NORTH CAROLINA — Hurricane Dorian debris removal and road repairs will further stress the cash-strapped N.C. Department of Transportation, which already has furloughed hundreds of personnel, and scrubbed work on hundreds of projects. Making matters […]
RALEIGH — A half-empty North Carolina House chamber has voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the state’s two-year budget. The unexpected vote on Wednesday morning came as dozens of Democrats weren’t on […]
Sarah Sanders may no longer be White House press secretary, but she’s still got a lot to say. Sanders, who retired from the White House in late June, talked about a variety of topics during […]
Elderly leaders of “The Resistance” movement — think Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren— grew up in the ’60s protesting the Vietnam War; talking about peace and love; burning bras to support women’s rights and demanding […]
I have been asked many times why 20% of North Carolina families are no longer in the public school system — a number that is growing by the day. Let me share a real story […]
The trick to writing good legislation is coming up with something that doesn’t have bad side effects. Case in point: The Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 now being considered in Congress. Supporters say they’re trying […]
On Sept. 10, 2001, exactly one day before the phrase “ground zero” came to mean the unthinkable, the unbearable, Amherst professor Jennie Traschen went on record calling the American flag a symbol of “terrorism and […]
RALEIGH — Sen. Dan Bishop (R-Meck.) is now Congressman-elect after defeating Democrat Dan McCready in the special election in North Carolina’s 9th congressional district. Rep. Greg Murphy (R-Pitt) cruised to victory in the race to […]
RALEIGH — A newly elected Republican congressman in North Carolina says President Donald Trump called to congratulate him on his victory. Republican Greg Murphy won by a comfortable margin Tuesday in the coastal 3rd Congressional […]
For months, our two states and the nation have debated our country’s proposed new trade deal, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). While there is always a give and take when it comes to negotiations, what […]
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