Good constitutional structures are necessary, but not sufficient, to protect the American system of government. The nation needs civic virtue as well. That's the argument Robert George put forward in the 2014 John W. Pope Lecture at N.C. State University. George is McCormick professor of...
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 8:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During her 2008 U.S. Senate campaign, Kay Hagan promised North Carolinians she would be a "moderate" and "independent" voice in Washington.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 8:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The so-called legislative short session kicks off on Jones Street Wednesday. The N&O has already started smooching Phil Berger's posterior.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 7:09 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Gregory Poole Equipment Co. recently contributed $500 to the campaign mounted by the Beaufort County Community College Foundation to build a digital sign at the front of the campus along U.S. Highway 264.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 6:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory yesterday unveiled his recommended budget adjustments for the 2014-15 fiscal year. The governor's plan would make changes to the second year of the two-year state budget plan passed last year.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 5:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Government Contracting Specialists, Inc. (GCS, Inc.), a woman-owned company, will locate its offices in Currituck County. The company plans to create 60 new jobs and invest more than $325,000 over the next three...
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 5:37 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Until the mid-60s, the federal government had almost nothing to do with higher education, with college benefits for veterans under the GI Bill being the exception. But with the passage of the Higher Education Act, the government got massively into the student aid business.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 1:30 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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After Congress repealed in 1987 the federal mandate that states maintain a certificate-of-need program for health services, which had failed spectacularly to contain costs, 14 states opted to end their CON programs. North Carolina chose to remain a CON state.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 12:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At the beginning of every legislative session it is good to take stock of where North Carolina is and where it is headed.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 12:13 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A small fish that East Carolina University biologist Jeff McKinnon collected as a boy growing up in British Columbia will be the centerpiece of a study that could give insight to human genetics.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 12:09 pm
By: ECU News Services
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This year's short session of the General Assembly may live up to its name. Lawmakers return to the capital today for the first time since the historic 2013 session in which they reformed the tax code, cut taxes, enacted broad changes to election laws, fought back against Medicaid expansion and...
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 12:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) filed a bill on Thursday, May 15, 2014, that would authorize a purchase or exchange of federally owned land around Oregon Inlet in Dare County, N.C.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 7:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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