Happy birthday, George
Around mid-morning on February 22, 1732, 23-year old Mary Ball Washington, the 2nd wife of Augustine Washington, delivered a baby boy at their modest home on good land near Pope's Creek, Virginia, a... Read More
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Liberators
The 14 men seated on the front row were in or closing in on their 10th decade on earth. Some of them were bent and wheelchair-bound. A couple were spry and alert. Several had trouble hearing, even... Read More
Skvarla's odd definition of partner
The buzz continues in Raleigh over the shrill, defensive news conference held this week by Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources John Skvarla and other DENR officials in the wake of the... Read More
More praise for Burr's Obamacare alternative
A brief article in the latest print edition ofNational Review — headlined “Healthier and Wiser” — offers more praise for the health care reform plan co-sponsored by North Carolina’s... Read More
Cooper calls GOP teacher pay plan a 'political Band-Aid'
Attorney General Roy Cooper revved Wake County Democrats on Friday evening, saying the years of progress under the party’s former leaders “came to a crashing halt” 14 months ago. The reference... Read More
Why is the cost of healthcare rising for inmates?
In the January’s Joint Legislative Oversight Committee in Justice and Public Safety meeting Sen. Austin Allran (R-Alexander) posed a question to Terri Catlett, Deputy Director of Health Services... Read More
Innovation essential for N.C. healthcare
North Carolina is clearing a path in the murky health care crisis that could spotlight the state as a model for the other 49. The struggles in health care will not be solved in Washington or by the... Read More
Judge puts N.C. school vouchers on hold
The legislature’s plan to give parents taxpayer money to send their children to private schools suffered a setback Friday when a Superior Court judge granted opponents’ request to suspend the... Read More
Settling it
John Drescher down at the News and Observer hit the nail on the head last week when he wrote: ‘Steve Beam needs a boss.’ What’s happened to Mr. Beam (the Director of the Raleigh Housing... Read More
