The Republican leadership of the General Assembly has been crowing in recent days about the latest rankings of “business-friendly” legislators by N.C. Free, a business advocacy group in Raleigh. Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger issued a press release touting the rankings that named Republican Senator Tom Apodaca as the most business-friendly member of the Senate. [Continue Reading...]
Featuring Julia Leggett, Policy Coordinator, The Arc of North Carolina Q&A and Light Refreshments to Follow In celebration of the General Assembly recently designating October as Disability History and Awareness Month in North Carolina, together the Emerging Tar Heel Leaders (ETHL) and the UNC School of Law Disability Law Organization are hosting a forum dedicated [Continue Reading...]
Despite what we are told is a healthy economy and relatively low unemployment rates, the percentage of poor students in public schools is on the rise in North Carolina and the South. It is yet another reminder that helping poor families remains the most important education reform and the report should also should change the [Continue Reading...]
