For the children

No. 888: Silence of the Lambs

Who says American journalists are a bunch of pussycats, just because they won’t print a scary cartoon of Muhammad?

Key consultant says NC Dems lost by winning on redistricting

North Carolina Democrats have already lost the first skirmish in the next round of redistricting wars, as a federal judge rejected an urgent call to block new state Senate districts from going into place before the start of candidate filing in early December.  US District Judge James Dever labeled the proposed timeline “meritless,” in a scathing...

Holiday staff shortages hit the service industry hard

The NCRLA compiled hiring data from Lightcast and Indeed and found that since the beginning of October, approximately 2,134 restaurant jobs have opened up in the Triangle area alone. This development may come as a surprise to some due to the state’s historically low unemployment rate of 3.4%.

School choice can help solve the student behavior crisis in NC schools

On Monday, a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death and another was hospitalized after a brawl at Southeast Raleigh High School. The situation was complicated, with the family of the 14-year-old boy charged with the crimes saying that he had been targeted for violence by those he stabbed. A video of the incident circulated widely...