Gastonia Times

State Senate fails to override Cooper's veto of teacher pay, budget bills

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 23, 2020

A recent one-day special session of the North Carolina General Assembly failed to muster enough support to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a teacher pay-raise bill.

Study measures expected student debt by field of study

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 16, 2019

A University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill first-year graduate with a degree in the Romance languages can expect to owe as much as 84 percent of his or her first-year salary in student debt.

NC Senator: Calling school choice segregation is a 'lie'

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 26, 2019

North Carolina Sen. Deanna Ballard, R-Watauga, is standing firm in her support for school choice programs after several Democratic candidates for state superintendent assailed it as a form of resegregation.