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I am a community college failure. Or perhaps I should say, I helped fail one community college. Decades ago, after receiving my bachelor's degree, I enrolled in a few community college math and statistics classes to prepare for graduate school. Had I not taken those classes, I doubt that I would hav
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:36 am
By: John William Pope Center
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On the front page of the November 28th edition of the Raleigh News and Observer the paper featured a report by Justin Catanoso, a Wake forest University journalism professor. The author expressed optimism that the Paris global warming conference would produce a "binding agreement to burn less...
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory joined law enforcement and local elected officials, family members and friends for the promotion of 45 State Highway Patrol troopers in Raleigh today.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:23 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Two House bills intended to reduce partisan manipulation of legislative redistricting could be acted on in the short session starting in April, though retiring Sen. Bob Rucho, R-Mecklenburg, predicted the Senate would not approve either.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The proper grip and technique as described on a sign in Scotland
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 8:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Council of State on Tuesday approved the sale of five buildings in downtown Raleigh, which will bring more than $1.8 million to state coffers
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 8:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The ruling class is working overtime to convince us to allow them to shake even more change from our pockets to fund their vote-buying and other misadventures. IF ONLY they worked this hard to get government out of our lives and cut taxes.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 8:33 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In less than 21 days, including the Thanksgiving holiday, Congress pushed through a bill that is over 1,000 pages long and has at least 391 pages worth of changes in it from the original version.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 8:17 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Democrats, from their President to their presidential candidates, intend to welcome 100,000 Syrian refugees, a byproduct of the Obama/Clinton "Leading from Behind" Middle East doctrine, and ISIS sends their thanks.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 4:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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While the athletic departments at UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. State University, and Appalachian State University prepare to collect extra revenue from the college football bowl games they'll play, a recent study by The Chronicle of Higher Education and the Huffington Post, "Sports At Any Cost," reveals...
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 4:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for January, 2016
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 4:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory invite you to celebrate the joy of the Christmas season in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains for the annual Holiday Open House at the Governor's Western Residence. The 6,000 square foot home and open pavilion situated atop 18 acres of wooded...
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 4:09 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The age of Political Correctness is coming to an end. At least that is what the vast majority of Americans and even Europeans are hoping because the recent spat on American college and university campuses has many Americans shouting, enough is enough.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 3:48 pm
By: Rod Eccles
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Altha Cravey, a geography professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, issues a series of demands at Friday's meeting of the UNC Board of Governors before being removed by security.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 3:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On July 27th, 2015 at approximately 08:30 AM, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received an Agency Assist request from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol in reference to a DWI related traffic collision which occurred on July 24, 2015 near the 1000 block of Mill Road in Chocowinity.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 3:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Well, the Second District GOP primary race for 2016 is getting7_number to be quite a crowded affair. We've all known incumbent Renee Ellmers was running for reelection. We've known about challengers Jim Duncan, Kay Daly and Frank Roche.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 3:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Qorvo, Inc. will expand its Guilford County presence with the opening of a new facility and will hire 100 employees during the next three years. The global...
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 2:27 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina lawmakers should take aim at the state's current system of depreciation, as they look for more ways to improve the tax code.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 2:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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To make the Liberal case for extra-strict gun control minutes after the report of any public shooting, irrespective of any knowledge of assailant motive, is Amateur Obama's modus operandi in promoting one of the leading tenets of the Democrat Party - to disarm America.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 12:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Democrats' president, Hussein Obama, is holding out a losing hope that the San Bernardino Attack would be yet another case of 'Workplace Violence'; like the his wrongful assessment of the Fort Hood Massacre, but he is wrong, so far, once again.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 12:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state Senate's big kahuna went in front of the biggest, most-prominent Common Core-loving, spend-more-and-more-and-more money crowd and told them a few things I am SURE they didn't want to hear.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 11:37 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A recent edition of the Raleigh News and Observer featured a front-page lead story by Justin Catanoso, a Wake Forest University journalism professor.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 11:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Department of Justice should butt out of North Carolina's mental health problems, since it is partially responsible for getting us into the situation we now face.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 11:31 am
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina has been ranked the seventh most business-friendly state by the Pollina Corporate/AEDI (American Economic Development Institute) Top Ten Pro-Business States Report released this month. The report details how well states have or have not positioned themselves to retain and create jobs.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 11:28 am
By: McCrory Communications
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"Since 2012," the Apple web site boasts, "all our data centers have been powered by 100 percent renewable energy sources."
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 11:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last night, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against the Conference Report to S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, which extends No Child Left Behind (NCLB) programs and big-government education. The Conference Report passed 359 to 64. Congressman Jones voted against the House...
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 12:46 am
By: Chris Downey
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Last year, the American people were horrified to learn about the widespread systematic failures within the Veterans Affairs health care system, with many veterans being forced to wait months to see medical providers. Some VA facilities were so grossly mismanaged that veterans died as a result.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 12:34 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory has selected Annette Turik of Kinston to fill a district court vacancy in the eighth judicial district (Wayne, Lenoir, and Greene counties). The vacancy was created by the passing of District Court Judge Timothy Finan.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:58 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina's economic and budget pictures look much better today than they did a few years ago.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Amateur Obama is in the City of Lights, smoozing with his contemporaries while "rebuking" the terrorist, and planning the way forward where America leads the world in defeating "those who would hijack a great, peaceful religion" by ending 'Climate Change/Global Warming'.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This phenomenon has been spreading across the country - from campus to campus - whipping up a liberal frenzy just in time for election season. The developments have me drawing comparisons to George Orwell's classic "Animal Farm''.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:49 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On Sunday, December 27, 2015 around 5:00 p.m. Washington police and EMS responded to a person having been shot near 7th and Gladden.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University today opened a new 3D design and prototyping center and announced the start of a workforce-development program that strengthens students' skills and promotes economic development.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:42 pm
By: ECU News Services
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CLF filed suit against the NC Department of Environmental Quality on behalf of county residents Stephen Owens and Jillanne Gigi Badawi, alleging that they were aggrieved by the agency's determination that Iberdrola Renewables' Amazon Wind Farm East was not subject to state permitting standards.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:39 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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