Projections about a mass teacher exodus in North Carolina sparked by Republican legislative policies not only have failed to materialize, but also turnover rates declined last year, according to an annual report issued by the state Department of Public Instruction.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Janet Cutler, a certified family nurse practitioner will be joining Vidant Family Medicine- Belhaven located at 216 Haslin Street.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 11:00 pm
By: Chris Downey
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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: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, yet another study claiming that expanding Medicaid in North Carolina will create tens of thousands of jobs was released and dutifully reported by the media. The findings of such studies, however, are based upon a fatally flawed assumption that Medicaid coverage equates to access to...
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 10:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Cellists, pianists, violinists and violists from around the world have converged at East Carolina University for its first-ever Winter Workshop.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 10:49 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Today I am announcing that I am changing my party affiliation to Unaffiliated. This has been a difficult decision as I have been a Democrat since I first registered to vote.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 10:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Incoming House majority leader Mike Hager is trying to open up the decision making process in the General Assembly's lower chamber.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 7:44 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I've been writing about media bias for 20-plus years, since that day in the early '90s when the scales fell from my eyes and I saw what was happening in my chosen profession. I was managing editor of The Herald-Sun in Durham, and I began seeing things I didn't like, not only in the national media, b
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 2:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We know the public position of Dick Cheney that the evil terrorists deserved being tortured.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 2:14 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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On 1-8-2015, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Kasey Demon Bragg, 37 years of age, of 103 Third Street in Aurora. Bragg was charged with Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 12:37 pm
By: Chris Downey
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One of the most honest and revealing academic articles in a long time will soon be published in the premier journal in social psychology.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 11:46 am
By: John William Pope Center
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A new report from the Center for American Progress claims that the "Great Recession" devastated public university investments nationwide. Specifically, it says that over a five-year period, tuition has skyrocketed, states have withdrawn public investment, and low-income families have been pushed...
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 11:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Thom Tillis takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 12:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's film tax incentives program has changed significantly. Formerly a refundable tax credit of 25 percent of qualifying production expenses capped at $20 million per production, the program now is a $10 million grant program.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Because of the tremendous benefits conferred by better education, it would be great if policymakers knew precisely what silver bullets to fire to eliminate obstacles to higher achievement.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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