Major shareholders of Duke Energy Corp. have called on the company's board of directors to launch an independent investigation into last month's coal ash spill in the Dan River from a retired Duke... Read More
Charlotte minister Mark Harris, who’s running for Senate, hit a rough patch when he released a poll showing him trailing Thom Tillis by 11 points – an inconvenient fact his political aide, Tom... Read More
f you want to understand the troubling state of the current political debate in North Carolina, the recent Ashe County Republican Party Convention is a good place to start. The Jefferson Post reports... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, March 26, 2014. Yet another study has concluded that roads and bridges in the Tar Heel State are crumbling and traffic congestion is costing residents time and money... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, March 26, 2014. Environmentalists and citizens concerned about pollution of the state’s rivers got some good news last week in an ongoing story that is quickly... Read More
Expect a runoff this summer to decide which Republican candidate goes on to face incumbent U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.). And expect that candidate to be Mecklenburg Republican Thom Tillis, the... Read More
Guess which word is missing from a 1,500-word Charlotte Observer story about the arrest of the mayor on federal corruption charges? Here's the beginning: Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested... Read More
North Carolina transportation improvement projects will stall if Congress fails to avert the expected bankruptcy this summer for the national Highway Trust Fund, Gov. Pat McCrory told state business... Read More
In a stunning ruling that could revolutionize a college sports industry worth billions of dollars and have dramatic repercussions at schools coast to coast, a federal agency said Wednesday that... Read More
There’s an old newsroom adage that if a dog bites a man, it’s not news, but if a man bites a dog, it is. For those who don’t understand this musty aphorism, it means that something being unusual... Read More
