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carolinajournal. com > opinion > tax-season-2026-the-year-of-historic-refunds

Tax season 2026: The year of historic refunds

2+ hour, 10+ min ago  (493+ words) Tax season usually means sending more of your paycheck to Washington. As a part of North Carolina's US House delegation, I believe those in this state know how to spend their own money better than those people in Washington do....

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carolinajournal. com > nc-joins-growing-list-of-states-limiting-screen-time-in-classrooms

NC joins growing list of states limiting screen time in classrooms

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (366+ words) North Carolina students returning for the spring semester are facing a disconnected classroom environment, following a Jan. 1 state deadline that required all public school boards to enact strict bans on the use of smartphones and laptops during instructional time. Certain…...

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carolinajournal. com > project-kitty-hawk-soaring

UNC System's "Project Kitty Hawk' competes for online students

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (588+ words) Presley Holland Freeman is a North Carolina mother with two young children and also a full-time preschool teacher. She wanted to complete an undergraduate degree in psychology so she could go on to become a school counselor. But that goal…...

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carolinajournal. com > opinion > our-states-foster-children-deserve-a-quicker-path-to-permanency

Our state's foster children deserve a quicker path to permanency

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (737+ words) Carolina Journal is a non-partisan news service of the John Locke Foundation, committed to the highest level of journalistic quality, following the facts wherever they lead. Our coverage is delivered from a free-market, limited government perspective, with the interests of…...

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carolinajournal. com > opinion > nc-wants-the-best-schools-in-the-nation-is-its-plan-up-to-the-task

NC wants the best schools in the nation. Is its plan up to the task?

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (483+ words) If you were tasked with making North Carolina public schools the best in the nation, it might be tempting to throw everything but the kitchen sink into your plan. But what begins as a clear mission soon becomes a sprawling,…...

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carolinajournal. com > opinion > ncs-eugenics-history-should-make-us-cautious-on-gender-policy

NC's eugenics history should make us cautious on gender policy

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (817+ words) Last week, a Gaston County judge dismissed fraud and conspiracy claims brought by Prisha Mosley, a young North Carolina woman who says experimental gender-transition treatments caused her permanent harm. Mosley alleged her providers misled her about the consequences of puberty…...

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carolinajournal. com > a-third-of-college-students-say-violence-is-an-option-to-stop-campus-speech

A third of college students say violence is an option to stop campus speech

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (736+ words) A record one in three students now holds some level of acceptance, even if only "rarely," for resorting to violence to stop a campus speech." FIRE is a non-profit, civil liberties group that aims to advocate for and educate on…...

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carolinajournal. com > opinion > tales-of-adventure-engage-young-readers

Tales of adventure engage young readers

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (434+ words) I am not much of a weeper. But a recent survey of American schoolchildren is testing my stoic disposition. Only 36% of 13-year-olds say they read for fun at least once a week. Back in 1984, the year I graduated high school,…...

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carolinajournal. com > opinion > unc-systems-real-problem-is-administrative-bloat

UNC System's real problem is administrative bloat

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (282+ words) In North Carolina, this is exacerbated by the UNC System's enrollment funding model. Because state appropriations follow students, several UNC schools will receive less state funding this year due to decreases in student enrollment. Cuts are necessarily on the horizon....

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carolinajournal. com > state-takes-control-of-bertie-county-child-welfare-services-after-fatality

State takes control of Bertie County Child Welfare Services after fatality

8+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (313+ words) According to the letter, effective immediately upon the state takeover, the county DSS director will be stripped of all service delivery powers related to child welfare under N. C. Gen. Stat. " 108 A-14. The press release states that NCDHHS staff will be on site…...