When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday not to take up appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriage, it effectively changed marriage laws in 11 states, including the District of... Read More
Republican 2nd District Congresswoman Renee Ellmers and her Democratic challenger, singer Clay Aiken, clashed Monday during an hour-long debate in Pinehurst, each accusing the other of being too... Read More
You're confused about when and how you can register to vote and cast a ballot in the midterm elections. The General Assembly's 2013 changes to elections laws, combined with ongoing court battles over... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, October 6, 2014. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin made a pitch last week for more funding for North Carolina's judicial system. The already-strapped... Read More
Except when complaining that North Carolina isn’t giving enough targeted tax incentives to Hollywood studios, solar-panel manufacturers, and commercial real-estate developers, liberals contend that... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, October 4, 2014. It makes sense to allow this election to proceed according to the former rules until a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new voting... Read More
The first and only time I ever helped take a political survey was during my undergraduate days at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill back in the 1980s. I was one of many journalism students... Read More
N.C. A&T State University can claim the top spot as the largest historically black college and university in the country, passing Florida A&M and up from the No. 2 spot last year. The News & Record of... Read More
When Ralph McMillan, a lawyer and a Republican in Charlotte, watched the first debate between U.S. Senate candidates Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan on Sept. 3, he already knew he was voting for Tillis. So... Read More
A Republican political consultant thinks Republican state Sen. Wesley Meredith needs to quickly address allegations and a possible investigation of whether he and his former wife fraudulently obtained... Read More
