President Trump heads back to North Carolina one day before voters head to the polls in two special congressional elections Trump's trip to Fayetteville is designed to support the campaign of Republican Dan Bishop in the th District race Bishop faces Democrat Dan McCready in a special election resulting from alleged absentee ballot shenanigans involving a contractor for previous Republican candidate Mark Harris Voters in the rd District also head to the polls to choose the successor to the late U S Rep Walter Jones Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes Trump's visit and its potential impact on the special [... more]

Accusations of partisan politics emerged after the new Democratic majority on the N C State Board of Elections decided to fire state elections director Kim Strach Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes the politics of the decision He looks at the potential impact on elections scheduled this year and in Many of government's problems stem from an unwillingness to apply common sense to public policy issues That's a key tenet of Try Common Sense the latest book from Philip Howard of the government reform group Common Ground Howard explains how a dose of common sense would make government operate much [... more]