Voters say they are struggling economically as the price of gas rises above $4 a gallon. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)
By Christine Zhu
Suspending state gas taxes in North Carolina could lead to delays in roadwork, according to a leading economist.
House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell and Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, announced over the weekend they plan to call lawmakers back to Raleigh for a special session on reducing gas prices. Both chambers will meet on Wednesday, according to legislative calendars released Monday evening.
Early in-person voting runs Oct. 15-31, 2026 in North Carolina. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)
By Clayton Henkel
If you are planning to vote in the midterm elections, there are some very important deadlines coming up. The first deadline is 5 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 9, which is the voter registration deadline.
If you are eligible to vote, you can complete your registration online or in person at the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles.
The NC commission coming up with ideas to lower healthcare costs met Oct. 2, 2026. From left: independent practitioner Dr. Karen Smith, facilitator Barak Richman, NC DHHS Secretary Dev Sangvai, state Treasurer Brad Briner and Mark McClellan, director of the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy.
By Lynn Bonner
As it seeks ways to make healthcare in North Carolina more affordable, a group of some of the state’s main decision-makers in medical care, payments, and policy highlighted the challenges of developing and agreeing on ideas that will lead to lower costs and better health.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer watches a crowd of protesters at Delaney Hall, a detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, on May 25, 2026. Employing new tactics, ICE arrested more people in July than in any previous month of the Trump administration. (Photo by Ben Ackman/New Jersey Monitor)
By Rob Schofield
One of the most important distinguishing characteristics of a free society is what former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis described simply and eloquently nearly a century ago as “the right to be let alone.”
Like a lot of Americans who came of age in the latter part of the 20th century, I remember absorbing this fundamental idea of the U.S. Constitution and having it brought home to me while consuming any number of classic films and books that showed the frightening reality of life in Nazi Germany, Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe, and other totalitarian states.
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