North Carolina is spending almost $160,000 a year to incarcerate a young person, according to a new report released Tuesday. But the state has made significant strides in reducing the number of... Read More
Environmental regulators don't know enough about the extent of groundwater contamination at coal ash plants across the state to determine which ones pose the biggest threat, a legislative commission... Read More
Generally speaking it looks folks see the riots in Missouri two ways – Jim Martin who serves on the local School Board gave an example in the newspaper of one way: After the riots he explained to... Read More
Sunday marks the second anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings in Newtown, Connecticut when a man with untreated mental illness killed 27 people, 20 of them young children sitting in... Read More
Like a lot of people in journalism, I began my career, briefly, as a police reporter. As the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases have unfolded, I’ve found myself thinking back to those days. Nothing... Read More
Oh yes there is something new under the sun. During an evening out with several readers last week, one asked me a question I’ve never been asked before: “Are you Jewish?” Baptist, I replied... Read More
by Deon Roberts, Charlotte Observer, December 9, 2014. Look to 2015 for another year of economic growth for North Carolina, with unemployment expected to continue falling and employers forecast to... Read More
State House leaders and medical providers appear to have won the latest round in the battle over Medicaid reform, but it's a debate that's far from over. Just last week, a special Medicaid reform... Read More
Federal regulators on Tuesday approved a $1.2 billion deal to allow Duke Energy Progress to buy back power plant ownership from 32 debt-saddled Eastern North Carolina towns that bought costly shares... Read More
