Football teams need a strong defense and effective offense to win. The same is true for political candidates. Tonight’s first debate between U.S. Senate contenders Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis (UNC-TV... Read More
As they baked in the 85-degree heat of Boyd Automotive's former parking lot, politicians riding in Monday's King Apple Parade talked coal ash and apples as they waited to join the convoy up Main... Read More
Editorial from Lenoir News-Topic, published in News and Observer, September 2, 2014. The following editorial appeared in the Lenoir News-Topic: One of the reasons no one particularly likes how... Read More
North Carolina taxpayers could spend more than $10 billion by 2022 to provide medical care for low-income residents of other states while getting nothing in return, a McClatchy Newspapers analysis... Read More
North Carolina’s Supreme Court has rejected a request from legislative leaders for an emergency release of voucher funds while they appeal a court decision that declared the program unconstitutional... Read More
When Republicans won their legislative majorities in 2010 and expanded them in 2012, they ran on a platform of fiscal conservatism and reform. They’ve largely delivered on their promises. Tax and... Read More
State lawmakers have returned home to their districts for good to campaign for re-election in November. Or have they? The latest chatter in the capital is about whether House and Senate members will... Read More
Tar Heels in search of the easy A, beware. Starting this fall, UNC-Chapel Hill transcripts will provide a little truth in grading. From now on, transcripts for university graduates will contain a... Read More
They’re like two prize fighters, bruised and battered by months of pounding but still standing. Now Democrat Kay Hagan and Republican Thom Tillis head into the ring at 7 p.m. Wednesday for their... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, Burlington, NC, August 29, 2014. Labor Day 2014. The day we say so long to summer — even if temperatures top 90 degrees. When we get together with friends to flip... Read More
