From the North State Journal

• MATTHEWS: Regarding DOGE, everybody needs to just calm down
  As I write this, the hyperventilating by the left over Twitter/X owner Elon Musk has nearly reached a fever pitch. As readers will recall, the Tesla CEO heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The [...] The post MATTHEWS: Regarding DOGE, everybody needs to just calm down first appeared on The North State Journal.
• Legislative session opens with more than 200 bills
  RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly has filed more than 200 bills so far this session. Aside from Hurricane Helene disaster recovery legislation, bills of note this session span topics that include education, elections, [...] The post Legislative session opens with more than 200 bills first appeared on The North State Journal.
• HILL: About that limestone mineshaft in Pennsylvania
  Elon Musk was stupefied to discover official records of U.S. federal employees stored 230 feet below surface in a limestone mineshaft in Boyers, Pennsylvania. I wasn’t. Anyone who worked on Capitol Hill should not have [...] The post HILL: About that limestone mineshaft in Pennsylvania first appeared on The North State Journal.
• Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath bandmates to reunite for his last performance
  LONDON — Ozzy Osbourne will reunite with all of the original members of Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years, in a gig that will be his last and that’s being billed as [...] The post Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath bandmates to reunite for his last performance first appeared on The North State […]
• Stretch of I-40 that collapsed during Helene to reopen by March 1
  WAYNESVILLE — A section of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding will reopen to traffic by March 1, Gov. Josh Stein announced Monday while visiting the roadway’s shuttered [...] The post Stretch of I-40 that collapsed during Helene to reopen by March 1 first appeared on The North […]
• US employers added 143K jobs in January hiring, jobless rate fell to 4%
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, but the unemployment rate fell to 4%. The first monthly jobs report of Donald Trump’s second presidency points to a solid but unspectacular labor [...] The post US employers added 143K jobs in January hiring, jobless rate fell to 4% first appeared on The […]