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Lawmakers spent two hours Wednesday grilling the state budget director and the public safety secretary over the extension of a prison maintenance contract by a contractor.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 1:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is about to run a political experiment. You and other potential voters will determine its outcome.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has declared November 29 through December 5 as Winter Weather Preparedness Week and is urging North Carolinians to update their emergency supplies kits and review emergency plans.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:31 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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America's national obsession with raising our "educational attainment" level leads politicians and bureaucrats to focus on the silliest of things. Lately, that has been college accreditation.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:16 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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I cannot stop thinking about college campuses and freedom of speech or lack thereof, and for the first time in my writing life, I feel compelled to take on a controversial topic.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:06 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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In October the NC State Bar and LegalZoom, Inc. announced a settlement in their long-running dispute over the latter's online, self-help, legal document service. As Ben Barton describes it at Bloomberg's Big Law Business blog, the terms of that settlement constitute a win for LegalZoom and its...
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Luke Curlis Whitley, age 84, a resident of 5085 Sidney Rd., Belhaven, NC died Saturday January 9, 2016 at his home.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 11:26 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Linda Jackson Clark, age 73, a former resident of Washington, NC died Friday January 8, 2016 at Grace Hospital in Morganton, NC.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 11:20 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Dal Walter Paul, age 57, a resident of Decatur, GA and a former resident of Bath, NC died suddenly Wednesday January 6, 2016 at his home.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 11:02 am
By: Announcements
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This is the second of a new series of images from across North Carolina from my travels, and from the long intervals that I have spent with my camera making a record of where I have been.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 5:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory commemorated Talk It Out NC's first anniversary today by calling for action to continue the fight against underage drinking. Talk It Out NC is a campaign formed by the ABC Commission to address underage drinking.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 5:12 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The UNC Board of Governors rightly recognizes gaps in its knowledge of the law - and admits its need for coaching on the subject, said Jonathan Jones, director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition and Sunshine Center at Elon University.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 5:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Warning, spoiler alert: The old Rooster crows about Gun & Knife Control and other nonsense.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 5:06 am
By: Bobby Tony
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"We have become so politically correct ... we don't know what the hell we're doing," Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said during a Friday night campaign rally at Raleigh's Dorton Arena
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 5:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you have not noticed the facism of the left during the last seven years in government, just pay attention to the current condition on college campuses
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 4:26 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Digital devices dominate hopes and headlines in education today. They're heralded as a way to boost learning outcomes, sharpen 21st-century skills, and narrow achievement gaps
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 1:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office 9-1-1 Center is excited to announce the implementation of the Medical Priority Dispatch System™ MPDS® to better serve the citizens of Beaufort County and those traveling through Beaufort County in emergency situations.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 1:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that Chris Estes is stepping down as State Chief Information Officer to return to the private sector. The governor tasked Estes with improving the efficiency of the state's information technology structure and improving the service experience for...
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 1:08 am
By: McCrory Communications
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An episode of PBS's cutting-edge health program "Second Opinion" will release on Thursday an episode that features an East Carolina University psychology professor.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 1:04 am
By: ECU News Services
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Gov. Pat McCrory last week pleaded with parents across North Carolina to talk to their children about underage consumption of alcohol.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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America's first amateur president in modern times, while America's first community organizer, has discovered a great passion to attack Republicans, and 33 governors, rather than forge a plan to deal with this "Jayvee Team"; whose very existence is much of his own making.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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