Jim Hunt, the ‘education governor’ who served 4 terms in North Carolina as a Democrat, dies at 88

Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped leaders from both major parties strive for public education reform, died Thursday at the age of 88, his daughter Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt announced. Hunt, whose career provided a prototype for the modern “education governor,” served an unprecedented […]