As the 2012 short session of the General Assembly approaches adjournment, smaller health insurance companies are still fighting for a bill that they hope would make the industry more competitive in the state.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 11:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I am in the helping profession. As a doc, I get to help people everyday. Not only do I help them understand their illness, but I hope I help them successfully deal with the worst illness known to humankind- as they used to say in the 1960's- the big "C".
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 9:04 pm
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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We've all heard the saying "There ought to be a law." The person using the expression usually advocates a new law to ban some objectionable activity. But a proliferation of new laws can create its own problems.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 8:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Investigator Scott Williams applied for and obtained warrants charging Clarence Kevin Thigpen, age 46, formerly of Tranters Creek Drive in Washington with Sex Offender/Failure to Notify Change of Address and Sex Offender Residence Restriction/Residing Within 1000 Feet of Educational Property.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 7:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Nearly two years ago, Gov. Bev Perdue started discussing a subject that in recent years had become taboo in Raleigh: downsizing state boards and commissions.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 6:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue on Friday said she planned to veto the budget adjustments passed by the GOP-dominated General Assembly.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 4:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Late Friday, June 29, 2012, Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed the 20.2 billion dollar budget proposed by the Republican controlled North Carolina General Assembly, and now that proposal as law becomes more uncertain as both houses of the legislature will search for enough votes to override her veto.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 2:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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These latest announcements from the Chocowinity Primary School, via the Beaufort County School System, reminds us that schools are a focal point of activity.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 11:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Investigator Scott Williams applied for and obtained a warrant charging Jennifer Arnold Waters, age 35, of Farm Lane in Washington with Financial Card Theft, Obtaining Property by False Pretense, and Financial Card Fraud.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 11:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Margaret Marie Foster, 79, a resident of 1028 Pamlico Beach Road West, Belhaven, NC died Friday at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 10:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A few days ago I wrote that the state spending plan just approved by the North Carolina General Assembly was the right and responsible thing to do given current fiscal and economic realities.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 10:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Arthur Williams is continuing to practice his brand of disingenuous politics, just so he can get himself elected to a seat that he is proving every day he is unqualified to hold - not as a Republican.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 8:43 am
By: Hood Richardson
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