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5 NC cities among best places in US for renters

In a new report conducted by the rental company RentCafe, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington, and Durham rank among the best places in the county for renters to live based on factors including the cost of living, the local economy, and quality of life. 

Brianna Kraemer

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Report: Biden admin uses NC airports to relocate ‘inadmissible aliens’

Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) and Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) are among the over 50 airports listed in documents obtained by the House Committee on Homeland Security in which hundreds of thousands of “inadmissible aliens” had flown into through the Biden Administration’s Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) mass-parole program.

Theresa Opeka
Opinion

Schools shouldn’t ‘affirm all families’

North Carolina’s Parents’ Bill of Rights (S.B. 49) has passed the state Senate along party lines, but the debate continues as the House will now consider the bill’s fate. In the spirited debates back and forth on this and similar legislation in other states, I’ve noticed a repeated theme: schools need to affirm/celebrate all families....

David Larson
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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

I was once a National Conservatism skeptic, but the ideas are needed

I attended the third National Conservativism conference in Miami and was pleasantly surprised by what I heard. I went skeptical: “nationalism” left a bad taste in my mouth, and I was sure I would find rabid Donald Trump supporters, QAnon types, or people who despised those from other countries. None of my preconceptions were true....

Josh Herring
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The shaky legal ground of Bank of America’s new race-based mortgage program

North Carolina’s largest corporation, Bank of America, received pushback after announcing last week they created a home loan program only available in black and Hispanic neighborhoods. Legal scholars told Carolina Journal that the program appears to violate federal civil rights laws by favoring certain racial groups over others. Bank of America, however, told Carolina Journal that the loans are legal under an exception in lending law.

David Larson