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With student loan rates about to double, lawmakers squabble
Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 4:31 PMStudent loan rates will double to 6.8 percent on July 1 if Congress doesn’t settle on a new plan soon, but disagreements flared Thursday, not only between the two parties, but between a veteran Democrat and President Barack Obama.
Does 2014 hold another barnburner in North Carolina’s 7th District race for Congress?
Monday, June 10, 2013 at 2:24 PMThe 2014 congressional elections are still 18 months away, but the politics are heating up in eastern North Carolina, where Democratic Rep. Mike McIntyre edged into office last year by only about 650 votes.
Common Core stirs furor: What's at issue
Monday, June 10, 2013 at 12:00 AMA backlash against the Common Core educational standards for grade school has hit the radio talk shows and Internet blogs in recent weeks.
Separating fact from fiction about Common Core education standards
Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 9:00 PMA backlash against the Common Core educational standards for grade school has hit the radio talk shows and Internet blogs in recent weeks. Some prominent conservatives, including talk show host Glenn Beck and writer-activist Phyllis Schlafly, ha...
Sen. Kay Hagan lobbies trade rep nominee about North Carolina’s concerns
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 2:57 PMSen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., met with U.S. trade representative nominee Michael Froman on Tuesday to press the state’s concerns about textiles, tobacco and advanced medicines in Pacific Rim trade talks.
Public colleges are often no bargain for the poor
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 11:20 AMMany public colleges and universities expect their poorest students to pay a third, half or even more of their families’ annual incomes each year for college, a new study of college costs has found.
New IRS chief Danny Werfel goes from White House budget office to center stage
Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 9:00 PMIt’s a tall order straight from the president: Find anyone at the Internal Revenue Service who improperly targeted conservatives. Hold them responsible. Fix the system so it never happens again.
As farm bill debate looms, Tarheel lawmakers gird for fight over tobacco
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 3:56 PMThe U.S. Senate this week has started to fine-tune the huge, new five-year farm bill, working through votes on a series of amendments that will include a proposal to eliminate federal subsidies for tobacco insurance.
Some remedial math classes unnecessary at community colleges, study says
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 5:00 AMMany students are sent to remedial math classes at community colleges to learn high school math they won’t need in their first-year programs anyway, according to new research on what it takes to be successful in community college.
Loan program change leads to enrollment drops at historically black colleges
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 3:09 PMA change in federal education loan policies has left many students at some of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities struggling to fill a gap in their financial aid and forcing hundreds to leave school.
