1+ week, 4+ day ago   (374+ words) Thank God, no, we aren’t going bust as a nation, despite our gargantuan $40 trillion national debt. The rapid pileup of debt under Republicans and Democrats alike is certainly a disgrace and worrisome. When I came to Washington, D.C., in the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1330+ words) ASHEVILLE — Nearly two years after Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, some of the world’s most influential economic policymakers came to Asheville with a message that carried particular heft in a region still rebuilding: Economic growth matters, and governments…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (470+ words) RALEIGH — Elevation Strategies, a North Carolina government relations and lobbying firm, announced earlier this month that Ray Trapp has joined the company as senior adviser for strategic partnerships and public affairs. The firm works with cities, counties, trade groups, nonprofits…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (203+ words) Is the world still transitioning to green energy in the era of Donald Trump and in the midst of, yet again, geopolitical unpleasantness in the oil-rich Middle East? While climate activists bewail the Trump administration’s embrace of fossil fuels and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (483+ words) Did you know that the SAT is racist? During Woke I, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now calls it, “antiracists” said the SAT’s creators “were avowed eugenicists.” No wonder black people get lower scores. Even if the test isn’t racist today,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (537+ words) This is Part 2 of a two-part interview. Read Part 1 here. RALEIGH — In part one of an interview with North State Journal, North Carolina Labor Commissioner Luke Farley discussed his focus on government responsiveness to workers and improvements for wages and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (572+ words) Too many American men are spending their prime working years outside the workforce, and the cost reaches far beyond lost income. In the mid-1950s, 97.4% of prime-age men, ages 25 to 54, participated in the labor force. In July 2026, that number was 89.2%. Put another…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (431+ words) This goal was pure virtue-signaling, and it never made any practical sense. Roughly 70% of American energy comes from fossil fuels, and only about 10% comes from “green energy.” Studies showed that the initiative would have decimated the U.S. economy: millions…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (539+ words) The North Carolina Supreme Court’s decision in Turpin v. Charlotte Latin Schools, Inc. is an important victory — not just for our family, but for parents who believe that sending their children to a private school does not mean surrendering their…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (465+ words) It was the evening of Aug. 22, 2025. Like many people on Charlotte’s light rail system that Friday night, Iryna Zarutska was just trying to get home. She had just finished her shift at Zepeddies Pizzeria and probably had plans for that…...