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Our final one-minute commentary
The gerrymandering mess threatens to spiral out of control
The legislature’s mini-budget won’t get the job done
The damage Trump’s deportation agenda is doing to the economy
A simple and commonsense tax proposal
Lack of air conditioning in state prisons is cruel and unusual punishment
New and damning school voucher data confirm worst fears
Democratic lawmaker embarrasses with uninformed anti-immigrant speech
The cruel incompetence of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics
North Carolina officials should work to enact and protect AI regulation
NC Democrats and Republicans agree: Release the Epstein files
Lawmakers should sustain Gov. Stein’s vetoes, enact a new state budget
Sixteen years without a minimum wage hike is way too long
Researchers release yet another damning report on NC’s school voucher program
Failure of property tax relief bills highlights folly of GOP fiscal policies
Tillis continues to disappoint after briefly raising hopes
The damage Trump’s deportation agenda is doing to the economy
Guns + schools: A toxic combination
Task force outlines some commonsense first steps to address state’s child care shortage
North Carolina is hit by yet another climate wake-up call
Hunger and homelessness in North Carolina are about to get much worse
Gov. Stein uses his veto pen to good affect
NC GOP members of Congress will rue their blind support of Trump mega-bill
Independence Day for Senator Thom Tillis
Phil Berger and Trump’s mega-bill: The proverbial dog that caught the bus
NC House Republicans push new assault on fair elections with last-minute bill
A simple and commonsense tax proposal
Durham state senator exposes conservative agenda with on-the-mark observation
Lack of air conditioning in state prisons is cruel and unusual punishment
NC Senate Republicans ruin important bill with destructive social agenda provisions
Trump should heed bipartisan opposition to offshore drilling on the Carolina coast
All Americans – especially elected leaders – must disavow political violence
Science is on the federal chopping block and North Carolinians will suffer
Secrecy of immigration control actions is frighteningly un-American
Coverage of weight-loss drugs should be a no-brainer for state’s Medicaid program
Gov. Stein’s cannabis initiative is welcome, overdue
State lawmakers should reconsider plans to end highly successful health program
NC: Foolishly speeding toward a fiscal cliff
NC advocates call on Tillis to defend consumer watchdog
Counties must address biased and unjust property tax assessments
NC prisons are a mess and lawmakers must act
Trump to western North Carolina: “Drop dead”
Memorial Day serves to highlight the Trump administration’s shabby treatment of veterans
New Helene documentary provides another wake-up call
North Carolina needs more public employees, not fewer
GOP continues its transformation of the Board of Elections into a partisan tool
Lawmakers should listen to their constituents, rethink proposals to deregulate firearms
NC House budget rules make a mockery of representative government
Former South Carolina utility regulator offers damning assessment of NC Senate energy proposal
Democrats can thank Jefferson Griffin for boosting their judicial election chances
Trump budget cuts cause more unnecessary pain in NC
New state elections board embarrasses with shameful treatment of executive director
The conservative war on science continues in Raleigh
Judge Griffin’s concession in Supreme Court contest doesn’t undo the damage he inflicted
Nobody voted to make Dave Boliek governor
Chaotic week at the legislature highlights NC’s flawed lawmaking process
Illogical cruelty: Lawmakers seek to criminalize homelessness
NC women lawmakers plead for fair insurance treatment
State leaders should heed experts in combating substance use disorder
Another Republican judge stands up for the constitution
Federal appeals court should put an end to Judge Griffin’s election challenge
Flood insurance failures in western NC highlight the need for reforms
Repeated funding cuts give rise to a vicious cycle for important public services
Study should spur new approaches to landlord-tenant law
The NC Senate’s head-in-the-sand budget proposal
Bill to establish school censorship boards is a terrible idea
NC leaders from both parties must demand an end to wrongful deportations
Supreme Court’s Riggs-Griffin ruling is an assault on democracy
Inconvenient Tax Day truths
As usual, Tillis offers empty gestures on Trump’s destructive tariffs
Trump cuts to public health are putting lives at risk
Republicans are looking to overturn more elections than just the Supreme Court race
Latest ruling in Riggs-Griffin election dispute is an assault on democracy
NC lawmakers misfire with bill to allow guns in private schools
Latest Jackson lawsuit illustrates folly of GOP effort to curb attorney general’s duties
Just imagine what Trump-loyal Republicans would do if Gov. Stein did this
NC’s abject failure to serve the IDD community is ultimately about just one thing
Senate school calendar proposal is late and insufficient, but better than nothing
Republican lawmakers revive infamous and disastrous HB 2 bathroom law
State lawmaker embarrasses with juvenile Facebook post
Cuts from Trump and Musk: cruelly making life more difficult for working parents
State lawmakers ignore reality with oblivious gun legislation
State Court of Appeals should make quick work of Judge Jefferson Griffin’s meritless request
Successful health program pilot should awaken elected leaders to a simple and powerful truth
State government HR system overhaul is long overdue
NC Senate Republicans advance heavy-handed carbon emissions bill
Stein reaches for the center with State of the State address
Absurd anti-LGBTQ+ policies sink to new depths with attacks on national heroes
Gambling industry further solidifies its vast and growing footprint with NC tax legislation
Gold? Crypto? Under the mattress? Investment schemes highlight the right’s bizarre fixations
Proposed Medicaid cuts promise disaster for NC
Musk’s “government efficiency” scam is something for NC lawmakers to avoid
State Senate panders with wasteful “border protection” legislation
Lending that combats the climate crisis is not “discrimination”
Pilot program confirms that signature verification scheme for absentee ballots is a waste
Attorney General Jackson battles Trump and Musk to protect consumers
A dark anniversary for tyranny
Gov. Josh Stein: Popular with voters and talking common sense
Recipe for curbing homelessness is not that complicated
Trump-Musk cuts already causing cruel and senseless devastation in NC