There is one talking point that has become the go-to objection to eliminating North Carolina's state income taxes and replacing the revenue by expanding the sales tax: "This will shift the tax burden from the rich and onto the backs of the poor!"
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 6:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Or so said Shakespeare's Richard III, a fictional villain who may have borne at least some resemblance to the fellow just found buried under a parking lot in Leicester...
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Bill Cook visited Southside High School on January 25 to visit with administration, faculty, staff, and students.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 3:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Carolyn "Sarabeth" Sellers Latham, age 85, a resident of Chocowinity and a former resident of Leland, NC died Sunday February 10, 2013 at the home of her daughter Suzanne Whichard located at 513 Bay Lake Street, Chocowinity, NC.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 3:37 pm
By: Announcements
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What can be done about the ideological tilt at colleges and universities? At times, it seems as though the Ivory Tower will be forever lost in a fog of political correctness and collectivist dogma.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 1:28 pm
By: Jane Shaw
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The Child Care Commission made another attempt Feb. 4 to get a procedural committee that sifts through administrative rules to approve a controversial rule prohibiting religious instruction at NC Pre-K centers.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As a child growing up in the South, Columbus Copeland dreamed of playing college basketball and earning a college degree.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 10:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The leadership of the N.C. General Assembly, newly reinforced by a Republican governor, appeared to show its true colors this week. And they weren't pretty.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 4:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina features over 50 occupational licensing boards. The state licenses more occupations than most other states and is one of the more aggressive in licensing jobs for the poor or less educated.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 3:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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