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The NC House Education Committee on May 19 advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would make the elected superintendent of public instruction the voting chair of the State Board of Education and replace 11 governor-appointed seats with members elected from legislatively drawn districts.
Republican members of the NC House Education K-12 committee challenged the Department of Public Instruction’s framing of student achievement data on May 12, telling officials its metrics may overstate how prepared North Carolina students are for college and careers.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will not block a 55-mile natural gas pipeline project from moving forward in North Carolina and Virginia as environmental groups challenge a federal water permit.
Two activist groups working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm oppose a deal between Republican Party groups and the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Gov. Josh Stein is asking a judge to drop the North Carolina Bar and Tavern Association from a lawsuit the group filed in 2020 to challenge COVID-related mandatory government shutdowns.
A new Harvard-Stanford-Dartmouth scorecard ranks North Carolina ninth nationally in math recovery since 2022 but just 22nd in reading, with the average student now reading roughly two-thirds of a grade level behind 2019 despite the state’s 2021 science-of-reading law.
TikTok’s latest filing at the North Carolina Supreme Court raises concerns about the business impact of a lawsuit pursued by state Attorney General Jeff Jackson.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals used a North Carolina case Monday to clarify that attempted armed bank robbery is a violent crime under federal law.
Fertilizer prices have risen, placing farmers under continued pressure. Some ag experts suggest maximizing the US sourcing.
Microschools represent an opportunity to redesign education around the needs of today’s learners. And with the public sector now leaning in, the conditions are finally aligning to make that vision sustainable at scale.
A federal grand jury has indicted a 32-year-old Wilmington man on a charge that he threatened President Trump in a Facebook post.
A Superior Court judge will hear arguments Monday in a lawsuit challenging the right of “never residents” to cast ballots in North Carolina’s federal elections.