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Cover photo: Official photo of 4th District Congresswoman Valerie Foushee. Foushee is in a competitive primary. North Carolina completed early voting on Saturday, February 28. Here are a few early…
Early voting for the March 3 primary continues at a relatively brisk pace. Here are a few early data points from Vote Tracker and Voter Registration Changes. North Carolina drops…
We talk plenty about the problems with education in North Carolina. There are plenty of challenges. Yet we shouldn’t forget there are good things going on, things that should be highlighted…
The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a nonprofit law firm “dedicated to election integrity,” sent a letter to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) on August 4 that…
On July 16, I wrote: “House Bill 958 will improve state election law and practices. Some changes and additions could make it even better.” A proposed committee substitute (PCS, basically…
In Janus v. American Federations of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that “agency fees” imposed by unions on non-union members are unconstitutional. The…
They who reporter Quintin Ellison describes as “consultants hired to review [Jackson] County government’s appetite for enforcing land-development regulations” developed a 106-page report. Recommendations include restoring and restaffing the planning…
Buncombe County has offered early retirement to its employees as part of a plan to cut the county’s workforce and bring savings in the county’s budget in the future. Here…
Forsyth County commissioners are scheduled to vote tonight on a proposal to trade two 1928 Thompson submachine guns to a firearms dealer for 88 new Bushmaster rifles. The guns were…
This story in The Herald-Sun is an admission that our current Durham County Board of Commissioners is a collection of incompetent dolts. With bills coming due for its new courthouse…
I just received the email below from Orange County about Friday’s commissioner retreat. Note that at 10 am, the commissioners will be brainstorming about “communicating” with the public about county services.…
Orange County commissioners are asking voters for a $2.5 million sales-tax increase at a time of high unemployment. Twice before Orange County voters rejected tax increases. Just last November, rural…