Mr. William "Bill" Donald Lake, age 62, a resident of Chocowinity, NC died Monday, June 26, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 8:28 am
By: Announcements
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It's a stark contrast: A person earning $1 million a year gets a tax break of $8,226
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 4:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Cooper returned a veto of Senate Bill 257 to the legislature with the following message
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 3:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Cooper vetoed the 2017 state budget. NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes responded below
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 3:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) commended the Trump administration’s withdrawal of the Water of the United States (WOTUS) rule, and released the following statement
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Cooper offered no details, and it's not clear how he allocated various pieces of the tax package included in the 2017-19 budget plan
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 4:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joined by North Carolina teachers and citing concerns that the conference budget passed by the legislature shortchanges North Carolina's public schools and economy, Governor Cooper announced today that he will veto the budget
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 4:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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In what may be a first, the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) has put on its docket a petition to declare that a renewable power facility is in fact a public utility under NC law
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 3:23 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Office of Health Access in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, working with the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation, has secured a grant that should go a long way towards improving population health in the East
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 10:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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I published the bit of Foolishness below to my Wildly Popular (Or is It?) Foolishness...Or Is It? Blog Site (forii.blogspot.com) in October 2011. If it was Funny back then, it is still Funny today because Silliness is Never Outdated.
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 8:47 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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At a Monday news conference, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced he would veto the state budget
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm writing this column from Black Mountain, where my sister has a charming vacation cottage.
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 8:33 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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According to ABC 11, Governor Roy Cooper is willing to snub North Carolina small businesses, the job creation engine of North Carolina, to pick winners and losers by demanding more tax dollars for corporate recruiting
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 4:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The East Carolina University Police Department gained four new officers as Adrian Baker, Jonathan Bryant, Meagan Johnson and Megan Johnson were sworn in during a ceremony held on Wednesday, June 21 at the Greenville Centre
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 4:21 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is continuing his long fight for American jobs
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 1:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Budget deadlines in our state and another provide a healthy perspective on North Carolina's finances
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 11:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, applauded the President for signing the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act into law
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 11:29 am
By: Thom Tillis
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East Carolina University graduate students Molly Albecker, Spencer Miller and Kenyann Stanford traveled with their mentors and ECU Graduate School faculty to Raleigh as representatives for North Carolina Graduate Education Day held May 16 at the Legislative Building
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 10:12 am
By: ECU News Services
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Gertrude Respess claims Wilkinson Solar, and its parent company Invenergy Solar Development, last year took advantage of her dying husband Rhonda to obtain farmland for a large solar installation in Beaufort County
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly's commitment to expand the number of H-2B visas available this fiscal year, which would begin in late July at the earliest
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2017 @ 10:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, used Gov. Roy Cooper's own words to urge him to sign a $23 billion General Fund budget, reminding him the N.C. Constitution gives more power to the General Assembly than the executive branch
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2017 @ 9:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the oppressed take over from the oppressor, they usually remove all the statues and reminders of their former masters.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2017 @ 8:36 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Mr. David Wayne Sawyer, age 57, passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2017 @ 7:37 pm
By: Announcements
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Ms. Margaret Foreman "Woolard" Sheppard, age 96, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2017 @ 7:33 pm
By: Announcements
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Ms. Phyllis Mae Huggins, age 63, a resident of Bath, NC died Monday, June 19, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
By: Announcements
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This Foolishness was first published in August 2010. I am not resurrecting it because Easter just passed but because our Federal Government has not let up on its obsession to get us to spend everything we have.
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2017 @ 4:14 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and congressional colleagues signed a letter to President Trump asking that all future naval ships be constructed using American-made steel and domestic manufacturing
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2017 @ 1:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"North Carolina has become ground zero in the redistricting battles about how much and how little race can be used in the redistricting process."
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2017 @ 1:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Stormberg Foods, LLC., a producer of meat protein snacks, will locate its first United States production facility in Wayne County, creating 60 jobs over three years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2017 @ 12:44 am
By: Governor's Office
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The process of finding new ways to help patients live healthier lives may have just become a little easier for faculty in East Carolina University's College of Allied Health Sciences and College of Nursing
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2017 @ 12:07 am
By: ECU News Services
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State Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) voted today in support of the final budget compromise with the House of Representatives
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 8:39 pm
By: Bill Cook
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