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Class and borders

North Carolina has good reason to let deserving illegal immigrants attend public colleges and universities.

Updated: May. 11, 2008 1:45 AM | Full story

Namesake under way

The state's annual budget bears the words North Carolina and costs billions of dollars. So does the Navy's newest submarine.

Updated: May. 11, 2008 1:45 AM | Full story

Grace in the air

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.

Updated: May. 11, 2008 1:45 AM | Full story

A campus winner

Arts and Sciences Dean Holden Thorp, a native son, looks to be an excellent choice as the next chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Updated: May. 10, 2008 2:21 AM | Full story

Notable numbers

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.

Updated: May. 10, 2008 6:00 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: May. 10, 2008 2:21 AM | Full story

Governor to be

Editorial:In Pat McCrory and Beverly Perdue, voters have the choice of two strong candidates to succeed Mike Easley as governor.

Updated: May. 9, 2008 2:42 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: May. 9, 2008 6:28 AM | Full story

In the game

Editorial:North Carolina became a player in shaping the presidential race, as candidates tapped into people's hopes and fears.

Updated: May. 8, 2008 2:40 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: May. 8, 2008 6:32 AM | Full story

Study hard

Editorial:A proposal to give Wake County commissioners authority over school construction is promising but needs careful review.

Updated: May. 7, 2008 4:04 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: May. 7, 2008 5:31 AM | Full story

Split on money

Editorial:North Carolina's system of public financing for top judicial posts gets a welcome thumbs-up, but another important law falls.

Updated: May. 6, 2008 2:40 AM | Full story

Chasing Durham's cops

Editorial:You'd think that police officers in Durham would be paid competitively.

Updated: May. 6, 2008 6:05 AM | Full story

College timber

Editorial:Community college students tend to be motivated and mature --excellent candidates for transfer to the state's universities.

Updated: May. 5, 2008 1:25 AM | Full story

Looking at bail

Editorial:Two respected Wake County judges say that they see no evidence in a study on bails set by county magistrates indicating racial bias.

Updated: May. 5, 2008 5:59 AM | Full story

Dogs on stand-down

Editorial:Bryan Beatty, secretary of the state Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, may have had little choice but to suspend a canine program of the state Highway Patrol in the wake of some scandalous training techniques, but at least he did it.

Updated: May. 5, 2008 5:59 AM | Full story
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