Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after the North Carolina Supreme Court ruling in McCrory v. Berger...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 11:53 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina Supreme Court justices are elected, not appointed, to their post. This is in contrast to states like Arizona where appellate judges are appointed by the governor, rather than elected by voters. Whether or not either method is a good or bad idea is not at issue in a new lawsuit...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 11:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Dr. Catherine Cabungcal, a board certified internal medicine physician, joined Vidant Internal Medicine - Washington on Dec. 28.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 10:43 am
By: Chris Downey
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In Great Britain, as in the United States, a growing moral consensus and a lack of political diversity among faculty and administrators is moving higher education away from the pursuit and transmission of knowledge in favour of the promotion of politically correct values
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 9:56 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Congress can save a lot of time with this bit of foolishness.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 3:06 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Today Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) reiterated his call for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate funding to dredge New River Inlet in Onslow County, North Carolina. In a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Jo-Ellen Darcy and Lt. General Thomas P. Bostick at the Army
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 3:01 am
By: Chris Downey
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Earlier in the month, Cook communicated his strong opposition to Herring and urged the Virginia Attorney General to reverse his decision.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 2:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate additional funding to dredge Eastern North Carolina's Oregon and Hatteras Inlets. In a letter sent today, Congressman Jones reminded Army Corps of Engineers leadership of the chronically poor navigation...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:58 am
By: Chris Downey
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Roy Cooper is not doing his job as attorney general and hard-working North Carolinians are paying the price. By siding with Washington, D.C. and not fighting the federal government's crushing regulations, Roy Cooper is punishing everyone from teachers to nurses to seniors on fixed incomes by...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:44 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Last week, a new finding about ideological imbalance made headlines all over the country. According to Matt Woessner, an associate professor of political science and public policy at Penn State Harrisburg, liberal professors now outnumber their conservative counterparts by a ratio of roughly 5 to 1.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Beaufort County Community College will offer several eight-week classes this spring to give those interested in enrolling in college or those who would like to add an additional class a chance to do so.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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More military veterans are choosing to make North Carolina their home, thanks, in part, to efforts by Governor Pat McCrory to make North Carolina the most veteran friendly state in the nation.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:19 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Wake County Public Schools are growing at a slower rate than expected, and the reasons for this trend illuminate the growing gap between what the traditional public schools offer and what many parents want for their children.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:58 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-4) introduced legislation to de-authorize the post-speaker office that retired speakers enjoy for up to five years after they leave office. The practice started in 1971 when former Speaker John McCormack retired. In the...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:46 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following video reflecting on the past year and his initiatives to strengthen education, create jobs and career opportunities, build new roads that connect our communities and reform government to make it more accountable and efficient
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:42 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee approved a "megabus" bill (S.425) that includes three bipartisan bills introduced by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) aimed at improving educational opportunities for veterans and their families. On Veterans Day, two of these bills were endorsed by...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:40 am
By: Chris Downey
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Drift along with the tumbling tumbleweeds while you travel with the Beaufort County Community College Foundation to America's Cowboy Country on an eight-day trip to the western United States.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This year is perhaps the most important election of our lifetime. In the month of February we kick off the political season as registered voters participate at the town level by selecting their voting Delegates to the annual Dare County Convention.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tillis Applauds Committee Passage Of Legislation To Protect America From Intellectual Property TheftToday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded the Committee's passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, of which he is an original cosponsor.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:04 am
By: Chris Downey
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Attached is the agenda for Monday February 01, 2016 at 5:30 at the Courthouse, Superior Court Room 218 .
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 11:46 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today the state has accepted a $1.5 million offer on the 147-year-old Heck-Andrews House, a result of the governor's Project Phoenix revitalization program. The sale will be considered for final approval by the Council of State next Tuesday.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 2:32 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory joined 28 states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's federal power plan while a legal challenge makes its way through the lower courts.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 4:37 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has joined a bipartisan group of Senators to designate the week of January 24-30, 2016 as "National School Choice Week" and recognize that a diversity of choices in K-12 education helps meet the individual needs and strengths of children.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 9:22 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Columbus area residents are going to get to be the first in the state to experience North Carolina's new mobile DMV office. The office, which carries two driver license examiner stations, is part of Governor Pat McCrory's initiative to improve customer service and reduce wait times at the DMV.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 9:17 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Mr. Thomas Brown "Tom" Lewis, age 72, a resident of 674 Ephesus Church Road, Chocowinity, died Thursday, January 28, 2016 at his home.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 2:09 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Jack Allan Clark, age 65, a resident of the Ponzer Community, died Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at his home.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 2:02 pm
By: Announcements
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Luksana "Luk" Srisa-Ard Haddock, age 63, a resident of The Pamlico Village Community of Washington, NC, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at Vidant Pitt in Greenville, NC.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 1:55 pm
By: Announcements
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As North Carolina nears the 20th anniversary of the law that opened the door to public charter schools in the state, 82,000 students are enrolled now in charter schools
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 8:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement on North Carolina's latest unemployment numbers
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 3:27 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and Assistant Secretary for Rural Economic Development Dr. Patricia Mitchell announced today that the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 15 grant requests totaling $3,039,244.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 12:16 am
By: McCrory Communications
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There have been quite a few races in recent years where I wish I had that choice on the ballot. But, according to the recently released sample ballots for May, we will have that choice for the GOP presidential primary.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 12:11 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Not only did our server go down, but we lost nearly two and one half months of data, in short, posts, well considered posts gone.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 12:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory invites college students in North Carolina to apply for the State of N.C. Internship Program for Summer 2016.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:55 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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