Workers grinding and chipping old paint and rust away from the hull, decks and inner compartments of the passenger ferry Carteret added to the layer of dust that had settled over the 26-year-old ship... Read More
A lawsuit filed in Wake County on Monday claims a new state law allowing retention referendums for the North Carolina Supreme Court is unconstitutional. The law, passed in June, allows sitting... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, November 29, 2015. From an editorial Tuesday in the Raleigh News & Observer: A town hall meeting at UNC-Chapel Hill to discuss racial issues on campus was disrupted... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 29, 2015. We miss Jim Hunt’s days as governor. Hunt, who’s still speaking out for education, did a lot to help underprivileged children by establishing... Read More
The N.C. NAACP filed court papers Tuesday officially asking a federal judge to stop the state’s photo ID law from taking effect during the March 2016 primaries. A federal trial is scheduled for the... Read More
North Carolina kicks off a busy new election season Tuesday and, at least in the presidential race, forecasters expect it to favor Republicans. With earlier-than-ever primaries, filing for office... Read More
Over the past 12 months, North Carolina has experienced faster income growth than the rest of the country, regardless of whether that growth is measured as average income per person or median income... Read More
The Right’s shameless attacks on transgender people It’s not hard to tell that election season is around the corner in North Carolina. Once again, conservative politicians and their allies are... Read More
Democrats looking toward a spirited 2016 presidential campaign should feel upbeat about statewide races for governor, lieutenant governor, Council of State and perhaps the U.S. Senate. But the real... Read More
Last week a number of UNC-Chapel Hill students stormed a town hall meeting with a list of 50 demands, ranging from demands for racially motivated hiring practices to the abolition of the law... Read More
