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5/22/2013 9:14 PM Destruction takes our breath away ...There but for the grace of God go I.” It’s a quote so often repeated it’s become almost cliché. And yet … What else are we to think after the random whim o ... 5/21/2013 9:06 PM Don't shift the SBI As North Carolina’s top prosecutor, state Attorney General Roy Cooper is expected to move quickly when he sees something that could impede the investigation of illegal activity. And that&rsquo ... 5/20/2013 9:10 PM Bipartisan effort to reduce big government Virginia Rep. Bobby Scott, a Democrat, and Wisconsin Rep. James Sensenbrenner, a Republican, are working on a project that should be praised in inverse proportion to its visible results. The House ... 5/19/2013 9:32 PM Phone records seizure a warrantless witch hunt Terrorists? Check. Spies? Check. Killers, mob bosses and would-be assassins? Check, check and check. But journalists? Federal prosecutors added reporters and editors to the list of people whose phon ... 5/18/2013 12:26 AM Aggravated with 'mitigated' tolls "Mitigated tolls.” Someone call the folks at Webster’s Dictionary or American Heritage Dictionary. They are behind the times. For that matter, try a Google, Yahoo or Bing search on ... 5/16/2013 9:26 PM House moves to improve transparency North Carolina’s Open Meetings Law appears to provide strong protection of the public’s right to see its government in action. In fact, however, the law has too many loopholes that allow s ... 5/15/2013 7:54 PM Industry can't set fracking disclosure rules We’re disturbed that a new rule set for approval by the North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission requiring some disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing was withdrawn at the reque ... 5/14/2013 10:10 PM Reckless shootings bill is on target Sometimes, it takes an extra weight or two to balance the scales of justice. That’s the idea behind a Wilson County lawmaker’s bill to punish those who shoot guns recklessly and indiscrimi ... 5/14/2013 5:40 PM A healthier state within our grasp North Carolina can boast exceptional resources devoted to the maintenance and improvement of health, including those like East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine here in Pitt County. ... 5/12/2013 11:14 PM Editorial: Vote for public's right to know State lawmakers will either preserve the public’s right to know what local governments are doing or vote to exclude the tens of thousands without Internet access from the democratic process this ... 5/10/2013 10:02 PM Welcome end to turbulent health department era With one stormy chapter after another on record, the Wilson County Board of Health has decided to close the book on Health Director Felix Meyer’s career. The health board fired Meyer on Friday ... 5/9/2013 8:03 PM Bill draws proper opposition Forsyth County commissioners are right in opposing a bill in the N.C. House that would give counties the option of canceling a property tax revaluation if they believe errors were made. The bill, file ... 5/8/2013 10:11 PM Board drags its feet on commissioner appointment Wilson County commissioners held up a new board member’s appointment by two weeks because of a technicality they likely could have chosen to resolve. The county Republican Party nominated Chri ... 5/8/2013 8:40 AM Mentally ill should be treated, not locked away In an era that now seems long ago, a time when compassion and justice, not deficits and blame, were the concerns of those who led us, the liberal icon Hubert Humphrey said: "The moral test of go ... 5/6/2013 10:28 PM Two Jims together on financing judges Jim Holshouser was at one time a hero to his fellow Republicans. A sound legislator, a whip-smart lawyer and a good guy with a way of connecting to ordinary folks, the man with the memorable accent of ... 5/5/2013 10:28 PM Public notice issue enters realm of clean water Tired of reading about the issue of public notice advertising? Truth be told, we’re tired of writing about it. However, it is a critical issue — for newspapers certainly, but for you and ... 5/4/2013 10:24 AM Wilson County mourns loss of our leaders Wilson County’s a little less bright after losing some of the community’s shining stars over the past couple weeks. Edward Jagnandan, the Wilson Housing Authority CEO who worked to raise ... 5/2/2013 10:19 PM Protecting consumers from predatory loans North Carolina senators seem poised to let the installment-loan business profit further — most likely at the expense of lower income people. The Commerce Committee on Tuesday approved a measur ... 5/1/2013 10:47 PM State should slow down on immigration law The 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the centerpiece provision of Arizona’s radical immigration law essentially gave a green light for other states to adopt similar hard-line measures. G ... 4/30/2013 11:38 PM Editorial: A poll tax for public notices In the Jim Crow days of the early 1900s, state officials imposed a poll tax to prevent African-Americans and poor whites from voting. It took a decades-long civil rights struggle and a Supreme Court v ... 4/29/2013 11:02 PM Go slow on testing school vouchers A rally for public school vouchers drew a big crowd to the Greensboro Coliseum Tuesday, proving the idea has appeal in North Carolina. But rushing to spend $90 million on a statewide voucher plan wi ... 4/28/2013 10:12 PM A welcome bipartisan move on redistricting Four lawmakers representing both political parties have crafted a bill to take the politics out of legislative and congressional redistricting. Alas, the drawback is that we may have to wait until 202 ... 4/26/2013 10:00 PM Gift gives college, Wilson opportunity for growth Wilson County may have an excellent opportunity to expand the availability of classes at our community college, but as with most everything, it will come down to the math. In May, county commissione ... 4/25/2013 10:06 PM Flexibility key to success of McCrory's new DOT plan North Carolina has billions of dollars in transportation needs, but not nearly enough money to pay for them all. Recently, Gov. Pat McCrory rolled out a plan that he says will do more with the same am ... 4/25/2013 8:10 AM Putting some bite in a toothless law In one of the more predictable spring events, the North Carolina League of Municipalities has stated its opposition to a bill now in the N.C. Senate that would make it a misdemeanor for local governme ... |
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