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If there were one theme that defined North Carolina's legislature this decade it would be that they are a body of reformers
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 11:04 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Medical researchers should be allowed to dive "into the weeds," a handful of U.S. senators who want to roll back regulations for marijuana studies say
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 9:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you will bear with me, I will try to bring this post to a point. Memory triggers of past events are often disturbing, but they don't always have to be regardless of what the Google says.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 8:59 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of California and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires beginning on October 8, 2017, and continuing.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 8:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We haven't heard nearly as much about the actual events in Niger that led to the deaths of four American soldiers and the wounding of two others as we have about the political fallout
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 9:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Charlotte's Democratic mayoral candidate, Vi Lyles', was recently accused of using her position on city council to award high dollar contracts to the company her son works for
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 9:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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You might expect Libertarians to feel protective of the spot they've won as the only third party on North Carolina's election ballot
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 9:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 17-day early voting period for the November municipal elections begins today (Thursday, Oct. 19) and runs through Saturday, Nov. 4
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 8:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ford Porter, press secretary for Governor Roy Cooper, shared the following statement on the North Carolina Senate's proposed constitutional amendment that would require all judges to be elected every two years
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 8:15 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Magical is the perfect description for the three days we spent in the village of Mirmande, France.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 2:08 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Republican legislators have generated criticism for ignoring voters' race when drawing North Carolina's latest congressional and legislative election maps
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to step up enforcement against perpetrators of crimes targeting senior citizens became law after receiving the president's signature
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 1:59 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Late on Tuesday evening, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), one of the more radical members of the House of Representatives, told the media that one of her constituents, Myeshia Johnson, had been called by President Trump.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 1:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Innovative School District plans to recommend Southside Ashpole Elementary in Rowland as the first school to take part in the program, beginning with the 2018-19 school year
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 3:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most economists agree that our corporate tax rate harms American workers by keeping their wages down.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 1:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Sen. Rick Horner can quip with the best of them. During a recent debate about school construction needs in North Carolina, the Wilson County lawmaker and former school-board chairman argued that the state lottery ought to fulfill its original mandate by producing more money
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 1:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A video has surfaced on YouTube showing students at the University of California, Berkeley protesting an exam, and demanding a "take-home essay with significant time to prepare."
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 1:11 am
By: Daily Wire
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The leaders of the North Carolina public education systems, including the President of the University of North Carolina, the Acting President of the North Carolina Community College System, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, have partnered to create My Future NC
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 12:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A federal court signaled Thursday that General Assembly Republicans' gambit to create race-neutral legislative districts may backfire
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 6:56 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Thomas Jefferson articulated the absolute right of a state to secede from the Union. He did so in 1798, in 1799, in 1816, and up until his death in 1826 (July 4, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence).
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 3:24 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Governor Roy Cooper responded to the legislature's override of his veto of SB 656
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 12:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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ESPN says they've suspended anchor Jemele Hill for a second violation of company social media policy, after Hill tweeted what appeared to be a call to boycott National Football League sponsors.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 8:08 am
By: Daily Wire
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell wants to save North Carolina nearly $400 million
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 7:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On 09-27-2017, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Charles Alexander Martin, 38 years of age, of 469 Tooley Street in Belhaven
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 6:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Cooper vetoed S.B. 656 to forestall a purported constitutional amendment The Republican-led General Assembly seemed content to stay home until January
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 6:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Either these people are really smart or we are really dumb for believing they are really smart.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 6:34 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Like every celebrity in Hollywood who hung around movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is also claiming dumbfounded ignorance regarding the "open secret" about his alleged habitual sexual harassment of women.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 6:29 am
By: Daily Wire
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Build a southern border wall and authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to raise fees from the processing of immigration-benefit applications and border-crossings to be used for security and infrastructure.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 12:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In Honor of the 230th Anniversary of the US Constitution, and also to help promote Brion McClanahan's latest book, HOW ALEXANDER HAMILTON SCREWED UP AMERICA, I wanted to post this important History Lesson.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 12:06 am
By: Diane Rufino
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East Carolina University's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Detachment 600 has been honored as one of the best in the nation
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 9:36 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Today, Gov. Roy Cooper named 21 new appointees to various state boards and commissions, including the North Carolina Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services and the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 9:33 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On September 21, 2017 at about 6:30 am Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office responded to the report of a suspicious vehicle parked near one of the boat storage yards in the Cypress Landing Community in Chocowinity
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 8:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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