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Our state has gotten freer
Maximizing freedom is a core conservative goal. Over the past 10 years of largely conservative governance in North Carolina, we have made significant progress toward that goal.
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Moore’s memorable milestone will place him in interesting company
North Carolina's two previous four-term House speakers both left the job with some controversy.
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Thanksgiving for some
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Role reversal
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Let’s disagree more constructively
What most voters mean by “bringing the country together” is that we ought to stop reflexively and viciously questioning the motives, integrity, or intelligence of those with whom we disagree.
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Cooper has finger on shutdown button; don’t let him press it
North Carolina has an opportunity. Meaning North Carolina as a whole, but also as a sum of its complex and diverse parts. Gov. Roy Cooper has taken much from us, decisions made and edicts issued because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I’ve said this before. But Cooper, by deciding against taking even more, in an odd...
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Hollow victory
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Challenges and opportunities ahead for new state superintendent Truitt
The results are in, and voters selected Republican Catherine Truitt, chancellor of Western Governors University N.C., to be North Carolina’s new superintendent of public instruction. She defeated her Democratic opponent, UNC-Greensboro education professor Jen Mangrum, by around 148,000 votes. Truitt will replace Republican Mark Johnson, a one-term superintendent who failed to win the Republican nomination...
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Good grief!
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COVID fatigue
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Good news on the state budget
Gov. Cooper repeatedly vetoed pay raises for teachers, betting that Democrats could transform the resulting public frustration into legislative gains. It was a bad bet.
