Money matters
Editorial: Legislators return to Raleigh for a session that looks to be long on spending possibilities and short on cash.
Workable on water
Editorial: It would be no surprise if showers were lasting longer and toilets were flushing more frequently across the Triangle, now that springtime rain has filled water reservoirs that had been drained amid drought.
Night vision
Editorial: Evening programs for high school students could help many of them complete their studies and raise their prospects.
Mailed down
Editorial: E-mail was invented in 1971. Spam messages followed soon enough. But this mode of communication became ubiquitous just a decade and a half ago. Understandably, there's still confusion in North Carolina as to how e-mails to and from public officials ought to be handled under public records laws.
Next customer, please
Editorial: We're all familiar with neighborhoods around the Triangle that positively shout the message that people there are well-acquainted with big money. You know the profile.
Class and borders
Editorial:North Carolina has good reason to let deserving illegal immigrants attend public colleges and universities.
Namesake under way
Editorial:The state's annual budget bears the words North Carolina and costs billions of dollars. So does the Navy's newest submarine.
Grace in the air
Editorial:To see unexcelled poetry in motion on these warming evenings, look into the skies for the darting blue-black forms of swallows flashing in the fading sunlight.
A campus winner
Editorial:Arts and Sciences Dean Holden Thorp, a native son, looks to be an excellent choice as the next chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Notable numbers
Editorial:Statistics from the past week that deserve a doubletake: 2,069,701 - Preliminary total of ballots cast in Tuesday's presidential primaries in North Carolina, amounting to 36 percent of registered voters and setting a turnout record.
Highway pass over
Editorial:When we're worried about filling up our vehicles without filing for bankruptcy, it seems odd to be thinking about a new freeway. But upgrading U.S. 64 west from Cary is worth a lot of thought.
Governor to be
Editorial:In Pat McCrory and Beverly Perdue, voters have the choice of two strong candidates to succeed Mike Easley as governor.
Paying for impacts
Editorial:It's unfortunate that the Raleigh Planning Commission has opposed the idea of doubling impact fees on new development in the city.
In the game
Editorial:North Carolina became a player in shaping the presidential race, as candidates tapped into people's hopes and fears.
Wake's calendar calls
Editorial:A year ago this week, an editorial here observed that it took a grand total of one judge to stop a speeding train -- that train being the Wake County school board's plan to require some students to attend year-round schools whether or not their parents approved.
Study hard
Editorial:A proposal to give Wake County commissioners authority over school construction is promising but needs careful review.
Painful drug costs
Editorial:Ah, yes. Here's an unsurprising development from the insurance industry -- you know, the people who fight tooth and nail to limit their costs or government involvement in health care.
