>>Today state lawmakers are taking another shot at agreeing on a budget—a task that has occupied them for more than two months. Although they initially...[Read More]
Native American Issues
Articles >>It’s hard to believe that there’s just a little more than a month left of summer break. Sometimes I find myself counting down the days—and...[Read More]
>>You may have heard that state lawmakers have been butting heads over next year’s budget. You may even have an idea that the conflict has...[Read More]
>>By Amber Moodie – Dyer – Budget & Tax Center as a Policy Advocate Both the Senate and House Budget proposals leave much...[Read More]
>>The teen pregnancy rate >>has dropped by nearly 10% in the last year (!)—but >>15,000 North Carolina women under the age of 20 still got pregnant....[Read More]
>>We’re told to work hard, go to college, and get a degree. What is not always made clear is how to pay for that education....[Read More]
>>Teacher salaries have been dominating the news cycle lately, with the NC General Assembly debating a >>number of plans to address teacher compensation. Although North Carolina...[Read More]
>>Malcolm X said “Education is our passport to the future,” and as North Carolina schools break for the summer, thousands more children will have access...[Read More]
>>BY TARA ROMANO, President NCWU Tazra Mitchell (2nd VP of NCWU and Budget and Tax Center Fellow at the >>NC Justice Center) and I joined...[Read More]
>>Jake Agosto is an adorable kindergartener with rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes. Physically, he is indistinguishable from his classmates at his Chapel Hill elementary school;...[Read More]