Stories tagged: "Leandro"

Commentary North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, in 2021. The state Supreme Court order last week blocked a long-gestating court order forcing the state legislature to pay out for years of underfunding public schools. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson, File)
Commentary The Tragedy of North Carolina’s Leandro Case

Last week, a newly-elected Republican majority on the state Supreme Court blocked millions of dollars for underfunded schools. They haven’t just undermined the courts. They’ve undermined all of us.

Billy Ball Billy Ball March 8, 2023 2:01 pm EST
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Education ‘Unacceptable’: NC Republicans Ask Newly Right-Wing State Supreme Court to Block New Education Funding

House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate Leader Phil Berger are asking the Court to overturn the Leandro ruling by reinstating a prior Appeals Court order blocking the transfer of new funds.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil February 10, 2023 12:30 pm EST
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Government Helps/Hurts Abortion Rights, Medicaid Expansion, and School Funding: What North Carolina’s 2023 Legislative Session Means for You

North Carolina's Republican-led legislature could expand Medicaid to cover 600,000 more residents this year, but they could also try to ban abortion in the state, robbing their constituents of their reproductive freedom.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil January 11, 2023 11:00 am EST
Elections Sandy Smith, Republican candidate for U.S. House District 1 from North Carolina, speaks to the crowd at former President Donald Trump's rally Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
Elections 5 Things To Know About Embattled NC Congressional Candidate Sandy Smith

The eastern North Carolina candidate has former President Trump’s endorsement, but she’s been dogged by controversy.

Billy Ball Billy Ball October 28, 2022 2:06 pm EDT
Commentary Crowds cheer during a 2018 demonstration against the GOP-controlled NC General Assembly's education policies, including the state's expanding private school voucher program. School funding is one of the areas that figures to suffer if Republicans eliminate the state's corporate tax. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
Commentary NC’s Leandro Kids Have Had Time to Grow Up and Send Their Kids to the Same Poorly Funded Schools

It’s been nearly three decades since parents charged NC's degenerate leaders with breaking their constitutional obligation to teach all children.

Billy Ball Billy Ball August 31, 2022 4:50 pm EDT

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In the latest episode of "Leah Tries," C&P's Leah Sherrell visits a Chilean-inspired food truck in the Triad. (Image via screenshot) Video ‘I Demolished It’: Taste-Testing A Chilean Food Truck in the Triad
Thousands of educators filled Bicentennial Plaza during a rally for better pay in Raleigh, N.C. in 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Public Schools NC Teacher Raises Don’t Keep Up With the Cost of Pencils
The 2021 official White House Christmas tree came from Jefferson, NC. This year, the tree will come from NC again, making it the 15th time since 1961 the tree comes from NC. (Image via The White House) community NC Family Farm Will Supply the White House Christmas Tree
Commentary This May 8, 1964 file photo shows Linda Brown Smith standing in front of the Sumner School in Topeka, Kansas. The refusal of the public school to admit Brown in 1951, then nine years old, because she is black, led to the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the "separate but equal" clause and mandated that schools nationwide must be desegregated. Tuesday marks the 68th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. (AP Photo, File)
Commentary 68 Years After Brown v. Board of Education, the Work to Desegregate Our Schools Isn’t Finished 

Today marks a watershed moment in American history. But history is still being written. 

Billy Ball Billy Ball May 17, 2022 12:01 pm EDT
Healthcare Students and school staff at Inborden Elementary in Halifax County, North Carolina walk the halls on the first day of in-person classes March 15, 2021. (Image by Billy Ball)
Healthcare NC Could Fund Schools and Help People Get Health Insurance in 2022. Will We Do It?

C&P’s Senior Editor Sarah Ovaska shares her thoughts on what important issues we’ll be talking about in 2022. 

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska December 27, 2021 10:29 am EST