Some of North Carolina’s most honored Broadway and film stars flocked to Raleigh to honor a capital city arts legend who helped launch their way to acting success. At a star-studded event, North Carolina Theatre founder De Ann Jones was honored by award winning performers who launched their professional careers through Mrs. Jones Raleigh-based theatre...
When I did more on-the-ground reporting, I was assigned to go to a Durham town hall leading up to the N.C. General Assembly’s drawing of new electoral maps. Republicans billed the meetings, with a stop in each of the state’s congressional districts, as a listening tour of sorts. I remember as I listened to progressive...
The soaring price of eggs grabbed the attention of frugal restaurant owners when prices begin escalating early last year. But in recent months ordinary consumers started complaining about the price of eggs outpacing a gallon of gas. The average cost of a dozen eggs in North Carolina was $1.72 in 2021, today prices hover around...
Newly elected U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina’s 11th District attended his first State of the Union address last week and joined his fellow Republicans in calling out Joe Biden’s fiscal irresponsibility. “We have a looming debt and deficit crisis with serious implications for our national security and fiscal sovereignty,” Edwards observed. “Inflation is...
Now we’re cooking with gas!” This classic Americanism carries the sense of definite progress, things working according to plan, and being headed to success (perhaps after an uncertain start). It has the same rhetorical heft as “Full steam ahead.” It was popularized by radio stars Bob Hope and Jack Benny in the 1930s, and was...
A case involving felon voting rights offers clues about the judicial philosophies of Justices Trey Allen and Richard Dietz.
Police departments, large and small, are experiencing a crisis in staffing. Officers are retiring or leaving the profession, and recruitment of new officers is very difficult. Departments are down from 10-30%, resulting in slow responses to calls for service (or no in-person response for lower level crimes). Sometimes police detectives or other officers not usually...
