American attorney and politician (born 1957)
Note: This article was first published by the North Carolina History Project on August 12, 2026. “No one learned anything. We all sat around online, pretending to pay attention, and…
A new report from the John Locke Foundation, “Energy Poverty in North Carolina: Securing Affordable, Reliable Power,” features a county-by-county energy poverty index for North Carolina. The previous research brief…
The forecast in North Carolina for June 11–12, 2026, called for extreme heat. A heat advisory was issued for most of the state. WNCN reported that in Raleigh on June 12, the…
On Feb. 1, citing expected “[e]xtremely cold temperatures,” Duke Energy sent an alert to its customers requesting that they “voluntarily reduce their energy use from 4–10 a.m. on Monday, Feb.…
Introduction Government agencies need to be open and accountable to citizens. North Carolina government has several entities that support accountability, including the Rules Review Commission, the Joint Legislative Commission on…
Andrew Kerr of the Washington Free Beacon pans a recent response to questions from North Carolina’s leading Democratic candidate for US Senate. As crime emerges at a flashpoint in the…
Now, North Carolina stands alone. It is the only state in the nation that was expected to pass a budget in 2025 and failed to do so. Even more striking:…
Thanks to the failures of former Gov. Roy Cooper’s North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR), hundreds of families whose homes were destroyed by Hurricanes Matthew (2016) and Florence…
Duke Energy’s latest Carolinas Resource Plan filing with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) provides a glimpse into the productivity expected from the different sources of electricity it plans to…
Following Rep. Cecil Brockman’s arrest for crimes related to his alleged “statutory sex offenses” with a 15-year-old, leaders from both major parties have called for his immediate resignation. The North…
Cover photo: Madison County Board of Elections member Dyatt Smathers stands outside the former early voting site in Hot Springs, North Carolina, October, 2024. While government actions after Hurricane Helene…
Andrew Kerr of the Washington Free Beacon notices the policy legacy of North Carolina’s Democratic Senate candidate. Roy Cooper, the leading Democrat for North Carolina’s open Senate seat in 2026,…