By Kevin Roche Coronamonomania is alive and well. After over a year of dealing with this serious epidemic, you might imagine that we had learned how to minimize the overall toll from the epidemic itself and our response to it.…
By Donald Bryson Raleigh, NC – Looking into January, state legislative sessions will begin across the nation. For many states, a critical focus point will be on the emergency powers those states’ governments have exercised in the wake of COVID-19. …
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – State health secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen updated N.C. residents on COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday, January 21. She said the state is accelerating the rate in which people are vaccinated, so far administering more than 569,000,…
By Ray Nothstine Raleigh, NC – Sherry-Lynn Womack finds herself in the proverbial hot water. Her crime? Womack went up to Washington, D.C., for the rally for Donald Trump on Jan. 6. The Lee County school board voted to open…
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – As of January 18, North Carolina had received about a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Nearly 330,000 of those doses had been injected into the arms of North Carolinians. That may sound like a…
By Johnny Kampis Raleigh, NC – When the General Assembly reconvenes next week, broadband promises to be a hot topic. One of lawmakers’ first order of business, according to Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, will be to pass legislation handling…
By Andrew Dunn Raleigh, NC – Gov. Roy Cooper is again pushing for a multibillion-dollar infrastructure bond, but Republican leaders caution that North Carolina’s still-unsteady economy makes it impossible to tell whether it would be prudent. In remarks to the…
By David N. Bass Raleigh, NC – Newly sworn in Chief Justice Paul Newby is wasting little time in getting North Carolina’s court system back up and running. In an order that went into effect Thursday, Jan. 14, Newby handed…
By Kevin Roche Well, so far in Florida, people seem to be going about their daily lives fairly normally. Appalachicola, which is a cute little tourist town, and Port St. Joe, were quite busy. A lot of virus refugees looking…
By David N. Bass Raleigh, NC – A new national study says that it appears safe to reopen schools for in-person instruction in counties with lower rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations. The study, conducted by the National Center for Research on…