A new 15-member state Senate committee will tackle issues linked to judicial reform and redistricting. Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockinghham, announced the committee's formation this morning
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 2:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Today, Second Lady Karen Pence traveled to Tampa, Florida to deliver remarks at a luncheon for the Creative Forces NEA Healing Arts Network Summit
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 2:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
When lawmakers are complaining that your building projects seem a bit expensive, it might not be the best time to tell them that you spend a little extra money to ensure that all of your bricks look the same
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 1:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner, John Koskinen, to urge the IRS to reconsider a recent decision that will cause lower-income military retirees to lose federal benefits
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 1:56 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) continued his long fight against wasteful government spending and the runaway federal debt by voting against final passage of H. Con. Res. 71, legislation establishing the congressional budget for fiscal year 2018
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 1:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Dr. Prashant Mudireddy, a physician specializing in conditions of the gastrointestinal tract and liver, has joined Vidant Gastroenterology in Greenville
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 1:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
President Donald J. Trump is honoring minority-owned business owners and leading advocates of minority enterprises
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 1:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Earlier this year, BuzzFeed News broke a shocking story: the FBI had reported an intelligence dossier making its way around Washington, D.C. to President Trump
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 1:17 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
The days have been mostly bright and the nights have been cool and very dark. Of course, there was the beautiful "harvest moon" and since then the sky has been splattered with shining silver stars.
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 12:53 am
By: Michele Rhem
|
In hopes of boosting average pay for principals, earlier this year the legislature added $35 million to the state budget for performance pay for principals
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 10:13 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
|
One-Stop Daily Total from Beaufort County Board of Elections as of Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 10:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Advanced Superabrasives, Inc., a manufacturer of premium high performance grinding wheels and equipment, will expand operations at its existing facility in Mars Hill, creating 47 full-time jobs over four years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 10:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
President Donald J. Trump spoke yesterday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan to congratulate him on his recent electoral victory
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 10:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
During the 2016 gubernatorial campaign, Democratic politicians, progressive activists, and left-leaning media outlets excoriated Pat McCrory and other North Carolina Republicans for elevating divisive social disputes above the issues that most voters care most about, such as creating jobs and impr
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 8:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Today NC Representative Bill Brisson switched his registration from Democrat to Republican
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 7:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
This week, bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to reauthorize, strengthen, and extend the Sexual Assault Forensic Registry program in an effort to help reduce the national rape kit backlog passed the Senate
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 7:37 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
On Wednesday October 4, 2017 Beaufort County Deputies responded to Croatan Street in Washington after a citizen reported someone had just stolen her vehicle from her driveway
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 7:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Small businesses affected by Hurricane Matthew should apply now for $15 million in financing from the North Carolina Department of Commerce and nonprofit lenders, Governor Roy Cooper encouraged business owners today
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 7:08 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
Last week, with bipartisan support we voted to override Gov. Cooper's veto of legislation that provides voters more choices at the ballot box by increasing ballot access for smaller political parties and unaffiliated candidates for many statewide and local elections
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 3:51 pm
By: Bill Cook
|
President Donald J. Trump applauds the Senate for passing its FY 2018 Budget Resolution today and taking an important step in advancing the Administration's pro-growth and pro-jobs legislative agenda
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 4:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
We're not shy about criticizing legislators when criticism is due. That said, we also like to point out when lawmakers do the right thing
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 3:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
|
One-Stop Daily Total from Beaufort County Board of Elections as of Monday, October 23, 2017
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 3:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
A line of strong storms moved across North Carolina Monday afternoon and evening devastating a regional airport, damaging dozens of homes, toppling trees, closing roads and leaving several western North Carolina communities without power
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 3:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
The N.C. Utilities Commission approved a massive Beaufort County solar project in October after the developer relocated the portion of the project that would have surrounded the Terra Ceia Christian School
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 1:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
On Monday, CNN premiered an online ad touting its supposed commitment to the facts.
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 1:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
I just heard on the flashing image and sound contraption in my living room that President Trump has authorized the release of the John F. Kennedy assignation files. This is a major news development. I immediately opened my Iphone and went to Twitter which I use to confirm all facts these days.
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 1:04 pm
By: Bobby Tony
|
The N.C. Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay in a lawsuit involving State Superintendent Mark Johnson and the State Board of Education
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 12:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
In these perilous times of great offenses few real, most imagined, Americans have found the norms of past principled behavior difficult to reconcile in these times when pop culture dominates the mass media popularized by liberal politics.
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 12:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
This is not the only time that a war was won when the Leader was a Mad Man. One thing for sure, he would surely get Mad if you said he was Mad.
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 12:16 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
|
"Lower taxes on American business means higher wages for American workers, and it means more products made right here in the USA."
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 11:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Sunday is another time I love-especially the morning, when "Sunday Dinner" is cooking. I did not plan to write in the diary this morning, but when I had put the ham in the oven and stringbeans on the stove, all sorts of thoughts came to me.
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 11:12 am
By: Michele Rhem
|
I've enjoyed following the drama surrounding location of Amazon's second headquarters and, make no mistake, drama it certainly has been
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 11:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|