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In the eyes of a growing number of observers, the future of democracy itself will be at stake in the 2024 U.S. elections and this sobering fact has enormous implications – not just for Americans but for the populations of dozens of allies around the world. One expert who’s watching this matter closely and expressing […] The post Duke University’s David Schanzer on the state of democracy, how U.S. allies view the ’24 election appeared first on NC Newsline.

Throughout most of U.S. history, state courts (and judicial elections) have seldom been the site of pitched political battles. While these courts regularly issued important rulings with significant impacts on public policy debates, the judges and justices who served on these courts were generally able to avoid being drawn into the bareknuckle politics that so […] The post Douglas Keith of the Brennan Center discusses the Politics of Judicial Elections appeared first on NC Newsline.

North Carolina’s long running Leandro school funding case is headed back before the state Supreme Court this week and Newsline discusses why this has supporters of our public schools deeply concerned with the head of the group Pastors for North Carolina Children, the Rev. Suzanne Parker Miller. The post Rev. Suzanne Parker Miller details the Leandro school finance case back before the NC Supreme Court appeared first on NC Newsline.

The state’s March 5th primary election is right around the corner. Early in-person voting starts this Thursday and it’s already possible to obtain a ballot to vote by mail. Unfortunately, as we’ve discussed previously on News & Views, this year’s election will be accompanied by a raft of new laws that state legislators have recently […] The post Common Cause of NC’s Sailor Jones on the many changes that will impact voters in the March primary appeared first on NC Newsline.

Meredith College pollster Professor David McLennan on what voters are thinking (and in many cases not thinking) about the March 5th primary, as well as some other important issues that confront our state and nation. Read the full results from the latest Meredith College poll here. The post Meredith College pollster David McLennan on what voters are thinking ahead of the March primary appeared first on NC Newsline.

No other function of state government in North Carolina consumes a larger share of the state budget or more attention from state leaders than K-12 and higher education. Unfortunately, in recent years, those appropriations have steadily withered even as the attention lawmakers devote to our schools and universities has related more and more to the […] The post David Rice, executive director of Public Ed Works, discusses some of NC’s top education issues appeared first on NC Newsline.

North Carolina Second District Congresswoman Deborah Ross joins NC Newsline to discuss her new redistricting reform proposal, and several other timely issues, including immigration, artificial intelligence, and the prospects for reviving an enormously successful anti-poverty tax credit. The post Congresswoman Deborah Ross discusses redistricting reform, immigration, and artificial intelligence appeared first on NC Newsline.

Read Figueroa’s latest piece on the sweeping bipartisan immigration legislation : Details of proposed major overhaul of U.S. immigration law, global aid package unveiled  The post States Newsroom reporter Ariana Figueroa discusses immigration reform, global security package appeared first on NC Newsline.

In a  special two-part conversation with North Carolina Congresswoman Kathy Manning we discuss the threats to reproductive freedom in modern America and some of the other key issues on the front-burner in Washington. The post U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning discusses threats to reproductive freedom and other key issues in Congress appeared first on NC Newsline.

Thanks to a new $29.5 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Durham Public Schools are partnering with Durham Tech Community College to start a new high school program for students interested in pursuing healthcare careers after graduation. The program will enable students to attend an early college in which they’ll be prepared upon graduation to enter […] The post Durham Tech President JB Buxton discusses a new initiative to grow NC’s healthcare workforce appeared first on NC Newsline.

It’s hard to believe, but another election year is well underway and voting-by-mail ballots are already available for the upcoming March 5 North Carolina primary. And in case you hadn’t heard. Some new law changes will make voting – both by mail and in-person – a little different this year. Not only will voters need […] The post Karen Brinson Bell of the State Board of Elections with what to know about NC’s upcoming primary appeared first on NC Newsline.

Ever since Republicans took control of the North Carolina legislature in 2011, they’ve passed income tax cut after income tax cut and bragged repeatedly of the supposed enormous benefits this has afforded to average North Carolinians. A new report from the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, however, debunks such claims. As it turns […] The post ITEP’s Carl Davis discusses a new report that offers a damning assessment of NC’s tax structure appeared first on NC Newsline.