What happens when selfish ideological bias, political spin and the relentless quest for partisan advantage overrides science, common sense and concern for the health and wellbeing of the entire community?

A new Texas law that went into effect Wednesday bans abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected — typically around six weeks of gestation — and turns individuals into antiabortion vigilantes by empowering them to file civil suits against anyone who provided an abortion or helped procure one.

In 2005, even after other states had chased eagerly after lottery revenue, North Carolina was still divided about getting into state-sponsored gambling.

The General Assembly was supposed to complete its most significant duty by June 30 — pass a state budget so state agencies, public schools, community colleges, health care providers, local governments and others would know how to move ahead for the new fiscal year.

Many Americans who pay the online do-it-yourself tax-preparation giant TurboTax may not even know the company offers a free version of its services, under an agreement with the federal government. Critics say that lack of knowledge is intentional — that after agreeing two decades ago to prov…

It speaks volumes about the world today that a U.S. president was more worried about the Taliban looking weak than about his Western allies. Britain, France and Germany asked Joe Biden to continue evacuating civilians from Kabul past his self-imposed deadline of 31 August. But the U.S. rejec…

As the delta variant fuels a surge in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations throughout North Carolina, mask mandates are returning in many parts of the state. Following counties like Orange and Durham, the City of Raleigh reinstated a mask mandate for indoor public spaces last week. A mask…

Imagine that one of your neighbors informs you, that, oh, by the way, a venomous pet snake of his has gone missing and you might want to keep an eye out.

The organization claims it is a “coalition of business leaders committed to improving North Carolina’s education system through policy and advocacy.”

The incompetent method with which the Biden administration administered the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is a military and moral fiasco.

A state budget, in theory, is a spending plan, but in practice it has also become a vehicle for carrying through laws that couldn’t pass on their own merits.