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[ ![Tillis to Hegseth: Choose meritocracy over your mediocre yes-men](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-05/264a0e83a6.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/tillis-to-hegseth-choose-meritocracy-over-your-mediocre-yes-men)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Gen. Chris Donahue, former key leader aboard Fort Bragg and in the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, got a strong backing from an outgoing North Carolina senator amid speculation War

 

 

 

 

[ ![Holiday travel pain at the pump still 36 cents below national average](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-05/01716b09bb.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/holiday-travel-pain-at-the-pump-still-36-cents-below-national-average)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Arrival of Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer, comes with North Carolinians paying $4.17 for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline and $5.39 for a gallon

 

 

 

 

[ ![Senate Democrats oppose giving voters choice on lower tax cap](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-05/37d1c861a4.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/senate-democrats-oppose-giving-voters-choice-on-lower-tax-cap)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Democrats in the upper chamber unanimously voted against allowing voters a chance to lower North Carolina’s tax cap on Tuesday in a measure central to negotiations on the