“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” Those words from “Tyranny of the Status Quo” by Milton and Rose Friedman were true before they were memorialized in 1984. The capacity of government to […]
This week marks the beginning of Volume 10 of North State Journal. As with each new volume, we have selected a tagline that embodies our goals for this next year of issues. “Foundation for the […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly convened in late April for its short session with more than 300 votes on legislation. The primary work of the short session closed at the end of June […]
This week North State Journal kicks off its eighth volume. That transition means we’ve published seven full years of North Carolina’s only statewide newspaper. During this volume, our 400th issue will roll off the press […]
We lost John Skvarla last week, and with him, our state lost one of its best champions. A native Southerner born in Tennessee, you wouldn’t know it by his accent, acquired in Tuxedo Park, N.Y., […]
It was four years ago that our readers saw Volume 1, Issue 1 of the North State Journal. On that first-ever front page of the only statewide newspaper in North Carolina, the headlines of the […]
The complexity of allegations against President Donald Trump continue to grow and Trump’s political and policy moves have remained remarkably simple. That simplicity was likely a key to Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016 […]
President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Monday caused little change in the tone and rhetoric of the mainstream media talking heads or the special interest groups that were predisposed to […]
Overshadowed by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy last week, the case of Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Mun. Employees, Council 31 would have been the top story in most other weeks. […]
The N.C. General Assembly recently enacted Senate Bill 711, otherwise known as the N.C. Farm Act of 2018. This 13-page bill — supported by the entire leadership of the House and Senate along with Agriculture […]
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