UNC Chapel Hill history professor William Sturkey on his deep concerns about the plans of university trustees to establish a new school on the campus devoted to advancing conservative ideology. Read Sturkey’s latest commentary: UNC Chapel Hill trustees misfire with rushed and ill-conceived plan to launch conservative school

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State Senator Michael Garrett of Guilford County offers his takes on some of the proposals taking center stage during the early days of the 2023 legislative session, including the controversial “don’t say gay” bill and the chances for Medicaid expansion.

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Hudson McCormick, North Carolina director of the national nonprofit State Innovation Exchange (SiX), discusses new polling that shines a light on what average North Carolinians wish state lawmakers were prioritizing

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Senator Sydney Batch discusses the tenuous state of reproductive freedom in North Carolina, along with some of her other concerns (and hopes) for the 2023 session of the North Carolina General Assembly

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Voting rights attorney Hilary Harris Klein of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice on the state Supreme Court’s recent controversial decision to revisit two rulings on gerrymandering and voter ID that were handed down just last December

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From curbing youth tobacco use to expanding Medicaid, NC Alliance for Health executive director Morgan Wittman Gramman discusses steps state leaders can and should take in 2023 to dramatically improve health outcomes for thousands of North Carolinians.

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Read the Forum’s new 2023-24 report.

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Learn more about our higher education system at Higher Ed Works.

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