Thursday, August 28, 2014

North Carolinians are a grumpy group

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New polling data from Gallup depict North Carolina voters as trending Republican and bearish on the economy, President Obama and state gove...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Ex-lawmaker tops lobbyist list at N.C. legislature

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It's no surprise the best lobbyists at the N.C. legislature are former lawmakers themselves. But the N.C. Center for Public Policy Rese...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

'I shouldn't know your name'

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The unrest in Ferguson, Mo., continued last night, with two men shot and 31 people arrested in the ninth day of demonstrations following the...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

McCrory's lawyer responds about Duke stock

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The Observer editorial board on Sunday spelled out the troubling ways Gov. Pat McCrory has handled his ownership of Duke Energy stock. The ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Red-light cameras get green light

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Red-light cameras are coming back to Fayetteville. Could Charlotte and other cities be close behind? The Senate today voted 36-13 for a bi...
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Monday, July 21, 2014

Art Pope is very powerful. His boss? Welllll....

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If you're a close follower of North Carolina politics, a weekend Washington Post profile of state budget director Art Pope didn't b...
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Friday, July 18, 2014

N.C. one of nation's scariest states

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When we saw that North Carolina has been named one of the scariest states in the nation, we thought we knew what the researchers were talkin...
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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Our readers vie to be N.C. poet laureate

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When we invited readers to a mid-year one-shot limerick contest, we thought the tight deadline (less than 48 hours) might limit the number o...
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Sales tax referendum could still happen

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In an odd twist, the N.C. Senate bill to kill Mecklenburg County's proposal on raising the local sales tax could technically allow the v...
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