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Conversations with prominent state and national newsmakers – politicians, advocates, analysts, academics and activists – about the news, events and public policy debates that shape life in North Carolina.
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UNC System President Peter Hans on the state of higher education
In Part One of our recent extended conversation with the University of North Carolina System president Peter Hans, we discussed some of the successes UNC campuses have had in keeping tuition and fees relatively affordable, while also dealing with some of the tough realities posed by shifting demographics that have lowered the number of college […]
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Dr. Michelle Malkin, director of ECU’s new Gambling Research and Policy Initiative
Legalized sports gambling arrived in North Carolina this past week, just in time for college basketball’s March Madness. And while many are treating this news as a ho-hum development, there are a lot of observers and experts who have some profound concerns. Michelle L. Malkin is an assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at […]
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Education policy Kris Nordstrom discusses a damaging new report about NC public schools
A new report from national experts at the Network for Public Education paints a sobering picture of the policy choices North Carolina state legislators have made for our public schools in recent years. The report is called “The Best and the Worst Statehouses for Supporting Public Schools and their Students,” and sadly, it gives […]
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WCU political scientist Prof. Chris Cooper discusses Super Tuesday election results
The 2024 North Carolina Super Tuesday primary election has finally come and gone and now it’s full speed ahead for the next eight months to the November election. And for better or worse, voters should have very little trouble distinguishing the major party candidates. According to Western Carolina University political scientist, Prof. Chris Cooper, […]
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Catawba College Political Science professor Michael Bitzer previews Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday is upon us and that means it’s primary election week in North Carolina and several other states as voters go to the polls to choose major party nominees for president and a host of other important offices. And while the primary season has been rather subdued here, with few of the top contests […]
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Matt Ellinwood discusses the latest state Supreme Court review of the Leandro school funding case
In late February, the North Carolina Supreme Court took the extraordinary (and what many see as the deeply worrisome) step of revisiting the landmark Leandro school funding case – a case that has long guaranteed all of the state’s schoolchildren a constitutional right to a sound basic education. At issue is whether state lawmakers can […]
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