As I observed yesterday, the new budget plan for 2012-13 contains many good provisions. I admit to being frustrated, however, at the unwillingness of conferees to include $10 million to compensate victims of North Carolina's forced-sterilization program.
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 11:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate and House completed work on the 2012-13 state budget on Thursday, June 21, by adopting the joint conference report that makes changes to the second year of the state's biennial budget.
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 5:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Could it be that Thom Tillis doesn't think he can depend on Mattie to tote his agenda; that Mattie will actually represent the voters in her district?
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 2:15 pm
By: Ken Lang
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Beaufort County Community College has tapped one of its graduates to head its nurse aide programs and oversee the program*s move to a new building on campus.
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 12:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most people have heard the story of the little boy who cried wolf when there was no wolf. Now might be a good time for Pryor Gibson to revisit Aesop's Fables or the older quotes that bear witness to the same thought: when you make a habit of not telling the truth, people tend not to believe you.
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 8:28 am
By: Fern Shubert
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Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Cook Jackson, age 73, a resident of Washington, N.C. died Saturday, June 23, 2012.
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 2:09 am
By: Announcements
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Samuel Alfred "Buddy" Brickhouse, III, 48, a resident of 3190 NC Hwy 92 East, Washington, NC, went to heaven after a long and courageous battle with cancer on Sunday, June 24, 2012.
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 2:04 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. James Lacy “Jimmy” Johnson, Jr., age 75, a resident of 1218 Pamlico St., Washington, died Saturday June 23, 2012 at Clara Manor of Washington.
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 2:00 am
By: Announcements
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Wake County's decision not to put a half-cent sales tax referendum on the Nov. 6 general election ballot "is troubling" to Durham County officials, and will affect how they move forward with a tri-county regional transit plan featuring a mixture of light rail and expanded bus service.
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 1:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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