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Federalist 24: Powers necessary to common defense further considered

Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or security.

Fracture in NCI board over $168m state budget ask 

The debate by budget writers appears to be not if the legislature will claw back the NCI endowment, but how lawmakers will restructure any funding and governance to replace it.

The most expensive paint job in CMS

The deeper harm in these cases is not the legal fees and settlements. It is the message sent to students that expressing their beliefs can make them a target of the government.

NC audits reveal unemployment benefit delays, $47M in fraud

Two new audits from the state auditor found a 15-year pattern of delayed first-round unemployment benefit payments and more than $47 million in fraudulent benefit overpayments.