North Carolina has reached a sobering milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic — more than 10,000 North Carolinians have died from the virus. The state also surpassed 800,000 total cases today. "Together we grieve with the family and friends of the North Carolinians who have lost their lives…

The Board of Commissioners in Hillsborough, North Carolina voted to pass an ordinance (see page 70) broadly protecting members of the LGBTQ community from discrimination. The vote makes Hillsborough, a town with a population of 7,000 people, the first municipality in the state to pass…

During a Board of Education debate about proposed changes to social studies standards, that would have teachers discuss the country’s history of racism and discrimination, Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson said: “The system of government that we have in this nation is not systematically…

The Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund will provide a combined $15 million for new auditoriums at Crest and Burns High Schools in Cleveland County. The capital grant program was created within the Education Lottery Fund to prioritize counties that have a limited ability to generate tax revenue,…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit not to review a three-judge panel's ruling upholding North Carolina's voter ID law. The three-judge panel's ruling had reversed a district court order blocking North Carolina's voter ID law. That Fourth Circuit panel held that…