Two N.C. State University civil engineering students, Wyat Hamilton and Adam Fleischer, gave a Flag Day virtual presentation on Wednesday to unveil proposed new state flag designs. The presentation was split into three sections, first outlining the history of the current flag, the development of their own designs, and then showing the success stories of...
A truly federal form of government gives states, communities, and individuals lots of room to breathe. It promotes diversity and competition. Do we have a truly federal form of government?
• Buncombe County Commissioner Holly Jones is on the airwaves with an ad touting her record as she seeks the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Jones will face 2012 Democratic nominee Linda Coleman, Durham attorney Ron Newton, and Wake County state employee Robert Wilson in Tuesday’s primary. • A WRAL News/Survey USA poll of...
A truly federal form of government gives states, communities, and individuals lots of room to breathe. It promotes diversity and competition. Do we have a truly federal form of government?
RALEIGH — Triangle Transit officials say the fate of Union Station isn’t tied to the success of the tax initiative. But a key city transit planner differs, and opponents of the tax hike say defeating the referendum would kill the project entirely.
With our country facing a host of challenges and controversies, I would like to see North Carolina play its unique, cantankerous role in the national debate again.
RALEIGH — Key charter school legislation, designed to provide innovative learning opportunities for children at all academic levels, remains at a standstill in the General Assembly. Senate Bill 490, the Charter Schools Managed Growth Act, authored by Sen. Larry Shaw, D-Cumberland and Sen. Edward Goodall, R-Mecklenburg, was proposed in hopes of removing the state’s cap of 100 charter schools.
RALEIGH — At first glance, there may seem a world of difference between a light-rail system transporting urban commuters and a European-style “bullet train” speeding between cities at more than 100 mph. But the underlying economics are remarkably similar, as both require enormous capital outlays and rely on what might be called the “Field of Dreams” school of marketing. If recent history is any guide, both concepts stand to use huge amounts of taxpayer money to provide services desired mainly by a loose coalition of automobile haters and nostalgia buffs — along with bureaucrats who maintain that North Carolina can’t remain competitive without more rail service.
RALEIGH — North Carolina is the unhappy home to the nation’s first-ever outbreak of HIV among college students, according to research presented at a Feb. 10 in San Francisco. The research team was led by infectious disease specialist Lisa B. Hightow of UNC. From Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 31, 2003, her team discovered 84 HIV cases in male college students. The students attended 37 colleges, all but four in NC. While researchers track down and try to stem the outbreak, NC campuses are trying various ways to encourage students to engage in sexual liaisons more responsibly.
North Carolina has had a long history of acting like the political equivalent of a cantankerous old coot. It's time to do so, again.
As Americans see the Iraqi campaign through, and seek to understand the differences at home, a local minister's letter shows how wide the chasm remains.
