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Our Opinion: It’s not too late to bring records into the sunlight

As North Carolina lawmakers continue hammering out a state budget, they can make the most of their e...

Our Opinion: Video lottery bill ignores unregulated sweepstakes games

North Carolina legislators seem to be OK with gambling just so long as the House — the one that meet...

Protect charter school students’ civil liberties

Families’ fight against a discriminatory dress code will continue, but a court ruling in the case co...

Our Opinion: Lawmakers, be good sports and kindly butt out

When legislators have a vested interest in the outcome, no institution is safe from their meddling —...

Transparency foes don’t represent NC stakeholders

Who says North Carolina’s state employees and schoolteachers are against transparency? Lobbying eff...

NC should let public review body camera video

The standard objection, a familiar talking point recited so often it’s become a cliché, goes somethi...

Our Opinion: Volunteers show heart by cleaning up trash

Thumbs up to the Butner Community Association and other local volunteers who got up early to pick up...

Our Opinion: Lift veil of secrecy shrouding public employee records

Your taxes pay their salaries, but when police officers, teachers and other public-sector workers ar...

Our Opinion: Counties once again looking to operate in the dark

Like a bad penny, legislation to hide public notices from the public is back in the N.C. General Ass...

Bring body camera videos into the sunlight

Now shrouded behind a veil of secrecy, police body camera and dashboard camera recordings could beco...

Thank you, 2020 letter writers

These opinion pages are made better when it reflects the diverse, local opinions of its community — ...

Mask mandate drafts businesses as Cooper’s cops

Guest editorial North Carolina’s newest law enforcers won’t be sworn to protect and serve. They’ll be unarmed, and instead of badges, their uniforms will feature name tags from supermarkets, …

Police reform must start with transparency

As stakeholders work to repair North Carolina’s criminal justice system, they should make Louis Brandeis’ famous declaration their constant refrain: Sunlight is the best …

Open government guarantee belongs in NC Constitution

Along with public health, the COVID-19 pandemic is testing government transparency in North Carolina. State officials have withheld vital information about coronavirus outbreaks that would help …