A new Commerce Department program designed to consolidate information collected by the state on job openings and career development is expected to reduce taxpayer spending by roughly $800,000 a year compared with outlays on existing programs. But several lawmakers question whether the state...
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 11:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Another continuing education class representing business perspective is available at Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 1:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In part I of this two-part series on the shape and direction of education reform in North Carolina, we looked behind the education budget numbers. Now in Part II we discuss this year's legislative steps to address concerns about student achievement, teacher salaries and school vouchers.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 11:04 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Supreme Court has never ruled that the state constitution requires the delivery of early childhood services to all preschoolers, or even to all low-income preschoolers.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is a shame that the Republicans did not have the intestinal fortitude to stay the course, and the result is that you (Republicans) will be blamed for the shut down.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 10:41 am
By: Michael Speciale
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Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) announced his endorsement of Dr. Greg Brannon for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 2:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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WRAL's Mark "Binky" Binker - Cagney to Laura Leslie's Lacey - has had the North Carolina political world atwitter over his reporting about DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos' recent appearance before a legislative committee.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 2:26 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Mr. Robert Gray Womble, age 72, a resident of 6255 Clarks Neck Road, Washington died Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 2:14 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Richard "Rick" Black Swain, age 59, a resident of 20456 NC Hwy. 32 N., Plymouth, died Tuesday, October 15, 2013.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 2:11 am
By: Announcements
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Ronnie “Bubba” Earl Spruill, Jr., 49, of 2752 Long Ridge Road, Pinetown, died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 1:20 am
By: Announcements
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The governor has been leading roundtables around the state to see just how businesses and educational institutions can complement each other and work together to improve the state's economic outlook.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 12:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the most famous phrases in American oratory is the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s statement in his March on Washington speech that he looked forward to the day when all people would be judged not on the color of their skin, but on the content of their character.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 12:06 am
By: John William Pope Center
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