It’s not clear whether North Carolina’s top policymakers can reach bipartisan agreement on meaningful education reform.

But the state Supreme Court recently removed a key obstacle. By a 4-3 vote, the high court ended the 32-year-old Leandro lawsuit.

Critics blame the court for shirking its duty to help guarantee North Carolinians access to a sound, basic educati...

The deadline for filing U.S. federal income tax returns falls (usually) on April 15, a date that’s worked its way into the American vocabulary as “tax day.” That’s really not a very accurate term.

For one thing, most Americans pay all sorts of other taxes (sales taxes, excise taxes, property taxes, etc.) all the time. You can’t swing a cat without hitting a tax ... and...

We Americans are barraged these days with multiple crises, so I hate to add anything else to our list of worries.

But I’m told this one is an epic disaster, so we must respond! It started in California, and one financial leader there now calls it “the greatest tragedy this state has ever felt.”

Holy Titanic! What can it be?

Uh… it’s a tax. Does that mean ...

The budget process for Wilson County’s 2026-27 budget began Tuesday morning with a series of presentations from the Wilson County Public Library, the Wilson County Department of Social Services and the Wilson County Health Department.

Each department gave a detailed report of their work throughout the 2025-26 fiscal year before presenting their needs and requested budg...

The Hunt High girls lacrosse team has been fighting an upward battle since the Warriors moved beyond the club sport level four years ago and joined a Triangle-area conference.

Now situated in the 7-A Greater Neuse River Conference following NCHSAA realignment last year, the Warriors are still contending with greater experience and numbers as they did for three years as...