Sixty-plus days past a July 1st deadline and North Carolina still has no state budget. One issue that many think is prolonging the current stalemate is what to do about teacher assistants (TAs). The best way to break the impasse is for the General Assembly to follow the state Senate's lead and...
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 8:13 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Anyone who writes or comments about politics will make predictions that fail to come true. I certainly have.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 5:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) presented a Purple Heart Medal to Vietnam Veteran James Michael Hess of Timberlake, North Carolina.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 5:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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No mater how hard you may be, this song from the past should take you to a better place.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 4:50 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Paying for college is not like paying for other goods and services. The eventual customers, college students, may not always feel the impact of rising college costs. Instead, parents and taxpayers often subsidize much of students' tuition.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 4:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A group of conservatives opposed to the death penalty have started raising awareness of their cause to state leaders.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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See the flier regarding our FREE breast cancer screenings in October. Please pass along to those who may be interested.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 3:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Conservative talk show host, Rod Eccles, visited with the ENC Tea Party and engaged its members on current issues and the Presidential race
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 2:55 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Eric Cantor is a young Virginia Republican who is wise beyond his years.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 2:41 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Ernest Leroy Davis, Sr., age 74, a resident of Washington, NC passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Roanoke Rehabilitation Center in Williamston.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 1:17 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Hughes Fairbanks Foster, Jr., age 62, a resident of 761 Cedar Village Road, Belhaven, died Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 12:51 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Mable Rivers Woolard Alligood, age 86, a resident of 325 E. 14th Street, Washington, died Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 12:38 pm
By: Announcements
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Two rural hospitals could be reopened under state legislation that includes the first substantive reform of North Carolina's certificate of need regulation.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 8:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An interesting item suddenly appeared this week in the N.C. Senate farm bill. This item made its appearance a few short days after the new state budget was finally approved. Among other things, the new budget ended North Carolina's longtime, exceedingly generous 35 percent investment tax credit...
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that DB Global Technology, Inc. will undertake a 250-job expansion over the coming two years at its software application development...
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 12:02 am
By: McCrory Communications
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