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Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 6:35 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In 1984, Jim Martin and Rufus Edmisten were opponents in our state’s gubernatorial election. As with any statewide election, it was a hard fought contest, but one that can provide lessons for today.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 6:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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I bought Willie Nelson’s Stardust album (1978) for my mom and dad because it included several of my dad’s favorite songs
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 6:25 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will highlight North Carolina as a top performing state in its sixth annual Enterprising States: States Innovate study, which ranks states best poised to thrive in the rapidly evolving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) focused economy...
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 2:06 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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A Wake County small business owner attempting to pay her employees' withholding tax bill discovered that the state Department of Revenue website was vulnerable to hackers
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lately, tenure has come under heavy criticism, particularly from conservatives who maintain that it protects incompetent, ignorant, or indifferent teachers to the detriment of students
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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An East Carolina University faculty member has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:21 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Gilbert H. Nelson Sr., 83, formerly of Washington, died October 22, 2015 at home.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:01 pm
By: Announcements
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Many times we hear about the state of North Carolina entering into agreements with corporations to promote economic development, but did you know that local municipalities do the same?
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 12:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 12:29 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Frustrated by how long it takes for a good idea, or even just a passable one, to gain traction and momentum in today's Washington, D.C.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 11:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Linda Ronstadt has Parkinson’s disease.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 11:21 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory will light the Executive Mansion in Raleigh and the Governor's Western Residence in Asheville purple tonight to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer and its prevalence in the state.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 3:32 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The most talked about "removal" was Saint Christopher. It was not that he's no longer a saint, nor even that he no longer has a Feast Day (he still does, on 25th July).
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 3:31 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Did you hear that 15 percent of North Carolina's public schoolteachers left the profession last year, and that conditions are so bad that teachers are leaving our state in droves to teach somewhere else?
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 3:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Before YouTube came along, I had several techniques to determine If I could learn a new song on the Guitar.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 3:04 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Please take notice that Ralph Strayhorn, Chair of the Golden LEAF Investment Committee, has called a special meeting of the Committee for Thursday, October 29, 2015, at 9 a.m.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 3:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Medical technology that seemed relegated to science fiction is at hand, but fast-moving innovations are threatened by established interests and government regulations, said a panel of medical and academic experts at the State Policy Network's recent annual meeting in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 2:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after learning of the death of Kenny Phillips, the most successful football coach in Fayetteville State history.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:53 am
By: McCrory Communications
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This week's Civitas Poll Lunch shed light on what North Carolina voters think about the likely candidates for governor, and some of the leading presidential hopefuls.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:50 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Washington author to release political novella on September 25.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:26 am
By: Sabe Wilis
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Georgia governor Nathan Dean announced the plans to erect a monument to MLK at historic Stone Mountain, Ga. It has been fifty two years since MLK made that his "I have a dream" speech and I am afraid that race relations in this country have slipped into an entrenched standoff of "us vs them mentalit
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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For three years now, I've been defending the decision of the North Carolina General Assembly to end the longstanding practice of giving public-school teachers automatic pay boosts if they possess or obtain graduate degrees.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb has pulled out of the Democrat nomination process, and will have much to say about that decision at some point.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory hosted an Adopt a Pet Event today on the front lawn of the Executive Mansion.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2015 @ 8:53 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The search for the next University of North Carolina system president has finally concluded.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2015 @ 8:46 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The excessive amount of government intervention that has been entrenched in our nation's health care system is curiously pushing medical providers to channel this negative energy into positive solutions - ones in which physicians are either scaling back or cutting off their relationships...
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2015 @ 8:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Each year-end brings the usual look back on those that have passed during the year.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2015 @ 7:04 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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North Carolina Republican Leadership Initiative (RLI) fellow and educator Amy Blake Lewis was highlighted by the Republican National Committee for her work to engage voters in the state. As an RLI fellow, Amy is working to organize teams and build relationships in her community to create a long last
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2015 @ 6:55 pm
By: Chris Downey
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A nearly eight-year-long legal battle between the state of North Carolina and Alcoa Power Generating Inc. over four hydroelectric dams the company owns and operates on the Yadkin River may be coming to an end.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2015 @ 4:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gallagher guitars are hand crafted in a small town in Tennessee since 1965.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2015 @ 4:20 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory urges all North Carolinians to protect themselves from the flu by receiving a vaccine and taking other precautions to protect against the spread of the virus.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2015 @ 1:43 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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In the age of Uber, Lyft, and numerous other "concierge"-style services that use technology as a business base, there is Airbnb - the online bed-and-breakfast rental option.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 10:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The investigation into the shooting incident on Monday October 19th has resulted in six individuals being apprehended. During the investigation it was determined that the shooting occurred as a result of a drug transaction.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 10:55 pm
By: Chris Downey
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