Former State Board of Elections Chairman Josh Howard says there could be dire consequences for future elections if the governor is allowed to appoint a judge to a newly created Wake County District Court seat. The top vote getter, a Democrat, was declared ineligible because he did not…
A high-tech analyst suggests that a Federal Communications Commission rule pre-empting state laws limiting municipal broadband — including North Carolina’s — could be in trouble. Berin Szoka, president of Tech Freedom, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan technology think tank, said that while it’s difficult to predict the outcome of a lawsuit…
Rick Henderson on judge's election reform ruling; Lindalyn Kakadelis on concern over AP U.S. history class; Tom Apodaca on coal ash; Bartley Danielsen on environmental benefits of school choice; Roy Cordato on N.C. Aquarium's climate change alarmism…
RALEIGH — The pre-sentencing reports for former U.S. Rep. Frank Ballance and his son, state District Judge Garey Ballance, both of Warren County, have been completed; the next step is scheduling of their sentence hearings. Both pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to the misuse of state money.
