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In a misnamed article, "Common Core is a conservative victory," Republican education reformers Chester Finn and Michael Petrilli used a recent News &Observer op-ed to try and persuade North Carolina conservatives to support the new national Common Core education standards.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 4:25 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Tutco, Inc. will expand its manufacturing facility in Buncombe County.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 4:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, I had a five minute chat with the Washington's Electric Utilities Director Keith Hardt about what caused last night's blackout on the east side of Washington.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 3:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Are your kids between the ages of 7 and 11? Do they have an interest in nature? If so, sign them up to become a Junior Ranger of Goose Creek State Park.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 3:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Regulatory policy is about striking a proper balance. Virtually no one disagrees with the propriety of government designing, promulgating, and enforcing...
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 3:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As a professor in a business school, each semester I strive to make my courses relevant for students. For readers who are not well-versed in the ins-and-out of B-Schools, my admission may be a bit of a surprise. But politicized majors (e.g., gender studies) are not the only disciplines that...
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 3:05 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Rob "Mr. Politics" Christensen says North Carolina politics has gone from "polarized to paranoid."
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 9:06 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina could save more than $3 billion in Medicaid prescription costs over the coming decade by negotiating discounts through pharmacy networks...
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 5:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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These are issues that must be addressed by the entire board to fulfill our fiduciary and legal duties to every taxpayer in our state. The board should immediately hire an independent forensic auditor to begin a review process.
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 5:08 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Spend any time with the participants of two annual camps run by East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine and your first question may be, "Where are all the sick kids?"
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 4:05 pm
By: ECU News Services
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"North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, who didn't go to Paris, scored the first aviation-related economic development plum for the region when GE Aviation announced plans to invest $195 million over the next five years and create 242 new jobs at its four facilities in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 3:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N&O and Char-O ran an in-depth two part series examining the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center.
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 9:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The City of Washington Utilities has a huge blackout in Mac'swood and east of Washington from Bonner Street to the east. This was realated to me by the officers that run the 911 service.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 11:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Regulation imposes significant costs on the economy through deadweight loss - i.e., labor and capital employed in complying with government edicts and red tape, as opposed to being used for productive purposes.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 9:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here in Moore County, the owners of our local thrice twice-weekly Peabody Award-winning, hallucination-inducing newspaper are the same bunch who perfected the concept of lefty media bias over decades at The Raleigh News & Observer.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 5:39 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following direct appointments today
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 3:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. William Moore, a resident of 250 West 131st Street, New York, N.Y., died Monday, June 17, 2013.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 1:17 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Lee Scott Alligood, age 62, a resident of 125 Singleton St., Washington, died Friday June 21, 2013.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 1:08 pm
By: Announcements
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Hashawn Tyrell Cherry, known as Shawn Moore, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, as a result of drowning.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 1:01 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Walter Warren, age 80, a resident of the Pamlico Plantation community, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 12:53 pm
By: Announcements
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A government reform group is making another push for changes in the way North Carolina draws legislative maps as the...
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On the front page of the Sunday June 8, 2013 Washington Daily News was an article titled "SBI Move Concerns Local Officials". The Daily News has been supporting those good old boy Democrats during the past few days.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 8:58 am
By: Hood Richardson
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To go over all the instances of favoritism over the center's past 26 years would be overwhelming. The following examples are from the last year alone, when the Rural Center was involved in over 800 projects.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 5:06 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The James and Connie Maynard Children's Hospital at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville officially opened today (June 20) with officials predicting that it will become a special healing place for the hundreds of thousands of children whose families live east of I-95.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 2:40 pm
By: ECU News Services
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I got your attention didn’t I? Well, if you are a major car enthusiast, I’m going to lose you very quickly.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 2:22 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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"High-tech research companies like DB Global Technology, Inc. know that North Carolina is just the place for their business to grow," said Governor McCrory.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 11:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The debate about health care reform has long been fraught with persistent myths and inaccurate claims. Here's another one to add to the list: Obamacare...
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 10:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an interview, Tillis said the two chambers need to breach a "philosophical" divide - one that may take days, if not longer, to reconcile.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 10:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Mr. William Easley Pace II, 71, of West Jefferson passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 9:42 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Lee Scott Alligood, age 63, a resident of 125 Singleton Street, Washington, NC died Friday, June 21, 2013.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 9:35 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Claire Sallade Boden, age 76, a resident of the Pamlico Plantation Community, Washington, NC, formerly of Beaver, PA, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2013.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 9:29 am
By: Announcements
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This week's Bad Bill of the Week has the intention of removing a barrier to employment opportunities for people with a criminal record, but like previous Bad Bills relating to employment, this one has unintended consequences that must be pointed out.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 12:09 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Tax reform legislation working its way through the General Assembly could affect a Taxpayer Bill of Rights measure originally intended to return...
Published: Friday, June 21st, 2013 @ 10:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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