Gov. Perdue’s statement on Andy Griffith’s death at 86: “North Carolina has lost its favorite son. Andy Griffith graciously stepped into the living rooms of generations of Americans, always with the playful charm that made him the standard by which entertainers would be measured for decades. Throughout his career, he represented everything that was good […]
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Virtually dead: Judge rejects company’s bid for online NC charter school
If you’ve been following the efforts of the very profitable K12 Inc. (we talked about them in this story) to open a virtual charter school for students in North Carolina — ostensibly it would be a school “based” in Cabarrus County, but in (virtual) reality the school would’ve consisted of online courses only, plus some […]
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Bad budget: Perdue will give GOP’s work the old veto — for 20 reasons
Gov. Perdue held a press conference this morning and announced that she will indeed send the General Assembly’s budget back at them. The Republican-led G.A. has the option of: 1) Negotiating with the governor — and truly, her requests have been on the very small side in terms of dollars (but, as in the eugenics […]
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Perdue vetoes GOP bill gutting Racial Justice Act
Gov. Bev Perdue acted today to protect the Racial Justice Act from the GOP-led General Assembly’s effort to gut it. The ACLU of NC is out with a reminder that the fate of the veto hangs on whether three House Democrats (Brisson, Hill and Owens — see below) will stand with her or — as […]
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Read the Court’s opinion(s): Obamacare upheld by 5-4 vote
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, survived the Supreme Court today by the narrowest of margins. In fact, five justices out of nine found that Congress does not have the power to mandate health-insurance coverage under the Commerce Clause. However, four justices said it does have that power, and Chief Justice Roberts […]
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No school vouchers bill this year: Advocates throw in the towel
House Majority Leader Paul Stam’s bill to support private schools with public funds — a.k.a. vouchers — won’t be law any time soon. Despite his high status in the Republican Party, Stam couldn’t get his plan funded in the state budget, and his efforts to get the bill enacted separately are apparently at an end […]
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Tedesco faces tight GOP superintendent runoff
Take-along voting guide Early voting runs June 28–July 14. Election Day is Tuesday, July 17. Find more information and voting locations at the N.C. State Board of Elections website. In the Triangle, Republican voters will cast ballots for the party’s nominees in four statewide runoffs. • Lieutenant Governor: Tony Gurley, a Wake County commissioner, vs. […]
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Fate of Racial Justice Act likely hangs on three House Democrats
Gov. Bev Perdue is expected to veto Senate Bill 416, which essentially guts the historic Racial Justice Act. According to the ACLU of North Carolina: The North Carolina House and Senate have approved a bill that would effectively repeal the Racial Justice Act, which allows death-row inmates to appeal their sentences and receive life without […]
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Serving peace and justice: A new award in honor of Carolyn and Cy King
Community United Church of Christ in Raleigh recently created an award named in honor of the wonderful Carolyn and Cy King, who’ve lived lives that literally traced the arc of history — to use Dr. King’s phrase — as they helped it bend toward justice over seven decades. (Carolyn just celebrated her 90th birthday.) Winners […]
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Student assignment II
What’s my idea? Since you asked, you’d start with magnet school applications. No base assignments prior to that. Kids in magnet-base neighborhoods could apply for the base seats in the magnets; all students, including magnet-base kids, could apply for the magnet seats, but selections would be made so as to assure that the magnet seats […]
