3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (656+ words) North Carolina’s math standards are due for a major rewrite when the State Board of Education takes up the issue next month. Supporters say the change is needed to keep pace with a changing job market. Even longtime critics of…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (583+ words) More than 3.7 million North Carolina taxpayers will be eligible to claim a new federal tax credit for donations to K-12 scholarship organizations when the program launches in 2027, according to a state-by-state analysis released Sept. 9 by the American Federation for Children (AFC)…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (473+ words) Democratic US Senate candidate and former Gov. Roy Cooper said that “criminals need healthcare, not handcuffs” while listing some of his major accomplishments as governor at a recent campaign event, according to audio obtained by Breitbart News. Republicans highlighted the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1763+ words) Listen to this story (16 minutes) Around 1959, a struggling Broadway actor with a few film credits to his name pitched an idea to the influential Desilu studio that would transform both the television industry and the state of North Carolina for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1070+ words) Members of the North Carolina Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education pushed back Aug. 31 on a draft set of recommendations they said was too vague to act on, demanding a clearer teacher-pay proposal and leaving the panel’s planned September vote…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (660+ words) North Carolina’s charter school association is telling member schools to hold off on adopting a new crisis-hotline posting policy after two schools reported that a state helpline named in the budget appears not to serve callers under 18. The state agency…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (604+ words) A provision in North Carolina’s new state budget requires nearly every school in the state, including private religious schools, to display the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline number in six places, from student IDs to the home screens of school-issued devices....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (609+ words) North Carolina company CaptiveAire, one of the leading manufacturers of commercial kitchen ventilation systems, has incurred $15 million in tariff costs since April 2, “Liberation Day,” when President Trump announced a universal 10% tariff on all imported goods. While the business says they’ve…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (935+ words) The North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously rejected a Rutherford County candidate’s request to use a religious mononym rather than a legal surname on the November ballot, while also moving toward new rules governing candidate filings. The decision came…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (815+ words) Saturday marked one year since the brutal murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska aboard Charlotte’s LYNX Blue Line, a killing that drew national attention, sparked criminal justice reforms in North Carolina, and placed the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS)…...