
Richard Rogers
OPINION: Solving the digital divide
When people were asked to shelter in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, it was taken for granted that modern broadband technology could serve as a bridge to normalcy.
OP-ED: Public pensioners deserve increase
After perhaps the messiest legislative session of my own memory, many deserving groups got shortchanged because of today’s brutal political narrative.
COLUMN: If the gift is a promise, you can’t return it
A large majority of retirees work between 25 to 30 years in public service before receiving their retirement, contributing 6 percent of their pay each month. For many public sector workers that monthly, required contribution impacts their daily lives — this mandatory contribution to their pension often takes money away from a family’s daily buying power.
COLUMN: A new year brings opportunity to help our retirees
Say what you will about the state of things in North Carolina, but Florence’s raging floodwaters and fierce winds couldn’t stop us from living out the Golden Rule.