It’s still not clear exactly how much damage Hurricane Florence left in her wake, but “the show must go on” for election officials and organizations dedicated to getting out the vote in the... Read More
When natural disasters or other emergencies hit our state, North Carolinians respond in droves — and I’m not just referring to the crucial and praiseworthy work of our public employees who work in... Read More
The theme this week is storms, and we begin by talking about the stormy conditions between the State Superintendent and the State Board of Education. We move to Subpoenas raining on 44 county State... Read More
North Carolina politics can be exhausting. The past few weeks have brought us wrangling over redistricting and constitutional amendments, conflicts between Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican lawmakers... Read More
Carter once said a wave election is like a hurricane. You know it’s coming. But you don’t know if it’ll be a Category 1 or a 5. And you don’t know if it’ll hit Wilmington or Nags Head – or... Read More
This past week most of us have had our regular routines upended by the threat of a major hurricane coming ashore in North Carolina. Long gas lines, busier than normal traffic, empty shelves at grocery... Read More
The 2018 midterm elections are upon us and North Carolina voters will soon pass judgment on, among many other things, an unprecedented raft of six constitutional amendments. The proposals include: a... Read More
With Hurricane Florence fast approaching — and parts of the state still recovering from Hurricane Matthew — the governor, for the first time, issued an evacuation order. Local evacuation orders as... Read More
Old McDonald had a farm, With a B-Word here and an F-Word there, and a J-word, M-Word, N-Word, Q-word, S-word Old McDonald…….. Welcome to Political Correctness (PC) in America where the only... Read More
A few years ago, a couple of economists made a big splash by predicting almost half of occupations in the country had a big chance of being replaced by automation and technology in coming decades... Read More
