Fisher v. Texas was one of the first cases heard in the Supreme Court's term this season and one of the last to be decided. Whatever the reason for the long delay, the justices took the path of least resistance and decided to remand the case back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Therefore...
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 11:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The Grand Jury returned True Bills of Indictment charging, Jerry Wayne Davis, age 38, of Brick Kiln Road in Washington with two(2) counts of Felony Insurance Fraud and one(1) count of Conspiracy to Obtain Property By False Pretenses.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 10:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In addition to the adoption of the fiscal year budget, early Tax Revaluation was on the Beaufort County Commissioner's agenda for discussion at their June monthly meeting.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 10:23 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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A multimillion-dollar computer system to collect and analyze massive amounts of statewide medical data and designed to improve North Carolina health...
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 10:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is abundantly clear that real tax reform is needed in North Carolina - our state has the highest taxes in the Southeast and one of the worst business climates and unemployment rates in the country.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
By: Bill Cook
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First Lady Ann McCrory and Representative Jason Saine released the following statement urging Senators to take action on House Bill 930, bipartisan legislation that establishes basic standards of care for large commercial dog breeding facilities and helps ensure that all dogs are treated humanely.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 10:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The core problem with President Barack Obama's speech on climate change is that it rejects environmental science in favor of the utopian idea that we can, acting collectively, control the weather.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 10:17 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Mr. Walter Clifford Warren, age 80, a resident of the Pamlico Plantation Community, Washington, NC, passed away Saturday, June 22, 2013.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 9:40 pm
By: Announcements
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Few pieces of education legislation filed this year have been subject to more debate than House Bill 944: Opportunity Scholarship Act.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Practitioners from Behavioral Health at Vidant Medical Center and Vidant Bertie Hospital will offer a free sensitivity training session featuring the Virtual Dementia TourŪ, a scientifically proven method of building a greater understanding of dementia through the use of sensory tools
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 2:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Valeria Lee, chair of the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center board of directors, has announced a plan of action for reviewing the organization's procedures for awarding, monitoring and reporting grants.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 1:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a misnamed article, "Common Core is a conservative victory," Republican education reformers Chester Finn and Michael Petrilli used a recent News &Observer op-ed to try and persuade North Carolina conservatives to support the new national Common Core education standards.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 4:25 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Tutco, Inc. will expand its manufacturing facility in Buncombe County.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 4:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, I had a five minute chat with the Washington's Electric Utilities Director Keith Hardt about what caused last night's blackout on the east side of Washington.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 3:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Are your kids between the ages of 7 and 11? Do they have an interest in nature? If so, sign them up to become a Junior Ranger of Goose Creek State Park.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 3:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Regulatory policy is about striking a proper balance. Virtually no one disagrees with the propriety of government designing, promulgating, and enforcing...
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 3:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As a professor in a business school, each semester I strive to make my courses relevant for students. For readers who are not well-versed in the ins-and-out of B-Schools, my admission may be a bit of a surprise. But politicized majors (e.g., gender studies) are not the only disciplines that...
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 3:05 am
By: John William Pope Center
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