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EDUCATION
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2024
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Michele Morrow, GOP candidate to lead NC public schools, once called for security cameras in student bathrooms
Michele Morrow, who has called for the execution of Democrats, included the measure in a post about stopping school shootings. She recently walked back the suggestion.
Aug
2024
9
Opinion: As a rural Ohioan, I see J.D. Vance for who he is
Vance’s career has been built on a phony image of him as a product of and de facto spokesperson for poor, rural Appalachians, despite the fact that he was raised in a middle-class family in Middletown, Ohio – a city of about 50,000 people situated between Cincinnati and Dayton.
Aug
2024
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The future of education in NC could be decided by the state Supreme Court
If the past is any precedent, Justice Allison Riggs or Judge Jefferson Griffin will likely have a say over future decisions about the state’s public education system.
Aug
2024
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First time voting? Everything you need to know before election day in NC
Voting for the first time can be nerve-wracking, especially with the stakes as high as they are in this year’s election. Here’s what you need to know before you go to the polls.
Aug
2024
5
How new federal health laws fill the gaps in NC and support breastfeeding workers
With North Carolina’s absence of state protections for pregnancy, people like Rose Stanley now have (new) federal laws to balance her college education, job, and parenthood. Read how these regulations are helping not just her—and where there’s room for growth.
Aug
2024
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Charter school groups donate $65,000 to Mark Robinson campaign as he attacks traditional public schools
The donations add to the evidence that Robinson would likely prioritize private and charter schools over the state’s underfunded public school system.
Jul
2024
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2024 election is a battle for the ‘soul of public education’ Mo Green says
Green, the Democratic nominee to lead NC’s public schools, is in a race against Republican Michele Morrow, who has called public schools ‘indoctrination centers’ and advocated for the public execution of Barack Obama and other Democrats. When Mo Green took over as...
Jul
2024
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Back to school boost: Gov. Cooper launches supply drive for NC classrooms
Governor Roy Cooper announced a statewide school supply drive. Here's how you can help.
Jul
2024
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VIDEO: Kamala Harris speaks out on student debt forgiveness
Vice President Kamala Harris recently addressed the Biden-Harris administration's take on college debt forgiveness.
Video: Hiking Waterrock Knob and talking about albeism
| November 10, 2025
Cardinal & Pine's Jennie Ventures takes a hike at Waterrock Knob and talks about how ableism shows up in our society.
Opinion: From firehouses to schools, North Carolina’s small towns run on local elections
| October 25, 2025
Millions of Americans turn out to vote in presidential elections, but most of us don’t engage in the local elections that have an outsized impact on our everyday lives. Here's why we need a change in North Carolina.
Why one North Carolina island speaks a centuries-old English dialect
| October 16, 2025
Community | CULTURE | EDUCATION | FAMILY | HARDGATE | History | LIFESTYLE | LITERATURE | North Carolina | OUTDOORS | outer banks | RECREATION | WATER
On NC’s Ocracoke Island, a unique form of English called Hoi Toider is still spoken. Discover the history of this ancient dialect and its uncertain future.
One year after Helene, NC program teaches students resilience
| September 24, 2025
"Ready | Community | duke university | EDUCATION | environment | EXTREME WEATHER | Hurricane Helene | Natural disaster | North Carolina | NORTH CAROLINA NEWS | north carolina state university | Resilience" program | SCHOOLS | Set | WEATHER | WNC
As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene's devastating landfall approaches, a program in western North Carolina schools is helping students cope with the tragedy.
Fighting a health insurance denial? Here are 7 tips to help
| September 23, 2025
Affordability | CENTRAL WISCONSIN | Community | CULTURE | EASTERN WISCONSIN | ECONOMY | EDUCATION | Federal Cuts | HARDGATE | HEALTH | health insurance | health insurance denial | HEALTHCARE | insurance | LIFESTYLE | Medicaid | national politics | NORTHERN WISCONSIN | SOUTHERN WISCONSIN | WESTERN WISCONSIN | wisconsin | WISCONSIN POLITICS
To control costs, nearly all health insurers use a system called prior authorization, which requires patients or their providers to seek approval before they can get certain procedures, tests, and prescriptions.