Tim Moore...
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