Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Where Georgia beats North Carolina

RALEIGH — A new study of occupational-licensing laws is out — and the results aren’t pretty for North ...

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DAVID FREEZE COLUMN: Lillington to Elizabethtown

Editor’s note: David Freeze is a runner, running coach and long-distance cyclist from China Grove in Rowan County. ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: How the war will end

We don’t know how the war in Ukraine will end, but some day and somehow there will be ...

Opinion

DEAN RIDINGS COLUMN: Local news is good for business

It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill, ...

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Are there easy answers to hard questions?

Each year, I do scores of presentations to a variety of groups. In the post-COVID world, these talks ...

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LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Now, what was I looking for?

It’s surprising what you find when you’re looking for something else. A while back while looking for notes ...

Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Most communities have a crime problem

RALEIGH — In a recent column, I argued that cities would draw more investment and job creation to ...

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DAVID FREEZE COLUMN: Kinston to Smithfield

Editor’s note: David Freeze is a runner, running coach and long-distance cyclist from China Grove in Rowan County. ...

Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Books that ‘Bookwatch’ would have featured

What books are you featuring on PBS-NC’s “North Carolina Bookwatch” this season? I still get this question even ...

Columns

MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What’s the real poverty rate?

I can remember when President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed the war on poverty in 1964. Since then, a variety ...

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