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Federal Education Policy
Introduction The United States Constitution does not mention education. From our nation’s infancy, Congress generally adhered to the principle that the federal government had no authority to undertake functions and duties not…
Education Facilities
Introduction The North Carolina State Constitution requires the General Assembly to provide funding for “a general and uniform system of free public schools,” but it also allows the legislature to delegate additional…
Education and the Workforce
Introduction Do North Carolinians need four-year degrees to be successful? According to projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the North Carolina Department of Commerce, employment opportunities may be…
Charter Schools
Introduction The Charter School movement began with the passage of North Carolina’s charter school law, House Bill 955, NC Session Law 1995-731. Charter schools were set up for teachers, parents and pupils to establish…
New Federal Rule to Affect End-of-Year Charitable Giving
Don’t let the bureaucracy punish your generosity. A new U.S. Postal Service rule clarification could cause charitable donors who mail checks in late December to miss out on their expected 2025 tax benefits. Today, the …
Transportation Funding
Introduction North Carolina has more than 80,000 miles of state-owned highways, more than any other state besides Texas. Unlike Texas, where state roads are one-fourth of the total 313,000 miles of roads in the state, North…
Exposing two new stories of FBI corruption
Editors at Issues and Insights highlight bad news for one of the nation’s best-known law enforcement agencies. We have been writing about the weaponization of government under the Obama and Biden regimes for many years, but…
DEI found its way into Georgia Medicaid
Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about a problem plaguing a neighboring state’s Medicaid program. Elected Republicans may have declared war on leftists’ racist DEI ideology in state governments across the country.…
Trump axed $5M for Abrams’ climate group
Thomas Catrenacci of the Washington Free Beacon documents another controversial use of taxpayer money. Rewiring America, the climate group where Democratic activist Stacey Abrams served as senior counsel, quietly banked more…
Trump tackles affordability narrative
Brittany Bernstein writes for National Review Online about the president’s latest economic message. President Trump attempted to take control of the narrative around the rising cost of living in the U.S. during a triumphant…
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