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We tried to get Duke Energy’s secret flood maps. We were stonewalled.

By Lisa Sorg
9/21/2017

The 12 minutes spent on the phone with Duke Energy customer service shed no light on how — or if — citizens can learn if they live in an area that could flood if one of the utility’s coal ash basins fails.

In fact, the customer service representative — to her credit, unfailing polite — didn’t know what an inundation map was.

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Court of Appeals: State, not local districts, responsible for decrepit, segregated schools

Court of Appeals: State, not local districts, responsible for decrepit, segregated schools

By Billy Ball
9/20/2017
Oil and gas commission goes rogue, schedules illegal meeting to challenge fracking moratoriums

Oil and gas commission goes rogue, schedules illegal meeting to challenge fracking moratoriums

By Lisa Sorg
9/18/2017
In supporting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a struggling nonprofit confronts a conflict of interest

In supporting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a struggling nonprofit confronts a conflict of interest

By Lisa Sorg
9/15/2017
Board of Education gets more time before possible transfer of power to Superintendent Mark Johnson

Board of Education gets more time before possible transfer of power to Superintendent Mark Johnson

By Melissa Boughton
9/14/2017
Charter takeovers met with skepticism as director begins pitching model

Charter takeovers met with skepticism as director begins pitching model

By Billy Ball
9/13/2017
Original Commentary

Legislature creates school funding task force, but appears unwilling and unable to seriously examine NC’s school funding needs

By Kris Nordstrom
9/20/2017

Last week, the General Assembly announced which legislators will serve on the Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform. The Task Force, created via the 2017 budget bill, is charged with developing recommendations to radically overhaul North Carolina’s school finance system. A serious review of North Carolina’s school finance system could substantially benefit the state. School funding matters, particularly for students in low-income families. Unfortunately, early indications suggest that the Task Force is uninterested in reforms that would actually improve educational delivery in the state.

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New health care bill is a now familiar old pernicious plot

New health care bill is a now familiar old pernicious plot

By Chris Fitzsimon
9/19/2017
Civitas Institute still linking to anti-Semitic website

Civitas Institute still linking to anti-Semitic website

By Rob Schofield
9/19/2017
Monday numbers

Monday numbers

By Chris Fitzsimon
9/18/2017
The stench of hate speech

The stench of hate speech

By John Cole
9/18/2017
“DREAM” come true: DACA student from NC wins national college scholarship

“DREAM” come true: DACA student from NC wins national college scholarship

By Michael E. C. Gery
9/14/2017
North Carolina conservatives must disavow allies’ bigoted hate speech

North Carolina conservatives must disavow allies’ bigoted hate speech

By Rob Schofield
9/13/2017
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