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The stark and sobering contrast between our national and state HHS leaders

102

Griffin and other conflicted judges must publicly recuse themselves from Supreme Court election case

103

Unemployment insurance bump is welcome but not nearly enough

104

Legislature bears responsibility for impending teacher and state employee premium hikes

105

Hegseth’s revival of Fort Bragg name is too clever by half

106

Experts to legislature: Please fund our public schools

107

NC legislature should stay in its own lane

108

Throwing gas on a fire: GOP lawmakers look to worsen our state’s gun violence crisis

109

Terrorizing innocent schoolchildren

110

NC conservative group embarrasses with fawning treatment of pardoned insurrectionist

111

GOP Supreme Court candidate remains in hiding while assaulting our democracy

112

Trump: irresponsibly playing games with people’s lives and livelihoods

113

Rep. Joe John will be sorely missed

114

Once again, Sen. Thom Tillis threatens to do the right thing…and then chickens out

115

Trump’s scorched earth executive orders for the environment

116

Attorney General Jeff Jackson is right to challenge Trump on birthright citizenship

117

GOP Supreme Court candidate’s voter purge demands turn farcical

118

Climate change is making more and more of the nation uninsurable

119

MLK will be remembered and celebrated long after Trump

120

Sen. Tillis should heed the call of NC physicians to reject RFK, Jr. as HHS secretary

121

As Trump spouts nonsense, the climate change disasters just keep on coming

122

Gov. Stein’s new hurricane recovery effort gets off to a promising start

123

Activists to read the names of 60,000-plus voters GOP candidate would disqualify at Tuesday event

124

Ranked choice voting: worth another look in NC

125

The death penalty is slowly fading away

126

Gov. Josh Stein is primed for success – if legislative leaders will only do their job

127

Trump may have been reelected but insurrection must not be forgotten

128

The place where Trump can do the most permanent damage

129

NC should avoid further expansion of gambling in 2025

130

New report: Duke Energy, predecessors understood climate change and ignored it for decades

131

Gov. Roy Cooper departs after a job well done

132

The legislature’s disastrous disaster response

133

Understanding the reality of school vouchers

134

Death of eminent scientist is a loss for North Carolina and the nation

135

Tillis embarrasses with faux outrage over judge’s retirement decision

136

Experts in field after field decry the folly of Trump’s mass deportation plans

137

Belichick hiring highlights the absurdity of professionalized college sports

138

NC House Speaker embarrasses with appearance on Bannon program

139

GOP ballot purge effort in Supreme Court race would require an outrageous and unprecedented remedy

140

A decision day for public education in North Carolina?

141

The legislature’s disastrous disaster response

142

North Carolinians display understandable outrage at GOP candidate’s voter purge scheme

143

Town’s timely lawsuit against Duke Energy should start a trend

144

Prison overcrowding demands immediate action from state leaders

145

Rapid approval of constitutional amendments makes a mockery of legislative process

146

Anniversary of Medicaid expansion is grounds for celebration

147

GOP efforts to purge thousands of legally cast ballots is a disgrace

148

New report: Duke Energy, predecessors understood climate change and ignored it for decades

149

Thanksgiving is a good day to remember some important historical truths

150

Understanding the reality of school vouchers

151

NC Senate leader should apologize for spreading dangerous election falsehoods

152

No, GOP leaders, this isn’t business as usual

153

Tentacles of North Carolina gerrymandering now extend to Washington

154

Legislative leaders thumb their noses at voters, western NC with new power grabs

155

Trump plumbs new depths with dreadful cabinet nominations

156

State senator must take immediate action in wake of disgraceful letter

157

State legislature should ditch bill to expand vouchers and instead aid western NC

158

The place where Trump can do the most permanent damage

159

Election conspiracy theorists just can’t shake their paranoia

160

Michele Morrow continues to embarrass

161

Biden shows reverence and respect for the Constitution that Trump lacks

162

Thousands of North Carolinians can still make their votes count in this year’s election

163

American voters once again voice their support for abortion rights

164

North Carolina has a long ballot – spend some time schooling yourself

165

Bipartisanship of hurricane efforts should be a model for the state moving forward

166

Right-wing calls to disregard North Carolina election results are beyond outrageous

167

Legislature’s hurricane recovery funding comes up short