With a state budget deficit looming and state operations starved for funding, it’s time for North Carolina to consider what Republican lawmakers consider unthinkable: taxing the rich.

Michael Lewis is one of the better nonfiction writers out there, the kind of author who can take a deep dive into a subject, explore its multiple facets and explain ...

Having perused the recent listing of desired qualities for the next Moore County Schools superintendent, I was struck by the ...

Your editorial about the N.C. Foundation data showing our county’s standing in quality-of-life measures was of great interest ...

Recently the N.C. Supreme Court, in a 4-3 party line vote, overturned the 32-year-old Leandro decision. Leandro was a case brought by five low-wealth counties arguing that the state has ...

U.S. 1, N.C. 211, U.S. 15-501 — the pastoral drive looks the way it does by design, not accident.

Charles Luckey, as a rookie seminarian and former senior Army officer, should know better than to follow the lead of an ignorant U.S. senator who thinks being an astronaut qualifies ...

Over the past year, North Carolina has posted one of the largest employment gains in the country. Alas, that’s not saying much.

North Carolina is gearing up to recertify a quarter of the state’s economically distressed areas as “opportunity zones.” The ...