North Carolina's renewable energy portfolio standards (RPS) survived an attempt to cap and end the mandate last year as crony politics won out over protection of poor ratepayers.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 12:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In laying out its legal case against the state over elimination of teacher tenure, the North Carolina Association of Educators cites some of the same constitutional constructs of contract law that state employees used two decades ago to overturn the General Assembly's repeal of income tax exemptions
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sen. Bill Cook (R-District 1) announced today his support for a plan unveiled by Gov. Pat McCrory, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis to make North Carolina’s starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 11:47 am
By: Bill Cook
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Between January 11, 2014 and February 4, 2014, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received several reports including vehicle break-ins, lawnmower thefts, and an ATV theft in the River Road area of Washington, NC. Deputies took initial reports and the Sheriff’s Office began an investigation.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 11:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dr. Larry Dean McSwain PhD, age 64, a resident of 205 Shad Bend Drive, Washington, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice in Greenville.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 2:14 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Diana Foster Potter, age 63, a resident of 457 Rowe Lane, Blounts Creek, NC died Thursday February 13, 2014 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 2:14 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Rodney Thomas Moir, age 72, a longtime resident of the Small Community of Aurora and for the past several years a resident of 3909 Johns Lane, Bethel where he lived with his son in law and daughter, Julian and Kim Nelson, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2014.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 2:11 am
By: Announcements
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The Institute for Justice has joined the school choice fight in North Carolina. The Arlington, Va.-based libertarian legal defense group is representing parents of North Carolina children seeking to defend the state's recently enacted Opportunity Scholarship Program, often referred to as vouchers.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 1:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A select group of tutors at East Carolina University are now embedded in eight key college courses to provide a tutoring experience that reaches a greater number of students and is more meaningful to both faculty members and struggling students.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 1:18 am
By: ECU News Services
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 1:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 1:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As winter weather and precipitation have moved out of the state and temperatures are rising, road conditions are improving, but motorists should continue to use caution. Icy patches and black ice remain a danger in many areas.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 12:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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