RALEIGH — It’s time to get aggressive in the fight against opioid addiction, said U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a Raleigh presentation on the nationwide opioid crisis. Sessions, the nation’s top law-enforcement officer, is a longstanding crusader in the war on drugs. Now he faces…
Opinion polls and everyday experience confirm that most North Carolinians, like most Americans, are dissatisfied with the way we practice politics.
Republican primary, House District 67: Cabarrus and Stanly counties. Justin Burr (incumbent, five terms). Education: Stanly Community College, Campbell University (no degree). Occupation: Bail agent; licensed real estate broker. Career highlights: Vice-chairman, House Appropriations Committee. GOPAC Emerging Leader (2013): Defender of Liberty, American Conservative Union. Wayne Sasser. Education: UNC-Chapel Hill…
Nick Burk, assistant director of the N.C. Emergency Management Division’s Resiliency Section, faced a barrage of questions from representatives frustrated over the slow rollout of disaster relief for Hurricane Matthew. The representative of Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration presented at the Monday,…
When the General Assembly returns to work in May, lawmakers will focus on key education-related issues, including school safety and the funding formula for school districts. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research, assesses the legislature’s approach to education heading into the 2018 session in Raleigh. More than…
See Editor’s Note at end of story. Alicia Moran is a junior at Bob Jones University in South Carolina, studying to get her bachelor’s degree in communications disorders. She wants to return to her home state of North Carolina to work, but the licensing scheme here may keep her away.
What follows is the first of an occasional column — taken from news sources throughout North Carolina — highlighting how government spends our money and makes other questionable moves about which state residents may not be aware. Reidsville in Rockingham County, like much of that region, has lost much…
The legislature’s School Safety Subcommittee on Student Health heard from myriad mental health experts about the need for more school psychologists and other related services in North Carolina public schools. On Monday, April 9, the student health working group heard presentations from the…
Impulsive legislative action over four infant deaths at a Cary natural birth center operated by midwives could limit access to a healthy, lower-cost alternative for expectant mothers, says one of North Carolina’s top nurse midwives. We may fall further behind other states in access to midwifery as a…
Volatility in financial markets related to President Trump’s imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs has N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell’s attention. Folwell says his department is monitoring the markets to see if the turmoil affects state investments. At this point, he can’t say whether the tariffs, and…
