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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Inflation remains a potent political issue

RALEIGH — Democrats are puzzled and frustrated. Jobless rates are low, wages are rising and growth in gross ... Read more

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Districts should be more competitive

RALEIGH — Democrats claim that North Carolina’s newly redrawn electoral districts are gerrymandered to favor Republican candidates running ... Read more

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Carolina voters dislike big government

RALEIGH — North Carolina Democrats are frustrated. It’s not hard to see why. Since 2008, when Barack Obama ... Read more

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Writer asks for response, gets one

In his letter to the SNAP of Aug. 30, Mr. Abernathy lays out what he thinks Republicans believe ... Read more

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Our state remains a battleground

North Carolina has been politically competitive for a long time. It will remain so for the foreseeable future, ... Read more

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Red states make Democrats blue

Several weeks ago, I wrote a column pointing out that Republican-led states outpaced Democratic-led states in population growth ... Read more

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Don’t buy myth about voter turnout

Republicans in much of the country enjoyed significant success during the 2021 election cycle. They elected a GOP ... Read more

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BJ DRYE COLUMN: Serving community interests is not easy

Staying neutral seems to always be a work in progress. Some news organizations lean left, some lean right, ... Read more

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