U.S. Representative Kathy Manning of central North Carolinas sixth congressional district is less than halfway through her second two-year-term in Washington, but its already been one heck of a tumultuous ride. From the January 6 insurrection, through t

Wake County State Senator Lisa Grafstein was recently a target of Republican gerrymandering. Under the states newly enacted legislative maps, Grafstein a skilled attorney and one of the Senates most vocal and articulate critics of culture war legislat

As news reports have made clear repeatedly in recent years, North Carolina is suffering from a big and deeply problematic teacher shortage especially in rural low wealth districts and when it comes to teachers of color. The problem was big and bad even

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Gerrymandering. Its a topic thats been on a lot of lips in recent weeks as the Republican leadership of the North Carolina legislature, for what seems like the umpteenth time, drew new legislative and congressional maps for our state. Interestingly, whi

There are a lot of significant real-world problems that the state legislatures cheapskate budgeting practices have caused in recent years, and heres a classic example: Because it receives inadequate funding, the states court system has been forced to t