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Medicaid takes a serious bite out of North Carolina's budget. Of the General Fund's $5 billion allocated to the Department of Health and Human Services, Medicaid devours a solid $3 billion. But if we step back and account for Medicaid's total cost - state and federal funds combined - tax...
Published: Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week we started the possess of looking at the differences between the State Senate and State House budgets.
Published: Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 @ 8:16 am
By: Bill Cook
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Saturday, June 21st, 2014 @ 9:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement following the signing of Senate Bill 574.
Published: Saturday, June 21st, 2014 @ 8:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina House released its budget plan for FY 2014-15, which would spend $21.09 billion. The total would be a 2.3 percent increase over the current fiscal year’s budget.
Published: Saturday, June 21st, 2014 @ 8:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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We've had that rotund, jheri-curled oaf Bill Barber out there for months hollering about the white Republicans on Jones Street.
Published: Saturday, June 21st, 2014 @ 6:41 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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There is a deep schism in the Republican party, from Virginia's 7th Congressional District to Beaufort County, North Carolina, and beyond, where the truth from the People portends that the chasm will only widen.
Published: Saturday, June 21st, 2014 @ 1:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Senate proposes reducing the state Department of Public Instruction's budget by 30 percent, while the House proposes a 1 percent cut. Should North Carolina put DPI on a diet?
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some East Carolina University students headed for military service are honing their marksmanship and decision-making skills at a simulated firing range on campus.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 5:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Last night, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted in favor of a provision to rein in the government's unlawful spying on U.S. citizens.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 5:23 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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You may have noticed on the internet, as well as any digital medium, some material acts in a similar way,or looks complementary as another non-related application.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 5:22 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Jarrod Harris Performs Stand-Up at Washington's Turnage Theatre This Weekend.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 4:24 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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On June 19, 2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Stacy Coveil Holloway, age 50, of 464 Pantego Street in Belhaven and James Ross, age 68, of 1284 Swamp Road in Pantego.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 3:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is nothing moral about the way military veterans are treated by the VA – unless you are a government union boss. J. David Cox Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 12:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The 7th Annual Juried Photography Exhibit by the Beaufort County Arts Council (BCAC) is scheduled for July 18 - August 17 in the BCAC Gallery at the historic Turnage Theatre in downtown Washington.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 12:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hampton (Hamp) Bennett Allen, Jr., 79 of Surfside Beach, SC passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 11:11 am
By: Announcements
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Mary Southall Shelburne McLaurin, 99, a resident of River Landing at Sandy Ridge in Colfax, NC, died on Wednesday, June 18, 2014.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 11:02 am
By: Announcements
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Virginia “Ginger” Gerard Mickey, 67, passed away Tuesday, June 17,2014 at Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 10:50 am
By: Announcements
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H. Warren Rohlfs, 94, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 10:34 am
By: Announcements
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"Obama admits that Taliban prisoner swap for Bergdahl could put Americans in danger. He also acknowledged that the Taliban fighters could once again engage in efforts that are detrimental to U.S. security."
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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"Logrolling" is a budgeting technique whereby each chamber negotiates with the other for inclusion of specific line items in the final spending plan.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University is partnering on a comprehensive, hands-on initiative aimed at fueling a regional advanced manufacturing and innovation workforce beginning with middle school students.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The N.C. Division of Workforce Solutions is realigning its services to better meet the needs of North Carolina job seekers and businesses following reductions in the Division’s federal and state funding.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:28 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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House Majority leader Eric Cantor spent years running around the country meddling in other people's primaries.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 9:55 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory signed four bills today.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 6:53 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Even though the Senate has yet to reject the House’s version of the 2014-15 general fund budget (final House passage came Friday, a day after senators left town), negotiators from both chambers will get to work this week hammering out a compromise of the $21.1 billion spending plan.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The East Carolina Heart Institute has received the highest quality rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 6:47 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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On Thursday, June 19, 2014 the Washington Police arrested Tiquan Mciver, age 21 of East 8th street.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 6:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A special meeting of the Washington City Council will be held on Monday, June 23, 2014 at 5:30pm in the City Council Chambers in order to present the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Budget.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 4:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Changes are coming to our committee structure following a recent day-long retreat by members of our leadership team.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 4:35 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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The Duke Endowment has approved a $1.5 million grant to the NC Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Rural Health and Community Care for further expansion of the Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP).
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 4:30 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Julius Sylvester "Buster" Tetterton, age 67, a resident of White Post Rd., Pinetown, NC,passed away Sunday, June 15, 2014.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:45 am
By: Announcements
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Baby boy Greyson Lee Lewis, age 7 months of Washington passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 9:29 am
By: Announcements
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One quality that makes charter and private schools effective in educating children is their ability to operate efficiently.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 8:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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