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With the House passing a $21.735 billion General Fund budget by an 81-33 vote early Friday morning, and Gov. Pat McCrory saying he would approve the spending plan, lawmakers will shift their focus to outstanding items such as a $2 billion bond package and Medicaid reform before adjourning.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 7:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is hard to memorize Shakespeare, be a soda jerk and flirt with a preacher's daughter, but I did my best.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 4:48 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Beaufort County NOW (BCN), northeastern North Carolina's only moderated Informational Platform, has consistently improved in traffic from the drop in readership after March, 2015, which was the blowout month that 'took our breath away'.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 4:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After my draft physical, I called a friend who joined the Air Force and hoped to work on dry land in Japan or Thailand.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 3:57 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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On net, this year's final budget deal can be viewed positively by conservatives. Tipping the scales in favor of the spending plan include: a net tax cut of nearly $400 million over two years, allowing the renewable energy tax credit to expire, elimination of taxpayer support for the highly...
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 3:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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We've heard some tough talk. Everyone is beating their chest getting ready for the upcoming elections.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 3:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A series of undercover videos from a pro-life group have rocked Planned Parenthood -- and the national debate over abortion.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 3:27 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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That North Carolina's system of automobile inspections persists is, as I wrote in my 2013 report on Carolina Cronyism, "a triumph of cronyism." North Carolina is one of only 17 states that require safety inspections of automobiles, though there have been frequent legislative efforts to end them...
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 2:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the release of a 30-second television ad broadcast during last night's Republican Primary Presidential Debate, Moore County GOP Executive Committee Member and communications professional Kay R. Daly announced that she is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 2:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dr. Bob Weltzin, Raleigh's Next Mayor today announced the official launch of a Spanish language version of his campaign website.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 11:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina General Assembly seems poised to pass a budget for the 2015-17 biennium that spends some $22 billion a year on General Fund programs, appropriates more than $50 billion a year when all other funds are included, and makes hundreds of millions of dollars in changes to state taxes
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 10:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new health and fitness program at Beaufort County Community College is aimed at improving the health and fitness of citizens of its service area.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 10:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On September 25, Freeboot Friday will welcome a band dedicated to channeling the energy and artistry of one of the greats.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 10:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congratulations are once again due Raleigh, as the city now ranks No. 5 among the top 10 culinary cultures in America, according to a recent poll from USA Today.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 5:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The average annual income in North Carolina is just over $40,000. But senior-level bureaucrats in the University of North Carolina system's General Administration (GA)-who take home six-figure salaries-say they need a raise. This Friday, the system's Board of Governors will vote on a proposed...
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 5:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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For those of us who have been fighting to eliminate solar and other renewable energy subsidies from the burden being born by North Carolina's taxpayers, the new state budget is very welcome. As of January 1, the 35 percent tax credit for renewables in general and solar in particular, by far the...
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 5:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A distance education student from the Charlotte area has become the first person to graduate from East Carolina University with a master's degree in health informatics and information management.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 5:16 am
By: ECU News Services
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Today is Constitution and Citizenship Day. It is important to remind ourselves of the Constitution, and other founding documents, for as No. 21 in Declaration of Rights in the 1776 N.C. Constitution reminds us: "a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is absolutely necessary, to preserve...
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 6:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory met this afternoon with local government and economic development leaders in Eden to discuss the announced closing of the MillerCoors plant there.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 4:20 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The Supreme Court held, in the 2003 case Grutter v. Bollinger, that it is permissible for universities to give some students preference in admission on the basis of their race. That decision was a serious mistake and it is time to correct it.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 3:09 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Elder Matthew Jennette Sr., 80, resident of Ridgewood Manor Nursing Home, formerly of 28694 US Hwy 264 E., Belhaven, died Sat., September 12, 2015.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 1:50 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Dorothy Ward Leigh, of 408 Rodman Road, Washington, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at home.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 1:40 pm
By: Announcements
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Melbour Daniel "Danny" Barbour, age 51, a resident of Belhaven, NC passed away on September 18, 2015 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 1:28 pm
By: Announcements
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Stephen Lee Burrow, Jr., age 40, a resident of Washington, NC, died Tuesday September 15, 2015 at his home.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 1:20 pm
By: Announcements
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The federal government's lawsuit against North Carolina election laws could have "extraordinary ramifications for the United States," an election law expert told a Tuesday meeting of the Campbell Law School Federalist Society.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 5:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The easy answer is a demonstrative yes, but the better question is: Why has the Democrat party embraced Black Lives Matter as a co-equal in their proverbial "big tent"?
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 5:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Chances are East Carolina University doctoral students are either in the field, in the lab, headed to one or just back from the other.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 5:02 am
By: ECU News Services
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Former judge Paul Wright, who has run unsuccessfully for governor and Congress, has announced he will be challenge incumbent Republican Richard Burr for renomination in 2016.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 5:00 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Embarrassing yourself in front of the girls at the local swimming pool will destroy your cool.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 4:34 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor McCrory participated in a groundbreaking ceremony today for High Point University's School of Health Sciences and School of Pharmacy.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 4:09 am
By: McCrory Communications
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After months of wrangling us taxpayers now know how our money is to be spent and collected.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 7:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-3) are again urging Speaker John Boehner to bring up an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) for debate and vote.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 6:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new round of tax cuts in the $21.735 billion state budget for 2015-16 may prevent the state from lowering the corporate income tax rate to 3 percent in 2017 because tax collections are projected to be $74.7 million lower than a revenue target set two years ago.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 1:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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