Opinion
Realism needed for sound budget
Legislative leaders haven’t spent the past 15 years skillfully piloting North Carolina’s ship of state by closing their eyes and hoping for the best.
Opinion
Zelensky’s foolish gambit
Zelensky’s conduct does not advance Tillis’ noble vision; on the contrary, it endangers lives, including those of those at the newly renamed Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
Opinion
Hospital expansion numbers expose CON’s flaws
When regulators approve just 30% of new hospital beds requested for a fast-growing county, healthcare consumers should ask questions.
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Deceased
Opinion
‘Constitutional carry’: Fact vs. fiction
Despite flaws, HB 5 and SB 50 allow NC to join 29 “red” states that have already passed permitless carry to enhance personal protection and crime deterrence.
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Trimming down
Opinion
Voters deserve information on fiscal crisis
Every citizen who meets the basic requirements — adulthood, residency, and the completion of sentence after a felony conviction — can cast a ballot in North Carolina. There’s no test of civic knowledge required to exercise the civil right to vote, nor should there be. (Our state constitution still contains a Jim Crow-era literacy test...
Opinion
An expensive failure: Time for NC to pull the plug on DEI
We all need to face the reality that DEI has mutated from a desire to do good to a bloated grift that is expensive, divisive, and ineffective.
Opinion
Government isn’t the only threat to liberty
Government shouldn't ban everything that can conquer the will. But at the very least, they shouldn't contribute to taking away people's agency.
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Winston-Salem is top hub for biotech innovation. But can they make it last?
This presents a massive economic development opportunity for Winston-Salem. Unlike industries like banking or tech, once biotech companies build manufacturing facilities, they don’t leave.
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Just 5 things
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NC needs term limits for legislative leaders
Unlike traditional term limits, leadership term limits would not restrict voters' choices on their representatives, only prevent the stagnation of power.
