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Weekend “must read”: Ten education policies to watch closely in the 2018 legislative session
by Kris Nordstrom
Friday, May 25, 2018

With the 2018 legislative session underway, and rumors of a budget being unveiled soon, below are 10 education issues that bear close monitoring.

1. Teacher salaries
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News

Legislators seek background checks, fingerprinting for election workers

By Melissa Boughton

5/24/2018

North Carolina election employees could soon be facing stricter scrutiny. House members rolled out a bill Tuesday night (that has not yet been officially posted online) requiring all current and prospective permanent and temporary employees of boards of elections, including the State Board, to undergo criminal background checks and fingerprinting.
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NC officials order dozens of campaigns to forfeit illegal PAC contributions from pharma giant

By Joe Killian

5/23/2018

$Coincidence or collusion? NC Oil and Gas Commission receives curious requests to frack.$

Coincidence or collusion? NC Oil and Gas Commission receives curious requests to frack.

By Lisa Sorg

5/23/2018

Democrats: Berger-Moore budget process may quash debate, amendments

By Billy Ball

5/22/2018

New report explains why North Carolina should not give corporations yet another round of tax cuts

By Patrick McHugh

5/21/2018

Monday numbers: A look at the effects of mass incarceration related to NC bail practices

By Joe Killian

5/21/2018

Original Commentary

Latest Trump immigration “public charge” rule proposal plumbs new depths

By Kate Woomer-Deters

5/24/2018

In the aftermath of the recent successful push to ward off huge cuts to food assistance programs in the federal Farm Bill, advocates are now organizing to defeat another discriminatory and destructive attack on the supports to families who are struggling to get by and on our immigration system that should allow families to stay together.
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One simple, moral and business-friendly step NC lawmakers could take to boost the economy

By Rob Schofield

5/22/2018

Bite the Apple & NC’s HB2 Legacy

By John Cole

5/21/2018

Why we march: A North Carolina teacher details the conservative assault on public schools

By Mary Alicia Lyons

5/16/2018

Process schmocess: Berger, Moore say 2019 budget changes have already been negotiated

By Rob Schofield

5/15/2018

Know your ‘Thug’

By John Cole

5/14/2018

Racial mortgage disparities persist as federal housing enforcement lags

By Charlene Crowell

5/10/2018

Video

Memorable moments from NC’s #RallyforRespect (audio postcard)

Budget & Tax Center’s Brian Kennedy discusses the growth in communities of concentrated poverty

PPP’s Tom Jensen: Health care, gun issues driving voters to the polls this year

Editorial Cartoons

Bite the Apple & NC’s HB2 Legacy
John Cole 5/21/2018

Know your ‘Thug’
John Cole 5/14/2018

The Getaway Driver
John Cole 5/7/2018

The verdict’s in
John Cole 4/30/2018

Snail mail
John Cole 4/23/2018

Time to come clean
John Cole 4/16/2018

Infographics

Legislature takes first step to combat sexual harassment; advocates say it’s far from sufficient
Nelle Dunlap 3/22/2018

Despite backing of legislature and UNC leaders, critics worry NC’s lab school experiment is doomed to failure
Nelle Dunlap 2/7/2018

Two days remain to comment on how DEQ should spend $92 million to clean up the state’s air
Nelle Dunlap 12/14/2017

Pressure mounts on NC’s largest pork producer to clean up its act
Nelle Dunlap 12/6/2017

Info-graphics – Judicial Redistricting Maps
Nelle Dunlap 11/14/2017

Lawmakers refuse to say how incumbent judges and D.A.’s fare in new maps; so we did it for you
Nelle Dunlap 9/27/2017

Events

May 15 | America’s most dangerous policy addiction (and the threat it poses to the common good)

May 4 | A new day in the fight against gun violence?

March 22 | Prof. Christopher Faricy discusses his book “Welfare for the Wealthy: Parties, Social Spending, and Inequality in the United States”

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“Tweaking” North Carolina’s state budget fails to address the underlying issue of failure to invest
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Legislature considering changes to Medicaid that would pose a huge danger to mothers and infants
- Susanna Khachaturyan

Cooper nominates special Superior Court judges for confirmation
- Melissa Boughton

Secretary Betsy DeVos touches off controversy again, says schools can report undocumented students
- Billy Ball

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- Clayton Henkel

Trump administration turning its back on refugees, a moral and economic failure
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