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NC Justice Center policy analyst Kris Nordstrom on the expansion of private school vouchers
Kris Nordstrom
The North Carolina General Assembly returned to Raleigh last week to approve a Republican plan to dramatically expand the state’s controversial private school voucher program. The plan advanced despite strong opposition from the Governor, Democratic lawmakers and an array of advocates for public schools.
So what exactly will the plan do? How much will it cost? And what, if anything, is the legislature doing to help traditional K-12 schools that have been struggling with funding shortfalls, teacher shortages and that will soon confront another funding cut later this month when an important fe...
Reporter Lisa Sorg on a massive liquefied natural gas plant under construction in Person County
Investigative reporter Lisa Sorg
The global imperative of dramatically reducing fossil fuel consumption is as urgent as ever, but that isn’t preventing private and public plans to build new fossil fuel infrastructure. See for example, a massive new facility under construction in Person County. As Inside Climate News reporter Lisa Sorg reported this past week, the 74 acre Moriah Energy Center is designed hold 50 million gallons of liquefied natural gas in two pressurized tanks 160 feet tall and 600 feet around.
Not surprisingly, Sorg found that the development has aroused deep concerns amongst neighbors in the rural community wh...
GOP lawyers sue to suppress more votes
New anti-DEI policy is already harming the UNC System
Lawmakers swing and miss with misguided education and immigration bills
RFK, Jr. ballot saga descends into absurdity
Cheapskate legislature underfunds North Carolina’s DMV
Rep. Julie von Haefen on crisis pregnancy centers and public education funding
Rep. Julie von Haefen - Photo: ncleg.gov
For several years now, the Republican leadership of the North Carolina legislature has appropriated millions of dollars to the state’s network of so-called crisis pregnancy centers. The centers give the impression that they provide healthcare services, but critics argue that they do no such thing. Recently, in an effort to learn more about these groups and what they do with taxpayer dollars, State Rep. Julie von Haefen of Wake County paid a visit to one of the centers and last week, she joined NC Newsline to discuss what sh...
NC Justice Center’s Ana Pardo on how workers are faring and how lawmakers could lift the economy
Ana Pardo (Courtesy photo)
On the whole, the U.S. economy has been faring well in recent years – especially when compared to the dark days of the pandemic. That said, the situation average workers find themselves in varies widely from state to state and one where things remain mired well below average is North Carolina. Indeed, a recent report by the group Oxfam America ranked North Carolina as the worst state in the country for working people.
As advocates at the North Carolina Justice Center point out in their new “State of Working North Carolina” report...
The nonpartisan Trusted Elections Tour with Jennifer Roberts and Bob Orr
Jennifer Roberts and Bob Orr (Courtesy photos)
It’s hard to believe, but early absentee voting will soon be underway in the fall election. And while a scattering of ill-informed critics continues to cast aspersions and promote conspiracy theories, the evidence is overwhelming that our state’s electoral systems are honest and trustworthy.
What’s more, for those who may still harbor doubts or have questions about how things work, our state is lucky enough to have a bipartisan pair of experts touring the state and holding events in the coming weeks at which people from a...
