accountability

RALEIGH – Raleigh and Durham city governments earn C-minus grades, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. Cary earns a D, according to a new John…

RALEIGH – Wilmington’s city government earns a D grade, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. New Hanover County and the county school system earn D-minus…

RALEIGH – Seven state agencies earn failing grades, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. Twenty of 22 agencies studied earned no better than a D-plus…

RALEIGH – Asheville’s city government earns a C grade, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. Buncombe County earns a C-minus, according to a new John…

RALEIGH – North Carolina state agencies and local governments earn poor marks, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. That’s the conclusion of a new John…

Citizens don’t have the ability to easily track how state and local governments spend their tax dollars — but they should. Budget information isn’t available online in easily searchable databases, but it should be. Citizens shouldn’t have to make special requests to obtain budget information.

RALEIGH — Groups representing some teachers and school boards in North Carolina are forming a coalition to urge changes to the federal No Child Left Behind bill, but the leader…

RALEIGH — Two new studies from the North Carolina Education Alliance shed light on the state’s national ranking in teacher compensation and differences among state school districts in student performance.