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Captain Stanley’s Seafood fights to stay afloat, as Harris touts Biden economy in Raleigh visit

As Vice President Kamala Harris was in Raleigh earlier in the week touting the Biden administration’s role in helping small businesses, one fixture of the Raleigh restaurant scene says inflation, labor costs, and supply chain problems have made it extremely difficult for small businesses.

Theresa Opeka
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FAA system failure grounds flights in NC and across the U.S.

An FAA computer system used for communication with air traffic control and enabling pilots to access flight plans crashed early Wednesday morning, causing the FAA to ground all flights for a short time across the U.S., including North Carolina.

Theresa Opeka
Opinion

How the Inflation Reduction Act fails

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), signed by President Biden, is now law. This act attempts to address growing concerns with U.S. inflation currently hovering around 8% to 9%; however, it does so in name alone without solving the underlying causes of inflation. The act’s approach addresses some of the sting of inflation for some...

Joshua D. Glawson

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Opinion

The blowback on student loan forgiveness

Even if one only counts Carolina Journal opinion submissions, there is tangible anger over President Biden’s student loan forgiveness order. The administration is receiving plenty of backlash on multiple fronts. Those include the graduates that worked and paid back loans on their own, but the more politically damaging group is the working class that never even went...

Ray Nothstine
Opinion

Wrongheaded immigration policy highlights much needed common sense

2022 is the worst year on record yet for deaths of migrants at the border, with over 600 bodies recovered by CBP. It’s a significant humanitarian crisis. In response to the uptick in deaths and illegal crossings, governors in Texas and Arizona have started busing illegal immigrants directly to Washington D.C. and New York City to...

Ben Goldhaber