Recently the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its quarterly GDP report, the first of the year and the first during the new Trump administration. Normally this report is a ...

Having fun is no fun these days, and it sure isn’t cheap. Our monthly entertainment spend is normally appropriated for TV streaming services. But last month my tie-dyed-in-the-wool Deadhead wife ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to slash funding to the U.S. Department of Education are not just budgetary decisions, they are direct attacks on our most vulnerable students, including those in ...

I must say it is gratifying to now have a seated Moore County Board of Education majority that embraces appropriate professional ethics when making decisions of vital interest to their ...

Statistics are out. Disruption from Trump’s ill-considered tariffs shrank the U. S. economy in the first quarter. Prices on all products are rising.

In a recent editorial, The Pilot quoted Sen. Tom McInnis as saying, “Short-term rentals are vital to the tourism and marketability of the state. Short-term rentals provide housing options for ...

Few states are adding housing stock more quickly than our state — but far too many North Carolinians struggle to find reasonably priced residences to rent or buy.

Insufficient staffing, antiquated software, outdated buildings, a work culture more akin to a Soviet-era bureaucracy — any one of these is crippling for a state agency responsible for thousands of ...

Once again, John Hood dishes up a load to explain why North Carolina has the weakest governor in all 50 states. It’s not because of some event 250 years ago.