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: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 3:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to introduce an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 6:31 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Political pundits continue to debate the sources of Donald Trump's success during the 2016 Republican presidential primary process
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 12:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When I first advocated the idea of parental choice in elementary and secondary education, it was considered by many to be a radical notion.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the next three months, Lt. Governor Dan Forest will lead a task force with the goal of devising a strategy to increase Hispanic awareness of school choice opportunities
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 11:00 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory celebrated the grand opening of Morinaga Co. & Ltd. in Mebane today
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 12:37 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Center For American Progress recently released a so-called "study" pegging the economic losses facing North Carolina over its bathroom privacy law at over half a billion dollars.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 12:21 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered some interesting surprises in the consolidated group of cases known as Zubik v. Burwell
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 12:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Whether we know it or not Wal-Mart is controlling us & there is nothing we can do about it.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 12:12 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Today, in an interview with POLITICO, former ACLU lobbyist Deborah Ross sought to promote her college affordability tour
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 9:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina has received approval for the names of two new interstate route designations in the eastern part of the state. The American Association of State and Transportation Officials approved I-42 for the U.S. 70 Corridor between I-40 and Morehead City, and I-87 for U.S. 64/17 between...
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 9:30 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement on the death of former Durham City Council member Howard Clement...
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 6:09 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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A Senate plan to modify North Carolina's current teacher pay system would see K-12 educators reach the top of their earnings potential over a 15-year period, rather than the 33-year timeframe that existed in the 2013-14 school year
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Continuing his administration's commitment to take on North Carolina's toughest mental health and substance abuse challenges, Governor McCrory has accepted recommendations from two key task forces set up to develop new strategies for addressing mental health, substance abuse and underage drinking.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 5:24 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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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: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 3:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The May 6 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education contains two illuminating and rather unexpected articles
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 3:26 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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After Roy Cooper launched an online store with a t-shirt referencing the early '90s rap song "Whoomp! (There It Is)," the North Carolina Republican Party issued the following statement...
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 3:06 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) introduced H. Res. 748 to express the sense of the Congress that U.S. law firms should not be helping Iran avoid paying compensation to American victims of Iran-sponsored terrorism
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 3:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When asked for whom they would vote if the presidential election were held today, 39 percent of North Carolina likely voters said Donald Trump while just 36 percent said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 2:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) has been honored as a 2016 Army Community of Excellence Winner. North Carolina placed third out of 34 competing installations for this national award.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 1:38 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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At least half of North Carolina, primarily rural, seems to be in decline. That's the dramatic conclusion you'll sometimes hear drawn from the latest Census Bureau county-level population estimates
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 1:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Anybody going to South Carolina Beaches should take a good book or games for children as it will be a wet Holiday Weekend.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 1:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you're anything like us, you've sat at the table admiring your bacon thinking, "This is good bacon. But is it really the best bacon?"
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 1:08 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Today, the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a hearing on pending legislation to improve veterans' health care and benefits, five of which were bills co-introduced by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC).
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 12:35 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) urged the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (SAFMC) to consider several changes to management of Atlantic cobia
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 2:33 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Anticipated low voter turnout, new geographic boundaries, 23 candidates, and a court-induced, drastically compressed campaign schedule present a fascinating political script
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 2:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory received recommendations from the Governor's Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force today presented by Task Force co-chairman and ABC Commission Chairman Jim Gardner. In attendance were task force members and representatives from the ABC...
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 2:09 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Look at the pictures carefully and you see 6 guys. Add the teenager in a separate photo and you have a squad of infantrymen. The Sarge, Machine gunner, two ammo bearers, One rifleman and one who might have been a medic. This may have been the whole squad which was normally 7-12 guys.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 2:04 am
By: Ted McDonald
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As chaos in the Democratic presidential primary intensifies and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders continue to duke it out, it's clear Democrats will be ready for an all-out brawl in Philadelphia. To preview the rumble ahead at the Democratic National Convention, the North Carolina Republican...
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 1:51 am
By: Chris Downey
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) voted in favor of the Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act, which passed the Senate unanimously today
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 1:35 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Governor Pat McCrory reiterated his intent to veto legislation that undermines environmental protections, bypasses the state's ability to enforce the law, and is unconstitutional
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2016 @ 9:46 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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M. Victor "Vic" Witzel, age 90, a resident of Goose Creek Drive, Washington, NC, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at his residence.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2016 @ 5:18 pm
By: Announcements
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Over the last few years, ever since the tax reform of 2013 took hold in North Carolina, there has been a steady push to expand the sales tax to services in an attempt to make it a more pure consumption tax
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2016 @ 5:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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