John Hood: Carolina Is a High-Cost University

The U.S. Department of Education has started taking applications from former university students hoping to force taxpayers to pay off their loans. President Joe Biden’s loan-transfer diktat is one of the worst policies of modern times: hugely expensive, patently illegal, and grossly unfair to the millions of borrowers who worked hard and sacrificed much to pay off their debts.

Mary Alphin: Candidate for Lenoir County Clerk of Superior Court

You will have many important decisions when you head to the polls. Among them is who you will entrust to serve as your next Clerk of Superior Court. This post plays a critical role in how justice is administered in Lenoir County, overseeing all clerical and record-keeping functions of the district and superior court, with jurisdiction over probate, foreclosures, guardianships, divorces, adoptions, name changes and other pre- and post-judgement remedies. Experience matters in this position.