By John Trump Raleigh, NC – North Carolina won’t fully open anytime soon. The governor’s unilaterally imposed curfews and shutdowns will continue for three more weeks. Dr. Mandy Cohen piled on Wednesday, Jan. 6. The head of North Carolina’s Department…
By Becki Gray Raleigh, NC – The General Assembly will convene its biennial session Jan. 13. They’ll talk about how to get the economy back on its feet, address a learning gap in education, improve access to quality health care at…
By Julie Havlak Raleigh, NC – Johnnie Carswell won’t be a tool for Gov. Roy Cooper’s shutdowns. He had words for Dr. Mandy Cohen, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, too. Cohen last week wrote 36 counties asking…
By Julie Havlak Raleigh, NC – Winter is coming, and small businesses are running out of time. Gov. Roy Cooper’s “Phase 3” of COVID-19 shutdowns has left small venues out in the cold, even as he announced he’ll reopen at…
By Kevin Roche A few short months ago, we were riding high, a vibrant economy lifting everyone’s quality of life, now, nothing but disaster, and we are doing it to ourselves. Nonetheless, I will press forward attempting to shed as…
By Kevin Roche Especially when we have a President as, er, volatile and impulsive, as the current one (not saying that is always bad), it is good to have people around him or her in a crisis who appear more…
By Kevin Roche Here are some quick summaries of news articles and op-ed type columns, which bring a ray of reality into the discussion. These I generally select because if you want the hell scared out of you about how…