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Editorial: NC Chamber protects business tax cuts over quality education for kids

Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 -- The N.C. Chamber knows the public education needs of the state but has chosen to ignore them and placed their financial gain above doing the best for our school children.

JOHN RAILEY: Andy Griffith delivered "Mayberry Miracle" for Mike Easley, lively times kept going

Sunday, April 10, 2022 -- In 1989, some North Carolina Democratic leaders had tried to recruit Andy Griffith to run against incumbent Republican Jesse Helms for the U.S. Senate. Internal polls showed Andy could win the race, some said. Andy rejected the push and was wise to do so. He might well have won and his very private self would have hated the very public job.

Former Gov. Jim Hunt, at 84, stepping back as chairman of eponymous institute

Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt is stepping down as chair of the non-profit Hunt Institute. Hunt, 84, will continue to serve as chair emeritus of the board, according to a news release from the Hunt Institute.

Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer

Former Gov. Jim Hunt, at 84, stepping back as chairman of eponymous institute

GARY PEARCE: Can Democrats remove the 'defund the police' albatross?

Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 -- Eric Adams, the Democrats nominee for New York City mayor, shows you can be tough on crime - and tough on police racism and misconduct. Democrats will need to be both in 2022 and 2024.

GARY PEARCE: When Jesse Helms got religion on Israel

Tuesday, June 29, 2021 -- Conservative evangelical Christians in America haven't always been all-out supporters of Israel. They once were downright hostile. That changed in 1984 when North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms ran for reelection against Gov. Jim Hunt. Helms's flip-flop on Israel had nothing to do with religion. It was about campaign contributions.

GARY PEARCE: Lieutenant governors can be governors' nightmares

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 -- History shows that governors and lieutenant governors in North Carolina often don't like each other. We're one of 17 states where the two are elected separately. They can be from different parties; they can have different philosophies, conflicting personalities and competing ambitions.

GARY PEARCE: Will the 16-year itch get scratched in 2024?

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 -- The 2024 battle lines are being drawn. Biden is pushing a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill. A Morning Consult poll said 77% of Americans support it, including 59% of Republicans. But Republicans in Congress unanimously oppose it. Will voters think Republicans are obstructionists - or that Democrats are overreaching?

GARY PEARCE: Cooper's success formula - competence, boosting public education

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 -- Gov. Roy Cooper is squarely in the tradition of governors since Terry Sanford, including both Democrats and Republicans. They focused on better education as the path to a better future. Cooper has added better health care, racial and gender equity, climate-change action and rural Internet to the agenda. His secret is that North Carolinians evidently share his priorities.

Former Gov. Jim Hunt urges people to get vaccinated

Former Gov. Jim Hunt and his wife were among those who had appointments Wednesday for coronavirus vaccine shots in Wilson County.

Former NC legislator, Dunn mayor Oscar Harris dies at 80

Oscar Harris , a former North Carolina state senator, small-town mayor and close ally of Democratic governors, has died at age 80, his family said.

Gov. Hunt, former staffer recall Hagan's energy

Former Gov. Jim Hunt spotted Kay Hagan's political potential early on, and both he and one of her former staffers remember her as feisty and energetic when it came to getting the job done.

GOVS. MARTIN, HUNT, EASLEY & PERDUE: Gerrymandering 'poisons' politics; 'corrupts' our government

Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 -- "Competitive elections make our politics more civil and create an environment in which promising and pragmatic policies can emerge. Partisan gerrymandering eliminates competitive elections, poisons our politics, and corrupts our system of government."

Editorial: Fix N.C. public schools' lack of teacher diversity, turnover now

Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 -- Rather than looking for ways to close troubling gaps in diversity between public school students and teachers along with increases in teacher turnover, the N.C. General Assembly has taken a cleaver to the efforts to fix them and done little or nothing to replace those programs. Particularly troubling, is that much of this was done out of pure ideological spite.

COLUMN: Take these governors' advice; Vote NO on 2 Power-grab Constitutional amendments

Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 -- The N.C. Constitution enshrines the balance of power between executive, legislative and judicial branches government. It wisely gives the governor appointment power for judicial replacements and the Board of Ethics and Elections Enforcement. Let's keep it that way. Support the Constitution and its balance of powers. Keep the legislature in its place to enact laws, not enforce them. Vote against both amendments.