The details of the trip are not important but I am happy to report that I did not come back broke.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:59 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Sunny skies greeted more than 200 people who attended the annual Veterans Day ceremony at East Carolina University on Nov. 11.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:56 am
By: ECU News Services
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Mildred L. Burrus, age 57, a resident of Pungo Village, Belhaven, NC passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2016 surrounded by her family.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:50 am
By: Announcements
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The Pope Center, for the most part, is about policy. Our mission is to conceive and promote policies that will improve higher education
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:37 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The News & Observer is doing its darnedest to ignore the growing criticism of Common Core standards. The paper's recent editorial "Defending Common Core" was an exercise in putting lipstick on a pig.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A driving program developed by East Carolina University graduate students is steering some local teens with autism toward greater independence.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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At first, legislative leaders — led by Rep. David Lewis — were cheerleading hard for moving North Carolina’s presidential primary from May to March.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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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: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The election night tally back in 1988 showed that Jim Martin was the first Republican to win re-election as governor of North Carolina in the 20th century
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University is getting high marks by two national organizations for its efforts in supporting student veterans and military service members.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:03 am
By: ECU News Services
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How would you feel if the Federal government told you that your son or daughter had to share a bathroom or locker room with a student of the opposite sex?
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:56 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The "Jayvee Team", ISIS, as underplayed by American President Hussein Obama shortly after his Benghazi Cover-up was initiated, attacked multiple locations in Paris, France, killing many, wounding more.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recently, the U.S. Department of Education unveiled its controversial College Scorecard website and accompanying data
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:51 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Last Friday the John Locke Foundation filed a brief in support of the plaintiffs in Kirby v. NCDOT, a case that is currently before the NC Supreme Court. We filed as amicus curiae ("a friend of the court") because we wanted to bring certain facts and arguments to the Court's attention.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State regulations cost North Carolina at least $3.1 billion and as much as $25 billion each year, according to a new economic analysis compiled for the John Locke Foundation. JLF is releasing the analysis along with its own report recommending a new tool to fight state regulatory overreach
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today is Veterans Day, 2015 and I thank all those who have served and who are still serving in our nation's Military and Coast Guard.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:42 am
By: Rod Eccles
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Consider these real-life scenarios: An Arizona family is told their 6-year-old son, Ryan, has symptoms on the autism spectrum. Doctors say he will need 20-40 hours per week of individual therapies. Ryan's parents can't afford that. What can they do?
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Obamacare's third annual enrollment period for health insurance is officially underway. Americans who do not have access to employer-sponsored health insurance, are self-employed, or have been dumped into the individual marketplace by their employers have the opportunity to sign up or renew their...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 8:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina schools got a mixed report from the latest independent tests, known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 4:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh's city council on Tuesday loosened sidewalk-dining restrictions it imposed in August, but downtown restaurant and bar owners say the regulations still are too complicated and must be simplified.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 4:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This posting refers back to two separate Foolishness...Or Is It? postings on the same subject. The first reiterates the Ignorance of Mankind & the second asks you to think about a Very Sobering Question
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:57 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Today, the Senate unanimously passed the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill, 93-0. Included in the bill was the "Wounded Warrior Employment Improvement Act of 2015," which was originally introduced by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in late September
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: Chris Downey
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It is conclusive among people of clarion to moderately insightful thought: The CNBC moderators had possibly one of the worst debate performances in modern times. During some haunting moments, the pathetic process reminded one of the shrill scraping of the chalkboard, and the spinal chill of dread.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governance of the University of North Carolina system is one of the most difficult-and important-tasks in the state government
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:35 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Last week's newsletter mentioned in passing something that this week's entry will explore further. It discussed my new report promoting a state REINS Act for North Carolina, in light of findings by Beacon Hill economists that the regulatory burden imposed by North Carolina on the private sector...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Traditionally, city and county Parks and Recreation (P&R) departments provided the public with parks and user-fee-supported sports leagues -- soccer, softball, etc. Now, many P&R departments have expanded well beyond these boundaries. Some provide uncommon services that benefit only a...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The John Locke Foundation has a long-standing interest in the Map Act, which we have criticized for being "inefficient, unfair, and unnecessary." We have repeatedly urged the General Assembly to repeal or reform it. We have also taken a keen interest in Kirby v. NCDOT and in the legal and...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, ace Carolina Journal reporter Dan Way brought a fascinating yet frightening UNESCO email to my attention. The organization announced a new campaign that calls on teachers "to become advocates for education to help lobby for progress toward achieving the new sustainable development agenda.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a 91-3 vote...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:14 am
By: Chris Downey
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I guess I don't have a lot of problem with Early Voting in Presidential Elections.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:10 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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A new, groundbreaking report from Beacon Hill economists estimated that in 2015 state regulations cost North Carolina's economy at minimum $3.1 billion and possibly as much as $25.5 billion.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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