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Governor Pat McCrory joined 28 states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's federal power plan while a legal challenge makes its way through the lower courts.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 4:37 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has joined a bipartisan group of Senators to designate the week of January 24-30, 2016 as "National School Choice Week" and recognize that a diversity of choices in K-12 education helps meet the individual needs and strengths of children.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 9:22 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Columbus area residents are going to get to be the first in the state to experience North Carolina's new mobile DMV office. The office, which carries two driver license examiner stations, is part of Governor Pat McCrory's initiative to improve customer service and reduce wait times at the DMV.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 9:17 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Mr. Thomas Brown "Tom" Lewis, age 72, a resident of 674 Ephesus Church Road, Chocowinity, died Thursday, January 28, 2016 at his home.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 2:09 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Jack Allan Clark, age 65, a resident of the Ponzer Community, died Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at his home.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 2:02 pm
By: Announcements
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Luksana "Luk" Srisa-Ard Haddock, age 63, a resident of The Pamlico Village Community of Washington, NC, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at Vidant Pitt in Greenville, NC.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 1:55 pm
By: Announcements
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As North Carolina nears the 20th anniversary of the law that opened the door to public charter schools in the state, 82,000 students are enrolled now in charter schools
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 8:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement on North Carolina's latest unemployment numbers
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 3:27 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and Assistant Secretary for Rural Economic Development Dr. Patricia Mitchell announced today that the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 15 grant requests totaling $3,039,244.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 12:16 am
By: McCrory Communications
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There have been quite a few races in recent years where I wish I had that choice on the ballot. But, according to the recently released sample ballots for May, we will have that choice for the GOP presidential primary.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 12:11 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Not only did our server go down, but we lost nearly two and one half months of data, in short, posts, well considered posts gone.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 12:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory invites college students in North Carolina to apply for the State of N.C. Internship Program for Summer 2016.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:55 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, colleges and universities are rife with initiatives that have little to do with enhancing student learning. Extravagant recreation facilities and luxurious dormitories seem to grab headlines on a regular basis
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:46 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Pepsi admits that its bottled water is just Tap Water
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:38 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today released the following statement after Ken Spaulding filed for the North Carolina Governor's race.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 9:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections today received word that Democracy North Carolina and other plaintiffs have filed a complaint in federal court claiming violations of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 9:03 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Almost exactly 15 years ago, I wrote an education reform plan for the John Locke Foundation entitled “Reach for the STARS."
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) took to the Senate floor to criticize the Obama Administration's lack of support for Camp Liberty, a former U.S. military installation in Baghdad that now houses approximately 2,300 Iranian political refugees who oppose the totalitarian Islamic Republic of Iran.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:36 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Governor Pat McCrory was at Dixon Elementary School this morning to congratulate teachers on receiving grants as part of the Bright Ideas program of the Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), one of North Carolina's electric cooperatives.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:24 am
By: McCrory Communications
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My computer keyboard quit working right in the middle of this post. I had to climb up in the attic and bring out the old Royal typewriter.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:16 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The movie 13 HOURS details the ordeal in Benghazi that led to the heroic defense of American lives while the US State Department ignored them
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:09 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Protests turned violent during a Tuesday morning meeting of the UNC Board of Governors as students and faculty gathered once again to call for the removal of UNC president-elect Margaret Spellings, former secretary of education in the George W. Bush administration
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Affirmative action is before the Supreme Court again this week, as it rehears arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:49 am
By: John William Pope Center
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An attorney and two Wake County voters have filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new law calling for retention referendums for justices of the N.C. Supreme Court, claiming that the referendum, passed this year by the General Assembly, does not meet the definition of an election specified in...
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Growing up in Fuquay-Varina in the 1960s, Sheilah Cotten's only chance to participate in competitive sports before she entered high school was retrieving foul balls during boys' baseball games.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:45 am
By: ECU News Services
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Arts of the Pamlico and Mr. Jay Gatsby, cordially invite you to our Annual Gala, The Roaring 20's... A Decade of Decadence, Black Tie Soiree with dancing to your favorite Band & DJ, fabulous drinks, tempting food tidbits and special entertainment.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:41 am
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina improved its overall public health ranking more than any other state in this year's report released by the United Health Foundation.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:30 am
By: McCrory Communications
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He was not one of my old drinking buddies, but I shared a few drinks with him over the years.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 2:50 am
By: Bobby Tony
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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: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The February 1, 2016 Board of Commissioners regular meeting will be held at the Beaufort County Courthouse in the Superior Courtroom, room 218, located at 112 W. 2nd Street, Washington, NC. The meeting will start at its regular time of 5:30 PM. Please contact Katie Mosher, Clerk to the Board, with a
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 11:46 pm
By: Chris Downey
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NCGOP Chairman Hasan Harnett released the following statement in response to the endorsement of Roy Cooper by labor union bosses...
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 7:40 pm
By: Chris Downey
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With the passage of the recent Omnibus travesty, word leaked out that the legislation could QUADRUPLE the amount of guest worker visas issued per year.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 7:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded a grant to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to plan the establishment of a network of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 7:28 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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