August 15, 1754 | Benjamin Hawkins was born in Warren County. He became one of North Carolina’s first United States Senators. President George Washington later appointed him Principal Temporary Agent for…
This past week 97.7% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Nevertheless, 39 out of 40 (97.4%) adult North Carolinians — and more…
In an editorial attacking 11th District Congressman Madison Cawthorn, the Capitol Broadcasting Company let loose this bit of misinformation: His seat in Congress is the inevitable result of election districts…
Last week, Gov. Roy Cooper pulled $50 million from reserve accounts and funds set aside for summer reading camps (which will not occur this summer for obvious reasons). Districts and…
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke issues the following statement in response to Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest COVID-19 executive order. It orders people across North Carolina to stay at home…
Carolina Journal reports on bills designed to decrease government’s role in rural broadband: North Carolina for many years has been a battleground over government-backed broadband services. The issue seemed to…
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction released estimates for the distribution of $100 million in lottery funds for school facilities. Charter schools are not entitled to lottery funds for this…
After years of losing enrollment and market share to homeschools, school districts are looking for ways to bring them back into the district system, mostly to boost revenues. Last year,…
Here I go, here I go, here I go again (again?) Readers, what’s my weakness? (financial data published by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction!)
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals affirmed this morning the state business court’s ruling against Wake, Mecklenburg, Buncombe, and Dare counties in an occupancy tax dispute…
RALEIGH — Catawba County ranks No. 76 in the state in the amount of local taxes and fees residents pay, when that amount is expressed as a share of their…
View in your browser. If you are still thinking about buying a Christmas tree this year, I hope you will seriously consider buying a fresh tree from a local North…