In Raleigh, the McCrory Department of Commerce is doing quite a bit of cheerleading for special taxpayer-provided incentives to lure business to North Carolina.
Published: Monday, May 26th, 2014 @ 8:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Human beings have debated the proper scope and purpose of government ever since the formal institution of government was invented.
Published: Monday, May 26th, 2014 @ 7:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Where was Stan? Why wasn't he out pandering for votes? Why did he not spend record amounts of money like everyone else running for county commissioner?
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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My thanks to George Leef for his April 23 review of my book Why Higher Education SHOULD Have a Leftist Bias. I brought the book to his attention with a copy of an open letter to the officials of several conservative scholarly organizations including the Pope Center, reiterating the appeal in my...
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 3:29 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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One of the attorneys hoping to dissolve Obamacare through a lawsuit challenging the health reform act's Independent Payment Advisory Board said the deaths and mismanagement recently reported at Veterans Administration hospitals are "a great preview" of what lies in store if the health care law is...
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 3:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for June /July, 2014.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 3:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Why should my taxes be used to favor your friends and their private interests?
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 12:49 pm
By: Warren Smith
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The U.S. Department of Education has collected data on teacher shortage areas since the early 1990s.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 12:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University's Project STEPP program, which supports students with learning disabilities who aspire to achieve a college education, has received a nearly $950,000 donation from Walter and Marie Williams of Greenville.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 11:37 am
By: ECU News Services
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Lucille Shaw Roberson, 89, of Williamston, died Friday, May 23, 2014, at Martin General Hospital.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 10:19 am
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Highland Industries is expanding its North Carolina manufacturing operations in Iredell County. The company plans to create 29 jobs and invest $8.25 million over the next three years in Statesville.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 10:11 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Essie Gertrude Wiggins Floyd, age 94, a resident of Hwy 264 E., Washington, passed away Friday, May 23, 2014.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 10:09 am
By: Announcements
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At the national level, Republicans have surrendered on taxes, debt, gays in the military, ObamaCare and amnesty. On the state level, the NCGOP is in the midst of surrendering on ObamaCare, taxes, and amnesty.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 10:00 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Serving on the vestry of Saint Thomas Parish in Bath with the (supposedly hanged) pirate, Edward Salter is Blackbeard's widow's second husband, John Barrow.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 9:35 am
By: Eugene Bowers Grant, Jr
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Your letter to Lucille is interesting. She, like my sister, is suffering from "being tied up in nots" = thou shalt not do this and that! She takes great pride in the Dean's List, but was driven to perfection by our Baby Boom ideals and religion of the South.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 9:30 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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The county and state budgets are no different from your household budget. Governments, other than the Federal Government, can not spend more than they take in.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 12:38 am
By: Hood Richardson
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A survey of nearly 900 academic studies from the past quarter-century shows North Carolina has been moving in the right direction on education reform in recent years. That's a key conclusion from a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 8:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the U.S. Senate, Kay Hagan has voted for President Obama's liberal agenda a staggering 95 percent of the time, which includes casting the deciding vote for ObamaCare.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 8:55 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted in favor of legislation aimed at improving accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 8:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Career Readiness Class for Nurse Aide I students to begin at BCCC
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 7:14 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Think that the quality of political debate in North Carolina is low and declining? I agree. For a recent, telling example of the problem, consider the debate about North Carolina's participation in Common Core.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 3:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement after North Carolina's unemployment rate decreased again to 6.2 percent in April, adding over 14,000 jobs in the past month and nearly 70,000 over the last year...
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 3:27 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Last week the North Carolina General Assembly reconvened for the short session and there is no shortage of work to be done.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 3:25 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Last week the North Carolina General Assembly reconvened for the short session and there is no shortage of work to be done.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 3:07 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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This study synthesizes findings from 888 articles published in peer-reviewed journals or by the National Bureau of Economic Research since 1990. We focus on studies that explore relationships between inputs or policies (such as per-pupil expenditure, average teacher salary, class size...
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 3:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On April 25, 2014, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received reports of two residential break-ins on Joyce Lane in Washington, NC.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 2:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sarah Elizabeth "Mom" Francis Carnes, 83, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2014.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 12:21 pm
By: Announcements
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A Memorial Service for Willie Ralph Lawrence (formerly of Beaufort County) will be 2:30pm Sunday, May 25, 2014 at the LR Randolph Chapel. Washington.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 10:37 am
By: Announcements
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Well, it appears Robert Brawley's political career on Jones Street and his relationship with the NCGOP powers that be — swims with the fishes. Just like Luca Brasi.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 9:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Theater arts, physical therapy, nursing, engineering and business are a few of the planned fields of study for 20 incoming freshmen selected for East Carolina University's prestigious EC Scholars Program.
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 9:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Blackbeard, if not a native son of the Bath area, was an adopted son with blood relatives living in the area. He had the trust of the local families. He organized a core of about 20 men from the Bath area. The majority of these men were connected by blood.
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 9:58 pm
By: Eugene Bowers Grant, Jr
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More than perhaps any other public facility the Legislative Building and Capitol are symbols of our government at work. While everyone owns them, no person or group has permanent rights to them.
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 9:48 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Have we already forgotten the behavior of Jim Black? Do we not remember his secret meetings in IHOP bathrooms? We don’t know that such hijinks are involved in this SB 783 – but such legislation naturally lends itself to corruption.
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 9:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that financial assistance is available to help individuals and business owners recover from damages caused by the April 25 tornadoes that struck eastern North Carolina. The governor received a U.S. Small Business Administration disaster declaration for...
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 9:37 pm
By: Chris Downey
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