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Don’t close gun records to public view

May 20, 2013

It’s not enough that N.C. lawmakers are poised to loosen the state’s gun laws allowing weapons on college campuses, in parks and greenways, and in bars with liquor-drinking patrons. They’re also on course to keep secret gun permit information – making it impossible for watchdog groups to hold accountable those who issue such permits.

Much more than a heist

The Washington Post | May 20, 2013

From an editorial Monday in the Washington Post:

Observer Forum: Letters to the editor

May 20, 2013

A tax reform bill before the N.C. legislature is called the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). This name is a smokescreen.

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Nugent brothers disagree on gun control

By Jeffrey Nugent | Special To The Washington Post | 8:11AM

I’m a member of the National Rifle Association and a former Army officer with assignments in the military police, artillery, and operations research and intelligence at the Pentagon.

Obama’s lean inward poses risk for U.S. interests abroad

By Fred Hiatt | Washington Post | May 20, 2013

“And the war will end by the end of next year…”

What should your kids do this summer? Read!

By Ann Clark and Lee Keesler | Special to the Observer | May 20, 2013

When libraries and schools work together, everybody wins. Imagine a community where kids and teens get the literacy and educational support they need for success in education and in life. Imagine they have access to the resources they need in school and after school, during the school year and over the summer. It can happen, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library are already working together to prepare our community’s next generation of learners and leaders.

The Buzz

May 20, 2013

Legislators who promote smoking in outdoor public places can expect N.C. voters to stomp their butts.

North Carolina legislature is misfiring on public education

May 20, 2013

Editor’s note: The following piece is signed by the superintendents of the following school districts: Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Cumberland County, Gaston County, Durham, Guilford County, Johnston County, New Hanover County, Union County, Wake County and Winston-Salem/Forsyth, as well as the president of the NC New Schools Project.

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