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Questions and comments that I receive usually come from individuals and sometimes couples. This one came from an entire English class: 'We are ninth-graders in Mrs. Buie's English class at [...]

Q. Thanks for the info about the carbon-monoxide detectors. Can the paper run all the new laws? Or how can I find them? - A.L. A. With more than 600 [...]

In a few years, taxpayers could be supporting George W. Bush's library at Southern Methodist University in Texas without having any authority to access the presidential papers housed there. President-elect [...]

The May 18 front-page story 'Rally draws thousands' was shocking to me. Conservative Christians and politicians fanning the fires of hate and homophobia on the state capital grounds should be [...]

If President Teddy Roosevelt were alive, he'd have one word for a fellow Republican, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx of Watauga County: 'Shame.' Foxx has filed legislation that would seriously undermine [...]

Byline: MICHAEL HEWLETT A law that allows death-row inmates to argue that racial bias played a role in their sentence will have its first real test in Forsyth County. On [...]

Q. Sometime within the last three months, the Journal ran an article concerning a health-care insurance program currently available for uninsured people. It had some connection to the Obama Care [...]

Byline: RICHARD CRAVER MONTGOMERY Consumers' purchasing desires - and fears - have contributed to a higher level of opting-in for overdraft account protection than initially projected by analysts. As of [...]

The state House and Senate churned through dozens of bills yesterday as they headed toward the end of their legislative session, which is expected to wrap up on Saturday. There [...]

Byline: WESLEY YOUNG Debra Conrad, Forsyth commissioner 2. PAT MCCRORY Some local Republicans were supportive of remarks made Saturday in Winston-Salem by former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory in favor of [...]

State Sen. Don East of Surry County pushed this week for a law in North Carolina like the one in Arizona that allows law-enforcement officers to demand documentation from suspected [...]

Q. I have been to several funerals lately, and I don't understand why most drivers do not stop for the hearse or funeral cars going to the grave site. Aren't [...]

Q. I understand the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers, but could you explain the tax credit for others who have owned a home before? What are the deadlines? - [...]

Q. What's the lowdown on fire-safe cigarettes that recently hit the store shelves in North Carolina? Will EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) in them cause cancer, tumors and more as has [...]

We must not let the cap-and-trade (tax) bill pass the Senate. The stringent controls on energy production and use will greatly increase the cost of living for every American. Production [...]

The General Assembly has high expectations for local government behavior. Legislators should have the same standards for themselves. There's a way around almost every law, and some local governments have [...]

A legislative proposal to stop requiring newspaper notices for public hearings was shelved after opposition from North Carolina publishers. Rep. Paul Stam of Wake County said yesterday that he would [...]

Triad residents dealing with an emergency mental-health episode could have a new option for treatment by January 2011 if the state approves an application for a 24-hour psychiatric-emergency department. But [...]

As part of its eleventh-hour push to ram through controversial regulations before it leaves office, the Bush administration has approved a rule that will make it easier for coal companies [...]

Q. Nov. 22 marked yet another anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. How much longer do we have to wait for the rest of the records to be [...]

Q. I love your work, but I got one for you. See if you can find a law that says that we the people have to pay income taxes. I [...]

Q. Do you know a way to find online the actual Wall Street bailout plan that legislators approved? Also, I would like to know how members of Congress voted. - [...]

Byline: James Romoser and Michael Hewlett JOURNAL REPORTERS Republicans filed a complaint yesterday against a Mocksville Democrat running for a seat in the N.C. Senate. In a letter to the [...]

Cheers to Sen. Elizabeth Dole for continuing her opposition to FDA regulation of the tobacco industry. She rightly realizes that the FDA doesn't have the expertise or resources for the [...]

***** CORRECTION: Clarification SAM answered a question yesterday about trees by the roadside that could be a threat to drivers. Only trees that are in the right of way are [...]

A new law signed yesterday by Gov. Mike Easley gives tobacco manufacturers until January 2010 to make all their cigarettes in North Carolina self-extinguishing. Easley said that the law is [...]

Q. I searched online and found that a magistrate can perform a marriage in North Carolina. Can a judge perform a marriage? I couldn't find any information saying a judge [...]

The city of Winston-Salem has made big changes to its proposed nightlife ordinance after an official of the Triad Municipal Alcohol Beverage Control Board warned that it conflicts with state [...]

Police would have the power to shut down a nightclub for 24 hours under changes to a proposed city ordinance meant to control violence at nightclubs. City officials submitted the [...]

Q. I recently received a letter from the office of my apartment complex stating that everyone is required to have renter's insurance to renew their lease, and if the renter [...]

Four incidents of gun violence in three months at Winston-Salem nightclubs are four too many. The city is right to be exploring a plan that would mandate that nightclubs have [...]

State legislators reluctantly passed an ethics-reform bill last year - watered-down though it was - and, just in case it actually caught anyone in a compromised position, they hid the [...]

Byline: David Ingram JOURNAL RALEIGH BUREAU RALEIGH -- The Federal Election Commission has charged Ed Broyhill, his congressional-campaign committee and its treasurer $71,100 in civil penalties related to Broyhill's unsuccessful [...]

RALEIGH -- Wake County authorities have charged three people, including a former aide to House Speaker Jim Black, with criminal violations of the state's lobbying laws. The charges are the [...]

The compassionate conservative is back. In his speech on national immigration policy Monday night, President Bush was conservative in calling for securing the nation's southern border and compassionate in reminding [...]

In the abstract, the raging debate about immigrants can seem simple: Immigrants who are here without legal documents are breaking the laws of the United States. We are a nation [...]

Local election officials are applauding a decision by the State Board of Elections on Thursday to provide an additional $3 million in assistance to help counties buy new voting machines. [...]

A petite rose stem in a narrow glass tube that is sold in convenience stores can be rigged up into a crack pipe, police say. 'Hey, let me get a [...]

There are more than 40,000 unserved criminal warrants in Forsyth County, but the clerk of court and law-enforcement officials are working on a plan to resolve the backlog. The effort [...]