by Kari Travis Greensboro, NC – Like many North Carolina business owners burdened by Gov. Roy Cooper’s prolonged COVID-19 shutdowns, Greensboro developer Marty Kotis is fed up. He’s taking questions and complaints to the streets, literally, launching a billboard campaign…
Flight 93 National Memorial, Shankville, Pennsylvania 10:22 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, David, very much. It’s a great honor to be with you. Nineteen years ago, on this day, at this very hour,…
Raleigh, NC – On September 4, North Carolina became the first state to begin mailing absentee ballots for the 2020 General Elections — just shy of two months before Election Day. Four days later on September 8, at least 80…
By Kari Travis Raleigh, NC – It’s a beautiful day for golfing in Pinehurst, or so North Carolina’s politicians would have you believe. Look closer, experts say, and you’ll see it’s a beautiful day for government handouts and corporate welfare. …
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – Most North Carolina schoolchildren began this academic year trying to learn from home rather than at school. How’s it going so far? Set aside the blame game and partisan theatrics surrounding the issue, and…
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – N.C. bar owners are planning another rally Thursday, September 10, as part of a months-long effort to persuade Gov. Roy Cooper to reopen bars. Bar owners from around the state protested outside the Executive…
By Kari Travis Raleigh, NC – For the first time in more than 20 years, Chef Felicia Daniel has no plans for autumn in North Carolina. It’s a muggy, Friday afternoon on Aug. 7 when I phone Daniel, the…
By Donald van der Vaart Raleigh, NC – North Carolina continues to grapple with COVID-19. During the early days of the pandemic, the state’s strategy was clear. North Carolina, like other states, needed to restrict movements and interactions to reduce…
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – “You don’t matter.” Three words. Eloquent in their simplicity, biting in their clarity. They come from a letter, posted on Facebook, from the N.C. Bar and Tavern Association. They come a day after the…
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – The Pour House Music Hall and Record Shop is eerily quiet. Dusty. Empty. It’s as though the music hall is still under construction, or in some stage of renovation. A cordless drill and some…