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 —...
Our Opinion: Insulate public utilities from cities' politics
North Carolina’s most prominent civil rights organization entered the fray this week in a yearlong d...
Our Opinion: Transparency foes don't represent NC stakeholders
Who says North Carolina’s state employees and schoolteachers are against transparency? Lobbying eff...
Taxpayers deserve transparency, not government secrecy
Senate Bill 355, legislation that promotes and enhances public access to the performance records of ...
Our Opinion: 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: 'Hands-Free NC' a flawed approach to highway safety
Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey wants drivers’ hands on the steering wheel, not on their smartpho...
Our Opinion: 'Impersonation' ban will punish protected speech
Before they vote to make online impersonation a crime, state senators should chew the fat with Jim A...
Our Opinion: Misguided bill could make some criticism a crime
Some North Carolina lawmakers want public activism at government meetings to be a high-stakes affair...
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: North Carolina should join states' convention call
Three out of four people want congressional term limits, but the likelihood that lawmakers will vote...
Our Opinion: Election integrity doesn't require a federal takeover
A sweeping overhaul of U.S. voting laws hurtling through the House would steamroll state legislature...
Our Opinion: For innocent man, governor's pardon is too long overdue
A year and a half after winning his freedom, Ray Finch feels forgotten. The Wilson man spent more t...
Our Opinion: Counties once again looking to operate in the dark
February 5, 2021Like a bad penny, legislation to hide public notices from the public is back in the N.C. General Ass...
Our Opinion: Greensboro Four sparked movement to end segregation
Six decades ago, four Black college students’ peaceful protest sparked a movement to end segregation...
Our Opinion: Bring body camera videos into the sunlight
Now shrouded behind a veil of secrecy, police body camera and dashboard camera recordings could beco...
Our Opinion: King's dream should convict, challenge and unite us
Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream of equality, justice and unity with a quarter million people...
Talk Back: Skateboarders elicit strong reactions
December 21, 2020Enterprise readers shared their views on the newspaper’s editorial, “Skateboarding is not a crime, S...
Our Opinion: Skateboarding is not a crime, commissioners
Psychologist and public intellectual Jordan Peterson’s bestseller “12 Rules for Life” should be requ...
Our Opinion: King's dream should convict, challenge and unite us
Our Opinion: Political clothing offers no excuse to mistreat guests
Rachel Williams says a T-shirt got her thrown out of a Wilson doctor’s office. In the Charlotte suburb of Gastonia, Lydia Sturgues-Robinson said an ice cream parlor booted her over a …
Local News
Police arrest 18 in sweeping drug probe
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Candidate files for Bailey town board seat
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Nunery appointed Rocky Mount’s interim spokesman
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