North Carolina lawmakers hope to repeal voter literacy test
AP – North Carolina’s constitution still includes an unenforceable relic of the Jim Crow era — a voter literacy test. Some state lawmakers are trying, again, to do away with …
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GOP leaders want NC schools to go back to basics and use phonics to teach reading
T Keung Hui, News & Observer – North Carolina Senate Republican leaders want schools to emphasize the use of phonics to help deal with how many young children are having …
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Putting rivalry aside, NC newsrooms teamed up to keep the powerful accountable
NC Watchdog Reporting Network – Accountability journalism is sometimes bigger than competition. That’s been a central tenet of the N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network, a coalition of dozens of reporters and …
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Sen. Thom Tillis says he’ll have surgery for prostate cancer
Bryan Anderson, AP – Sen. Thom Tillis said Monday that he has prostate cancer and will undergo surgery next week in North Carolina to treat it. “I am in the …
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NC Senate leader again seeks retooling of reading program
AP – North Carolina’s most powerful state senator is trying again to retool a student reading comprehension program that he’s championed for years but which hasn’t met performance goals.
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Lara Trump has a new job, but says she’s still considering North Carolina Senate run
Brian Murphy, News & Observer – Lara Trump still hasn’t made a decision about running for U.S. Senate from North Carolina in 2022. But President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, a North Carolina …
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New ad attacks NC’s Madison Cawthorn, saying ‘his lies encouraged a deadly attack’
Francesca Chambers and Brian Murphy, News & Observer – A group that opposes former President Donald Trump is dialing up the pressure on GOP lawmakers who objected to the certification …
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NC Democrats launch ‘shadow’ government effort
Travis Fain, WRAL – Taking a page from the British parliamentary system, Democrats in the North Carolina House have added “shadow” titles to their job descriptions. There’s now a “shadow” education …
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Gun control advocates criticize NC lawmakers
Laura Leslie, WRAL – After two mass shootings in the U.S. in one week, an anti-gun-violence group has called on North Carolina lawmakers to drop proposals to loosen gun restrictions.
NC House tries again for eminent domain referendum
AP – Voters would decide next year whether to add to the North Carolina Constitution language that declares limits on when local and state governments can seize private property in legislation approved by …
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