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College syllabi are handed out en masse at the beginning of a course for students. Sometimes they're kept and carefully followed; sometimes they're tossed away when the student decides not to take the course after all. Professors often post their syllabi online. They're certainly not treated like cr
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 8:55 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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If it were to succeed, the campaign to hike - or worse, double - the minimum wage would have serious negative repercussions for the young, least skilled, and least employable. Previous newsletters have explored in depth this well-known negative policy consequence. It's one of the issues about...
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 7:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On October 17th, 2014 at approximately 11:45 p.m., the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report of an assault in progress at 2410 West 5th Street in Washington, NC. Deputies responded to the scene and were assisted by members of the Washington Police Department. Once on scene, Deputies...
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 7:48 pm
By: Chris Downey
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It asks a serious question: How do you know if what history tells is accurate and truthful?
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 7:41 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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The national hysteria over sexual assault on college campuses is approaching a frightening crescendo.
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 6:52 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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How much of your money is spent to educate one high school graduate in North Carolina? $50,000? $75,000? Our new analysis shows that North Carolina taxpayers spend about $150,000 for each student who receives a high school diploma...
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 6:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement:
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 6:20 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Ernest Milton Bright, age 77, a resident of New Bern, NC passed away Thursday, October 23, 2014.
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 4:19 pm
By: Announcements
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Jimmy Carraway Hardison II, age 22, of Washington and Raleigh died Wednesday, October 22, 2014.
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 3:54 pm
By: Announcements
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The latest federal employment report delivers excellent news for North Carolina. That's the assessment from the John Locke Foundation's chairman, who notes that state employers added 14,000 new jobs in September. That means a net employment gain of 108,500 over the past year.
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 12:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Please click on the link to access the agenda for the October 27, 2014 City Council meeting
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 12:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most enzymes spend their lives breaking down proteins to benefit their host organisms, so East Carolina University biochemist Lance Bridges has an apt description for one he's investigating that apparently does nothing.
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 12:08 am
By: ECU News Services
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It's autumn, and like many citizens of North Carolina, my husband and I recently went to the mountains to view the splendor of the Appalachian leaf display. We purchased a bushel of North Carolina apples, ate at some of the local restaurants, and walked around the small towns in our state's...
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 7:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is raising strong objections to the National Park Service's push for unprecedented new restrictions on public access to Cape Lookout National Seashore.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 7:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 7:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Ralph Watson Elks, age 90, a resident of 756 Elks Road, Chocowinity, died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at his home.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 5:28 pm
By: Announcements
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In most states, community colleges offer only associate degrees in nursing, which require two to three years of education. But in five states Florida, Indiana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Washington they offer a four-year nursing bachelor's degree.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 4:49 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Stop the Jail Ballot Recommendations
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 3:59 pm
By: David Winstead
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In 1925, advertising executive and future Congressman Bruce Barton wrote the book that made his national reputation, The Man Nobody Knows. In it, he imagined what Jesus Christ would be like if he resided in the modern world. Barton drew lessons from his thought experiment about business, personal re
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Have you ever wondered who is in charge of Political Correctness?? It's the PC Police. But that still doesn't answer the question
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 2:07 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Two of the more reliable conservative legislators in the state House are urging voters in their districts — and those outside — to vote down the proposed amendment to the state constitution on the November ballot.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:55 am
By: Brant Clifton
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As fears about Ebola continue to spread much faster than the virus itself, experts from East Carolina University offered their perspectives on the issue during a panel discussion on Oct. 16.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:47 am
By: ECU News Services
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An important deadline for compensating victims of North Carolina's forced-sterilization program may pass with very few victims qualifying. That isn't good news.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory praised the economic and cultural impact of the Fall 2014 High Point Market today during a visit to the furniture exposition.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:32 am
By: Chris Downey
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The Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees earlier this month expanded its tobacco-free policy to include electronic cigarettes and other electronic delivery systems in its campus-wide tobacco ban.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:29 am
By: Judy Jennette
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I enjoyed the Thursday opportunity to hear from all but one of the candidates for NC House and Senate.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:20 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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The Supreme Court has taken up a North Carolina case that could have far-reaching impacts on state licensure. Given that occupational licensing is a modern-day guild system making it harder for people to find work – or find workers – that would be an effect greatly to be wished.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Margaret Ann Stowe Hargett, 89, died peacefully October 17, 2014 at her home in Wilmington, NC.
Published: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 @ 4:53 pm
By: Announcements
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Timothy Peele, of 7202 Terra Ceia Rd., Pantego, died Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 @ 4:36 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Beverly June Brundage passed away peacefully at Cypress Glen Retirement Community on October 2, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 @ 4:29 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Paul Lawrence Fehrenbacher, age 81, of 181 Hilltop Lane, Washington, N.C., died peacefully at his home Monday October 20, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 @ 4:02 pm
By: Announcements
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