Chowan County Digging Out of Fiscal Hole
By Sarah Okeson
EDENTON — The debacle has led to a preliminary investigation by the state auditor, a probe by the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and Chowan County employees revealing notes they took about their contact with former County Manager Cliff Copeland.

John Hood’s Daily Journal

A Bad Rap Well-Earned
The current crop of politicians in Raleigh and Washington have had plenty of time to get transportation policy right. They’ve failed.

Headlines

7.21.10 – Protests, arrests mark Wake schools meeting

7.21.10 – Gorman moving ahead on school closing plans

7.21.10 – Myrick: U.S. failed to halt area jihadist

7.21.10 – Pantano criticizes Obama over nuke waste decision

7.21.10 – Census workers checking numbers

7.21.10 – Credentials question halts Duke gene trials

7.21.10 – N.C. health plan overpaid for services

7.21.10 – Businesses question fees for Internet cafes

7.21.10 – Charlotte council member Turner fired as probation officer

7.21.10 – Greensboro hotel project takes crucial step forward

Upcoming Events

Monday, July 26, 2010 at 12:00 noon
A meeting of the Shaftesbury Society
with our special guest Max Borders
Radicals for Rules: Towards a Pragmatic Panarchy

Friday, July 30, 2010 at 12:00 noon
Friedman Legacy Freedom Lecture
with our special guest Prof. Edward Stringham
The Importance of Economic Freedom

Sunday, August 01, 2010 at through August 27, 2010
Special August Events
with our special guests Appalachian Institution Guest Faculty
Lectures on Religion, Culture, the Financial Crisis, and Liberty

Saturday, August 07, 2010 at 8:30 am- 1:30 pm
A Citizen’s Constitutional Workshop
with presenters Dr. Troy Kickler & Dr. Michael Sanera
What the Founders and the State Ratification Conventions Can Teach Us Today

Today’s Opinions

Ethics reform
Scott Mooneyham writes that recent scandals have only arisen as political power has become more concentrated among the governor, House speaker and Senate president pro tem.

Open up
The Charlotte Observer says that the public has a right to know about state’s largest lobbying penalty.

Moore and the board
The Raleigh News & Observer says that it’s not clear why a State Board of Elections report was edited to remove some information favorable to former State Treasurer Richard Moore.