Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 22, 2015. Sept. 29, 2014, was the kind of day that should rattle a governor. Sometime that Monday afternoon, Pat McCrory’s chief counsel, Bob Stephens, received... Read More
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made a quick stop in North Carolina Wednesday evening for a private fundraiser at the home of a north Raleigh couple. The invitation suggests a... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 21, 2015. Monday marked a confluence of two matters both related to Confederate monuments. One happened in Alamance County. The other at the General Assembly... Read More
Isabel Najera was excited to vote in her first election as a U.S. citizen in 2014. The North Carolina mother of four did everything right to cast a ballot that would count. She registered in time... Read More
Oh, my. What a scolding Greensboro received from state Rep. Rayne Brown on our editorial page Tuesday. Talk about adding insult to injury. The Davidson County Republican wasn’t content with telling... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 22, 2015. Things must not be going too well for Sen. Harry Brown in private negotiations over what to do with North Carolina’s sales tax – which is good news... Read More
State Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown and Gov. Pat McCrory waged a war of words Tuesday over the Onslow County Republican's proposal to rework the way local sales taxes are allocated. “We believe... Read More
After months of sometimes-acrimonious debate, North Carolina seems finally to have set a date for its 2016 presidential primaries. It won’t be in February, right after the South Carolina primary, as... Read More
The recent State Board of Elections probe into contributions made to political candidates from the sweepstakes gambling – although they might call it gaming – industry offers a window into the... Read More
The state Treasurer combats a stunning money grab by the insurance industry If there’s a single most maddening and nonsensical argument regularly advanced by the far right, so-called “free market... Read More
