News
McNabb testifies before DOGE subcommittee
McNabb advocates for legislation to keep men out of women's sports.
News
Bill barring NC’s attorney general from challenging Trump passes Senate
Republicans in the North Carolina Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that restricts the state attorney general from participating in legal actions aimed at challenging executive orders issued by the President of the United States.
Opinion
How long will we allow a dictator to rule?
Having learned the lessons of tyranny under British rule, our state forefathers and their successors intentionally made our governor one of the weakest in the nation.
News
Cooper, in extending state of emergency, pushes federal money, takes swipe at Bush
Gov. Roy Cooper, in extending North Carolina’s interminable state of emergency last week, says the latest executive order makes it easier for the state to access federal funding, including FEMA Public Assistance reimbursements. Cooper, a Democrat, issued his first executive order of the pandemic in March 2020, at the time implementing an interminable state of...
Opinion
Why we’re still fighting Gov. Cooper
Crystal Waldron and Club 519 were shuttered for almost a year due to economic favoritism. She suffered through six months of discriminatory treatment — watching former customers have drinks at her direct competitors — with no end in sight and bills piling up. Left without another option, Mrs. Waldron, co-owner of Club 519, initially sued Gov. Roy Cooper for denying her equal protection of the laws and the right...
Opinion
Lift the mask mandate today, governor. Listen to the experts.
Lift the mask mandate, governor. Lift it now. Today. It’s OK. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says so. You know, the people with all that science and data, of which you’re so fond. The CDC on Tuesday, April 27, said fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks outdoors, except in crowds. Almost...
Opinion
Two critical reforms to N.C.’s Emergency Management Act
Looking into January, state legislative sessions will begin across the nation. For many states, a critical focus point will be on the emergency powers those states’ governments have exercised in the wake of COVID-19. North Carolina is no exception. Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 executive orders have been controversial and provocative. These orders have led to...
Opinion
Cooper’s message to N.C. business owners: ‘You don’t matter’
“You don’t matter.” Three words. Eloquent in their simplicity, biting in their clarity. They come from a letter, posted on Facebook, from the N.C. Bar and Tavern Association. They come a day after the group’s founder, Zack Medford, who, in a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper, writes poignantly about how the lockdowns have crippled his...
