Walter Reinke

CarolinaCast: 25 years after it started, the Leandro education funding case awaits an N.C. Supreme Court decision

December 9, 2022 Walter Reinke

In 1997, the NC Supreme Court delivered a decision in the original Leandro case. The decision said that every North Carolinian has a constitutional right to a sound, basic education. More than 20 years later, the Leandro case was back before the N.C. Supreme Court this fall.

This time, the issue in the case is whether the judicial branch can force the Legislature to fund a plan that would seek to address inequity in public education funding.

In this edition of CarolinaCast, Walter Reinke discusses the case with William Christensen.

To protect Gov. Cooper’s vetoes, NC House Democrats may be stuck in Raleigh

December 2, 2022 Walter Reinke

Republicans are one vote away from a supermajority in the NC House. So Democrats need to stick together – and not take a day off – to protect Gov. Cooper’s vetoes of legislation.

Republicans gain seats on NC Supreme Court, fall short of legislative supermajority

November 11, 2022 Walter Reinke

By a one-seat margin, Republicans failed to attain a veto-proof majority in the legislature, meaning Democratic Governor Roy Cooper has a chance to have his vetoes sustained.

NC Republicans eye potential legislative supermajority as midterm elections continue

November 6, 2022 Walter Reinke

NC Republicans seek to regain their supermajority in this year’s General Assembly elections.

November election will determine partisan balance of NC Supreme Court

October 28, 2022 Walter Reinke

The NC Supreme Court election this November could swing the balance of the court.

NC Supreme Court decision expected soon in ‘Leandro’ case regarding public education funding

October 13, 2022 Walter Reinke

The Leandro case seeks to address inequity in public education funding. It’s been unresolved for more than 20 years.

NC schools face a widespread teacher shortage, and pay is only part of the reason

September 23, 2022 Walter Reinke

Statewide, vacancies have increased by nearly 27 percent compared to the start of last year.

UNC students and faculty fight to rename another building named for a white supremacist

September 2, 2022 Walter Reinke

Faculty who work in Hamilton Hall want to rename it for Black attorney and civil rights leader Pauli Murray.