The first High Point University Poll of 2017 finds that a majority of North Carolinians think President Donald Trump will be successful in passing his programs, but are somewhat divided about whether... Read More
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU professor of Economics, February 3, 2017. One of the major goals of the new Trump Administration is to increase the rate of economic growth in the country. The objective is to... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, February 9, 2017. The General Assembly had better act fast. As the N.C. Sports Association warned legislators this week, the NCAA is within days of nailing down... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, February 3, 2017. Black History Month in Wilmington is haunted by a lot of ghosts. Many of them are the ghosts of Nov. 10, 1898, when white mobs burned a black-owned... Read More
A memorable and wholesome political event occurred in downtown Raleigh in early January. It was memorable because the purpose was to commemorate what became a landmark change in North Carolina... Read More
In a tumultuous first two weeks in office, President Donald Trump has broken with norms and precedents of his office, spawned dozens of lawsuits, generated historically low public approval numbers... Read More
Whether it was in his blood or whether, like a craft, it was a talent he honed he could walk into a board room and sell one group ‘the greatest deal ever’ in the morning and in the afternoon in... Read More
Roy Cooper has seen this movie before. This time, he plays the lead. Thirty years ago, Cooper was a freshman House member. The Governor was a Republican. Democrats controlled the General Assembly... Read More
When the numbers were released in North Carolina, they showed that almost half of voters under 25 years old didn’t vote and over 40% of voters aged 26-40 stayed home. Hunter Buxton, executive... Read More
by Paul O'Connor, Capitol Press Association, published in Rocky Mount Telegram, February 1, 2017. Visit your old neighborhood and you might find most things look the same. The trees may be taller... Read More
