This Old State

The Capital Press Corps has lost some of its veteran newshounds recently, and it’s a shame for readers and viewers who want to know what’s g...

Most of us who grew up riding around North Carolina learned how to drive on dirt roads and paved highways marked with signs and sometimes di...

For more than a year, workers in downtown Raleigh have been tearing out the old Fayetteville Street Mall and restoring the street to vehicul...

Observer Washington Correspondent Tim Funk had some inside skinny about the nomination of U.S. District Judge Terry Boyle for the 4th Circui...

When the N.C. General Assembly moved into its brand-new Legislative Building in 1963, its architecture reflected the state’s desire to moder...

When the legislature’s Environmental Review Commission met last week to discuss a number of issues, one item on the agenda was the growing p...

There’s not much good to come from low voter turnout. It says something about our political culture – either voters are turned off by politi...