1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (703+ words) The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store and gas station are more painful than they were last year, and rising costs…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (374+ words) Thank God, no, we aren’t going bust as a nation, despite our gargantuan $40 trillion national debt. The rapid pileup of debt under Republicans and Democrats alike is certainly a disgrace and worrisome. When I came to Washington, D.C., in the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1330+ words) ASHEVILLE — Nearly two years after Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, some of the world’s most influential economic policymakers came to Asheville with a message that carried particular heft in a region still rebuilding: Economic growth matters, and governments…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (600+ words) CHICAGO — Honey. Makeup. Christmas decorations. And hockey sticks. Those are just a few of the hundreds of different Canadian products that President Donald Trump’s administration has slapped with a 50% tax to enter the United States. The new tariffs, which kicked…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (434+ words) LAURINBURG — A pressure-treated lumber manufacturer is planning a $40 million facility in Scotland County, bringing another wood-products operation to a region with deep ties to North Carolina’s forestry industry. Great Southern Wood-NC Inc. will create 43 jobs at a new lumber treatment…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (358+ words) RALEIGH — The Local Government Commission approved more than $814 million across North Carolina for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, PFAS treatment, stormwater improvements, school renovations, public safety facilities, affordable housing and senior living projects during its August meeting. Funds will finance…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (572+ words) Too many American men are spending their prime working years outside the workforce, and the cost reaches far beyond lost income. In the mid-1950s, 97.4% of prime-age men, ages 25 to 54, participated in the labor force. In July 2026, that number was 89.2%. Put another…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (431+ words) This goal was pure virtue-signaling, and it never made any practical sense. Roughly 70% of American energy comes from fossil fuels, and only about 10% comes from “green energy.” Studies showed that the initiative would have decimated the U.S. economy: millions…...