Letter To The Editor: EMS Takeover Leaves Many Unanswered Questions
By: D. Banks Wallace
Johnston County EMS Advisory Committee Member
After reading the article entitled, “County Commissioners Forcing Four Oaks EMS, 50-210 EMS Out of Business”,...
Metro Areas Suffer Big Job Losses
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s economy, battered by COVID-19 itself as well as government’s costly attempts to contain its spread, is still struggling...
Op-Ed: Rewriting Election Laws Is Outrageous And Irresponsible
By: NC Senator Brent Jackson
Rewriting election laws right in the middle of an election is outrageous and irresponsible, but that is exactly what the...
Lieutenant Governor Rivals Differ Sharply
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — The post of lieutenant governor is a constitutional office in North Carolina, and the only one empowered to exercise both...
District Closings Boost Homeschooling
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — North Carolina is already the homeschooling capital of the United States. Now the attraction of this education option is soaring...
State Economic Recovery Is Sputtering
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — According to the latest jobs report, North Carolina’s headline unemployment rate fell to 6.5% in August, down from 8.5% in...
You Decide: Will The Fed’s New Policy Cause Higher Inflation?
By Dr. Mike Walden
I always tell students and folks at my presentations to watch the Federal Reserve. While the President and Congress get most...
Cooper Faces Test On Voter ID
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — I have repeatedly criticized Roy Cooper’s troubling efforts to amass power in the governor’s office at the expense of other...
State Reserves May Not Be Enough
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s state government began its 2020-21 fiscal year with $1.5 billion in cash left over from last year plus...
Cooper’s Post-COVID-19 Plans Should Worry All North Carolinians
By Becki Gray
Gov. Roy Cooper owns this. He owns the coronavirus response and everything that will follow.
Cooper has refused to confer with the Council of...
