News
NC Senate marks America’s 250th at Old Capitol
North Carolina senators walked one block south and nearly 250 years back in history Tuesday morning.
News
Funeral service for Jim Hunt on December 26 in Wilson
The funeral for former Gov. James Baxter “Jim” Hunt Jr., North Carolina’s longest-serving governor, will take place Friday afternoon in Wilson, NC. Hunt died Dec. 18 at age 88. He lived in Wilson for many years with his wife, Carolyn Joyce Leonard Hunt. Our family would like to share that the funeral service for my...
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Western North Carolina Christmas tree to appear at State Capitol
A Christmas tree farm from western North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene was selected to have one of its trees appear at the North Carolina State Capitol.
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Cooper likely to be dropped from COVID protester’s federal lawsuit
Gov. Roy Cooper could be dropped as a defendant in a federal lawsuit challenging an arrest during a 2020 COVID shutdown protest in Raleigh. A court filing Friday proposes removing Cooper’s name and adding unnamed Raleigh police officers to the list of defendants linked to the arrest.
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High Point woman sues governor, others over COVID protest arrest
A High Point woman arrested and charged in connection with an April 2020 ReOpenNC COVID shutdown protest is going to federal court. She’s suing Gov. Roy Cooper, the city of Raleigh, and state and local law enforcement officials for alleged violations of her First and 14th Amendment rights.
Opinion
Rule of law … or mob rule?
Mob violence seems to be the rule across the nation’s historic landmarks, indiscriminately tearing down or vandalizing everything from Gen. U.S. Grant to Cervantes to monuments to the “Greatest Generation.” This is especially true in cities and states with Democratic executive leadership, including North Carolina. Finally, in a few places we see a glimmer of hope...
Opinion
Cooper commits monumental error
A 2015 law enacted by bipartisan majorities in the General Assembly had forbidden state or local officials from removing public monuments except under limited circumstances. And, of course, preexisting state law made it a crime for private citizens, acting individually or as part of a mob, to deface, damage, or remove a public monument whatever their feelings about it might be.
Opinion
Journalism as Street Theater
Reporters end up being stenographers for left-wing interest groups when they fail to question dubious premises.
Opinion
Journalism as Street Theater
Don’t you hate it when you read a story in a newspaper or online, or watch a news report on TV, and the reporter seems to have completely missed the essential question? I know I do. It happens more than you think. Sometimes it’s a product of lack of time, in the case of a...
Opinion
No. 712: Beware the Blob: NCCU Now, All of N.C. Next
Call it the “Revenge of the Blob.” Featuring a not-so-all-star cast of Gov. Mike Easley, Senate Pro Tem Marc Basnight, House Cospeaker Jim Black, and a host of supporting players in North Carolina’s legislature, the riveting drama of an insatiable monster running amok is now playing at N.C. Central University.
