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Lawmakers wrapped up the 2013 legislative session with a bill embracing broad regulatory reform. The 68-page bill crossed into several functions of state...
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 11:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In response to inquiries, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed today that it has suspended the license of a medical clinic in Asheville, N.C, which specializes in abortions.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 11:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Odessa J. Ford, age 95, a resident of Aurora, NC died Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at her home.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 11:29 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Pocahontas Lanier Rutledge, 84, a resident of Washington, NC died Wednesday July 31, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 11:24 pm
By: Announcements
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After a weekend of online chatter, media spin, and political fulminations, there can be no doubt that the end of the 2013 legislative session was, in truth, the start of the 2014 election cycle.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 10:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Syngenta, one of the largest agribusiness companies in the world, will expand its crop protection and seed development operations in Durham County.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 10:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When Rick Anderson was growing up in Illinois, he dreamed of a career as a professional baseball player. That dream ended in college after surgeries to his knees led professional scouts to see Anderson as a less than desirable prospect.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 9:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As the dust settles on the landmark 2013 North Carolina legislative session, conservatives can look upon the accomplishments of the state legislature and find much to celebrate.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 8:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Lawmakers adopted a 2013-14 budget conference report authorizing $7.9 billion in General Fund spending on K-12 education, which is up 4.8 percent over the $7.5 billion budget enacted for the 2012-13 fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 5:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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one of the Tea Party's vanguards - has released its latest scorecards evaluating lawmakers on how they vote in terms of the limited government agenda. Lawmakers were assigned percentage-based scores ranging from 1(liberal) to 100 (perfect conservative).
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 5:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It's interesting. The Reps reportedly have decided that it might be a good idea to separate the Food Stamp Program from the Farm Subsidies contained in the so called Farm Bill.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 3:06 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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At approximately 12:30 am, July 31 2013, the Washington Fire & EMS, the Washington Police Department and several Beaufort County Volunteer Fire Departments responded to a structure fire at Highland Apartments on Quail Drive in Washington N.C.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 2:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina businesses have struggled mightily against the 15,000+ new regulations, amendments and rules that have been implemented in our state over the past decade. Our high unemployment rate and stagnant growth are proof that you cannot regulate an economy into riches.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 1:33 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Mark Gorges (New Hanover County) - Gorges is currently a Partnership Developer with Castle Branch, Inc. He also serves as CEO and President of Seaward Action, Inc., developing several marine-related brands of services and products.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 11:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is said that the 4th century Christian scholar and theologian St. Jerome may have originated the popular proverb "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 10:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government in the United States includes the understanding of three terms: Self-government, sovereignty, and social compact. Sovereignty is the inherent and independent right to do all that is necessary to govern oneself.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 1:42 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Windsor Mayor James Hoggard's mom couldn't keep him out of the water when he was a boy. He grew up hunting and fishing on the Roanoke and Cashie rivers...
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 1:37 am
By: ECU News Services
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McClatchy and WRAL try oh-so-hard to convince us that Moral Monday is an honest-to-God grassroots uprising. *Folks are standing up against the state's slide into fascist totalitarianism.*
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 1:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Between April 1, 2013 and July 16, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received several reports of breaking and entering and larcenies in the areas of Camp Leach Road in Washington and Old Pamlico Beach Road in Belhaven.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 12:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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