Public schools officially begin classes in two weeks, but lawmakers have yet to pass a budget that sets funding, including teachers' salaries, which Democrats say have led to numerous vacancies and other gaps.
The N.C. Supreme Court has reinstated a lower court’s order blocking a trial judge from forcing state officials to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars out of the state treasury in the Leandro case. The court’s vote was 5-2, with Republican justices supporting the decision and Democrats dissenting.