Elections, Education, and ESG Bills

Opportunity Scholarship numbers showing sustained demand and a North Carolina House bill proposing a 22% teacher pay increase. Mitch Kokai from the John Locke Foundation discussed appellate judges rejecting a full court hearing of the Griffin-Riggs election dispute. Another news update highlighted Republican Council of State members criticizing missing elements in Stein’s State of the State address. Brianna Kraemer of the Carolina Journal reported on Hall accepting constitutional carry petitions, saying it is only a matter of time. A later update reiterated the appellate judges’ decision, noting oral arguments are set for Friday. Kraemer also covered a bill preventing North Carolina’s attorney general from challenging Trump, which passed the Senate. The House Agriculture Committee approved the anti-ESG “Farmers Protection Act.”