Barack Obama was right about health insurance mandates. Back in 2008, I mean, when he was competing with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. The two senators disagreed about whether, as part of comprehensive health insurance reform, the federal government should require...
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 6:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the original 13 states came together to discuss the possibility of establishing a confederacy, at the urging of Benjamin Franklin ("Join or Die"), they did so with a great deal of hope, but also a great deal of trepidation.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 6:16 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Mrs. Lula Mae Squires Jefferson, age 92, a resident of 4984 Reedy Branch Rd., Winterville, and a former resident of 270 Pocosin Rd. Washington, NC, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at her home.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 6:11 pm
By: Announcements
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Early career teachers will get pay raises starting in the fiscal year beginning July 1, and teachers with up to seven years of service will collect double-digit percentage increases, Gov. Pat McCrory announced Monday. The package is expected to cost less than $200 million and will not require a...
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 5:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Etta "Annale" Johnson McClure, age 88, a former resident of Aurora, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:55 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Ora Dell A. Avery, age 96, a resident of 10149 US Hwy. 17 S., Vanceboro, died Friday, February 14, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:53 pm
By: Announcements
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This week Gov. McCrory, Lt. Gov. Forest, House Speaker Tillis, and I announced our plan to make North Carolina's starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Education leaders from Washington and Tyrrell counties met at Beaufort County Community College recently for an update on new programs at the college.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"When guns are outlawed," the adage goes, "only outlaws will have guns."
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Like many of you, I am concerned about the state of our beloved university. Among its many prominent problems are the alleged fraud by a former academic department chairman concerning "no-show" classes that gave academic credits to athletes and the report by an academic adviser, disputed by universi
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 2:09 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Following a narrow defeat in her run for NC House Representatives for District 6 in 2012, long-time Republican and Dare County resident Mattie Lawson has maintained an active role in local issues of concern to Eastern North Carolina citizens.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 2:02 am
By: Mattie Lawson
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Local governments should focus on using existing revenues more efficiently, monitoring the effectiveness of school funding, and simplifying rules for land use and zoning. Those are three key recommendations in the John Locke Foundation's new City and County Issue Guide 2014.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 2:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican leaders in Raleigh are hoping to make political gains by getting behind Gov. Pat McCrory's call for a teacher pay raise:
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis announced on Monday a unified strategy to make North Carolina's starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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