North Carolina has become an attractive market for smartphone-based car services such as Uber and Lyft, which are drawn to the state's mid-sized cities that have college students and young... Read More
If you put 73 people in a room and they come out fully "united," that's a brainwashed cult. Yet that's the spin the state Republican House Caucus put on the selection of Rep. Tim Moore of King's... Read More
If he’s not careful, Gov. Pat McCrory may be on course to have a “Pence problem” in 2015. In the days immediately following the mid-term elections, Gov. Pat McCrory insisted that – in spite of... Read More
People renewing health insurance bought on the Affordable Care Act exchange are seeing higher rate increases in Charlotte and North Carolina than most places across the country, a flurry of national... Read More
North Carolina’s jobless rate dropped to 6.3 percent in October, putting it at nearly its lowest level since the recession ravaged the state six years ago. October’s jobless rate is down from... Read More
When the news broke that Rep. Tim Moore would be the Republican nominee for speaker of the North Carolina House and Rep. Mike Hager would be majority leader, the usual suspects did the usual things... Read More
Although I support the tax cuts and other fiscal policies adopted by the N.C. General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory over the past two years, I repeatedly have urged policymakers and commentators alike... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, November 21, 2014. Call it a reality check for underage drinkers. Punishment that fits the crime. Or, as New Hanover-Pender County District Attorney Ben David calls... Read More
Did you get that coal ash off your hands?” software entrepreneur Jim Goodnight quipped to Gov. Pat McCrory last month while showing him around a new SAS building in Cary. “You’re not messing up... Read More
N.C. House Republicans on Saturday selected Rep. Tim Moore as their nominee for House speaker, one of the most powerful political positions in state government. The Republican caucus selected Moore, a... Read More
