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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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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement from Department of Public Safety Secretary Frank Perry...
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:28 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against the Conference Report to H.R. 22, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The 1,000-page bill includes a five-year, $305 billion reauthorization for federal highway and transit programs. The bill would also reauthorize the...
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:15 pm
By: Chris Downey
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As the 2016 election cycle approaches, North Carolina voters will witness a spirited political debate about how best to promote economic growth
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here is a starting point for your consideration on my previous post of statements which provided no answers.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:07 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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It has been weeks of it; a culmination of years of it, and when does it end?
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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An Octogenarian woman took her pre-teen grandson out to plant pine seedlings, explaining that one day they would grow into tall trees that provided shade and wood to build houses.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 12:36 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory offered the following statement in celebration of one of the most joyous times on the Jewish calendar, Hanukkah-The Festival of Lights.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 12:30 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Pat McCrory, Roy Cooper, Richard Burr, and many other confirmed or potential candidates for statewide office in North Carolina have plans. They have strategies. They have backers, and staffers, and plenty of ideas for how best to win their elections in November of 2016.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 12:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It was an address to reassure the nation, but only mostly reassured the core low-information variety of Democrats.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 12:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When East Carolina University's production of "Rent" opens Nov. 19, the audience will return to the 1980s thanks to the backstage work of Rebecca Johnson and Delta Smith.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:59 am
By: ECU News Services
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Now that the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) has defied an audit mandated by state law, what happens next?
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:54 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory commended Congress for heeding calls from the nation's governors and passing the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, which will provide States the long-term fiscal certainty Governor McCrory called for during his testimony before the House Committee on...
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:46 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Recently, I have been thinking about life...and death. My father passed away back in August of this year and it has shaken me to my core.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:43 am
By: Rod Eccles
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