RALEIGH — 2019 saw everything from fights over K-12 reading tools and hefty whistleblower settlements, to financial literacy legislation and record UNC system enrollment. The year closed with a controversial settlement that resolved lingering issues […]
NORTH CAROLINA —Although numbers aren’t finalized for 2019, all signs are pointing to it being another record-breaking year for North Carolina tourism. In 2018, the North Carolina Travel and Tourism Board reported an all-time high […]
RALEIGH — Military-related news in North Carolina during 2019 saw the marking of a major milestone in June with the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. A formal ceremony at the state capitol and the […]
RALEIGH — Candidate filing for the 2020 election cycle in North Carolina closed on Dec. 20 with a rush of electoral hopefuls seeking spots in the General Assembly and a congressional seat in the mountains. […]
CLINTON — As nuisance lawsuits are waged against the hog farming industry in federal court, media were invited to tour a Sampson County farm to see for themselves how hog houses and waste lagoons operate. […]
RALEIGH — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis said on Monday he’s “very confident” that he’ll win any Republican primary he may be in — a reference to a North Carolina GOP congressman mulling an 11th-hour statewide […]
RALEIGH — Whether it’s the White House or the house down the street, North Carolina’s tree farms have some of the best live Christmas trees in the country. The High-Country of the state is known […]
RALEIGH — As North Carolinians begin their holiday season, dozens of new laws will go into effect across the state on topics ranging from opioids and protecting first responders to election laws. When a law […]
RALEIGH — A rush of candidates filed Monday to join long and crowded ballots for North Carolina’s 2020 elections, seeking to win hundreds of statewide and local positions. The State Board of Elections and county […]
When Mrs. Powel asked Benjamin Franklin at the end of the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 what sort of government they had created, he replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.” A “democratic republic” he meant. […]
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