On Monday, the Winston-Salem City Council held a public hearing to get citizens feedback on a proposal from Winston-Salem Dash owner Billy Prim to have the city invest an additional $15.7 million in the construction of the downtown ballpark.

Perhaps you didnt know that last week Gov. Beverly Perdue signed SB 575, which changes the way state tax liabilities for certain types of corporations are calculated. Perhaps you dont care surely people have enough on their plates these days without becoming absorbed in the minutiae of state tax code.

Its no secret that the state of North Carolina discriminates in its legislation against people who make their living in the retail booze business. Bar owners in the Old North State are restricted in the hours they operate their businesses, how they advertise those businesses and the way they distribute their product.

We are not ones to gloat Oh wait yes we are. So we were actually a bit giddy when we learned that the Greensboro natatorium, a controversial swimming center that has been alternately proposed as an economic generator, a community resource and a state-of-the-art training facility, is at least living up to our.

Does it matter that Donald Trump announced last week that Miss California, a winsome young lady by the name of Carrie Prejean, will be allowed to keep her crown after a months worth of tribulations? Normally we wouldnt care much about Trump unless...

We were floored last week when Greensboro City Council member Mike Barber asked 39 African- American Greensboro police officers to drop their lawsuit against the city. Floored.

Sen. Kay Hagan faced an uphill battle when she decided to go after Liddy Doles seat seat in the 2008 election until, that is, the Democratic National Committee began viewing the race as a winnable one and steering PAC dollars to the upstart from...

This weekends outbreak of swine flu, reported to have begun in Mexico, proved serious enough to warrant a public health emergency here in the United States, where as of press time cases have arisen in five states none of which is North Carolina.

I will never again pick up your paper. Any publication that would give a spot to a Chuck Norris diatribe on religion [Is Obama afraid of the J-word?; April 8, 2009; by Chuck Norris] and how he his better than Barack Obama is not fit to line the bottom of a bird cage! James Below Greensboro.

The Greensboro City Council squabbled for 14 months over the role and powers of then City Manager Mitchell Johnson and an administrative matter related to the resignation of former police Chief David Wray an event that had little to no...