School Funding

Judge Michael Robinson has been charged with deciding what effect the recent state budget has on another judge's prior order that the state should provide significantly more funding for public education.

A North Carolina judge has ordered state officers to transfer $1.7 billion from reserves in the state general fund to support an improvement plan for public education within 30 days.

A North Carolina judge has scheduled a hearing this week that could conclude with him taking the extraordinary step of ordering $1.7 billion be spent on addressing inequities in public education.

The gym at Lakewood Elementary in Durham was buzzing earlier this week with families coming to pick up math workbooks, hotspots and laptops on the…

Republican candidate for governor (and current lieutenant governor) Dan Forest claimed that Planned Parenthood was created to, "destroy the entire black…

Rematches are shaping up for 2020 in some North Carolina legislative districts, while dozens of seats are still unopposed with a week to go for candidate…

Jones County has seen its share of destruction and economic challenges. It was one of the poorest counties in North Carolina, even before Hurricane…

Evergreen Elementary School in Columbus County is clean, tidy, and nearly 100 years old. Light comes in through parts of the roof in the gym where the…

Note: This segment is a rebroadcast from January 16, 2018. A study from the Public School Forum of North Carolina confirms a large and growing gap in…

Note: This segment is a rebroadcast from January 16, 2018. A study from the Public School Forum of North Carolina confirms a large and growing gap in…