Democrats may fall just short
From the mountains to the coast, you’ll find legislative candidates fighting out it for the votes — and the attention spans — of North Carolinians who have a lot of other things on their minds.
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Preliminary data reveal extent of public school enrollment losses because of COVID-19
On Tuesday, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released the average daily membership for the first month of the 2020-21 school year. The data represent the first of 10 student enrollment reports published by our state education agency throughout the school year. Compared to the same period last year,…
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Cooper’s lockdowns: We’ve missed so much, but just wait ’til next year!
Let’s try something new. New for me anyway. A different path, if you will. Follow me and I’ll lead you, all the while trying to avoid the spooky, dilapidated house at the end of what used to be a road. The house is filled with sadness,…
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North Carolina leads in jobs lost
We should all take reasonable precautions, absolutely. But keeping schools, public venues, and large swaths of our economy closed or severely constrained indefinitely strikes me as the opposite of reasonable.
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Scholar ponders proper role of precedent for an originalist justice
Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court revives an important constitutional debate.
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Sparks fly in state treasurer debate
Public employees understandably care a great deal about who is managing their retirement savings and health plan, but all North Carolinians have a stake in the outcome.
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How many COVID-19 cases in N.C. were actually even cases?
Imagine being quarantined and your family, friends, and coworkers needlessly alerted and scared because you tested positive for a scrap of unviable genetic material. You thought you had a dangerous virus, but you didn’t. Without a doubt, it’s happened all across North Carolina, except that the…
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Governor keeps taking things from us, and we won’t get them back
A comfortable chair, in a bookstore or coffee shop. Maybe just a hard, splintery bench in a park. A conversation with a stranger, or even an old friend. Someone you haven’t seen in awhile. Mostly gone, now. Not lost, really. We know where to find them. Rather, as my friend…
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COVID shapes debate on worker safety
Candidates for North Carolina’s labor commissioner were civil and substantive during a recent debate, reflecting both campaigns’ recognition that voters are exhausted by smashmouth politics.
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Judicious use of judicial power deserves praise
A federal judge limits his own role in a complicated fight over N.C. elections law.