Gov. Roy Cooper issued several executive orders waiving enforcement of transportation-related regulations to help the agriculture industry prepare for Hurricane Florence. If the rules can be suspended temporarily, why impose them permanently? One reason is that states must obey federal Environmental Protection Agency regulations dealing with pollution. But after the natural disaster unfolding across North...
Electoral trends offer Republicans some good news.
Texas, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New York, and North Carolina are in an exclusive club. Can you guess its membership policy?
Although the Democrats consider themselves the diverse party, the array of religious beliefs represented at the top of the Republican Party demonstrates it has a “big tent” character as well.
Is North Carolina ready to be an early stop on the road to the White House?
DENVER, Colo. — Often the goal is to force conservative advocacy and nonprofit organizations to disclose their private donor lists so that those individuals can be targeted for public ridicule or government investigation, even though anonymous donors have accounted for less than 5 percent of political spending in the 2012 and 2014 election cycles.
North Carolina’s strong economic performance was not a reflection of geography. It was the only state in its region to make the national list of top-performing economies.
RALEIGH — North Carolina insurance policy holders will pick up $10.5 million in additional premium costs if a bill requiring expanded coverage of chiropractic services recommended April 21 by a legislative study committee is approved in the General Assembly’s short session opening this week. It’s one of 10 bills under consideration that would expand mandated insurance coverage.
Across the country, parents are fed up with excessive student testing, and they’re having an impact on state policy. There’s hope for North Carolina parents, too.
The convoluted Social Security scheme benefits the bloated bureaucracy and people who make their living offering guidance about the system, not those receiving the payments.
Conservatives aren't thrilled with Mitt Romney, but they really dislike President Obama.
