The Round Rev and his rabble regularly showed up at The Legislative Building in Raleigh over the last year demanding that education spending and teacher pay be elevated to at least match "the national average."
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 10:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Last August, the Obama administration floated the idea of a federal college rating system. The basic idea is to reward colleges that score well in the metrics of the system by allowing students who enroll in them to receive larger Pell grants. Conversely, colleges that scored poorly would only be...
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 6:04 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that InterFlex Acquisition Company, LLC will be expanding its operations in Wilkes County.
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 1:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ideas that look desirable or at least workable on paper can prove to be unworkable or even disastrous when applied to the real world. Just ask the millions of Americans who, under Obamacare, have lost health plans they liked, been forced to buy more-expensive plans they don't much like, or began...
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 1:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, January 6, 2014
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 12:32 pm
By: Anna Deatherage
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Education leaders and some politicians for years have urged that pay for educators in North Carolina be at "the national average," a goal used for no other employment sector in the state as a metric to gauge the appropriateness of pay.
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 11:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The great American ethic is that money will buy anything. It is particularly true in the political world. We try to buy everything from international friendship to better schools to votes to taxpayer support for some behavior that politicians believe we should embrace.
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 11:47 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Classes in a new Certified Production Technician program at Beaufort County Community College are scheduled to begin Monday, Jan. 27, college officials announced this week.
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 9:28 am
By: Anna Deatherage
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We are going to be visited by one of the sneakiest most dangerous weather events known: Wind Chill near or below zero!
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 9:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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