|
What can lawmakers consider during the 2018 short session? Not everything, because of limits imposed by the long session Adjournment Resolution
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
A former Navy sailor who was prosecuted by the Obama Administration for taking photos of classified sections of the submarine where he served, and was later pardoned by President Trump, is taking aim at former President Barack Obama
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 10:25 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
|
North Carolina taxpayers will foot the bill for a $3 billion transportation bond and won’t have a say in being saddled with the debt if House Bill 1010 passes
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 10:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
I discovered this program when I read Jean Gill's "Someone to Look Up To," a novel written by a Great Pyrenees dog, as is my book "Lord Banjo the Royal Pooch."
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 10:17 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
|
|
House Bill 514, which would allow four cities in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district to create and run their own charter schools, passed its initial vote in the Senate, 30-20
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 4:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded Raleigh being selected as one of five finalists to host the U.S. Army's new Futures Command, an organizational effort to consolidate the personnel that looks at the future threats the Army faces and what technology is needed to counter those threats
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 1:08 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
On Thursday, after news broke that President Trump had pardoned Dinesh D'Souza for his campaign finance violations, the New York Attorney General's office immediately tweeted out that they'd like to pass a state law to unjustifiably jail those who had been pardoned for federal crimes
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 12:31 am
By: Daily Wire
|
|
More evidence has surfaced about the disturbing political coverup of grave national security violations committed by the Pakistani who ran House Democrats' information technology.
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 12:21 am
By: Judicial Watch
|
|
A bill allowing a few towns to operate their own charter schools is closer to becoming law
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 12:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
The grass is greener at the "rabbit patch" these days. Part of it may be due to the drenching rains in May.
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 12:11 am
By: Michele Rhem
|
|
On Friday, June 1, 2018, the President signed into law.
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
North Carolina legislative leaders released their agreed-upon budget proposal Monday, with votes expected to take place this week
Published: Monday, June 4th, 2018 @ 11:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
|
|
BCS Board of Education Calendar for May-June 2018
Published: Monday, June 4th, 2018 @ 11:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
North Carolina Democrats have never opposed lowering taxes on big business. You may hear a lot of rhetoric to the contrary during the election cycle. Here's why, to borrow a phrase, you should take that rhetoric seriously but not literally
Published: Monday, June 4th, 2018 @ 4:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
How do you identify yourself? You might begin by stating whether you're male or female, or the age group you are in. Or you might identify by race, sex, religion, where you live or your profession. Throughout recorded history humans have been tribal. We need to belong, to identify with others, to ha
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 10:44 pm
By: Tom Campbell
|
|
After a brief debate, the state Senate on Wednesday passed the 2018-19 General Fund budget largely along party lines, 36-14
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 10:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
The $23.9 billion state General Fund budget for 2018-19 is a step away from being sent to Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 6:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Cleanup and damage assessments are beginning in North Carolina's western counties, but hazards remain due to high water levels and saturated ground
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 6:53 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
|
On Wednesday, President Trump signed the "right-to-try” bill, which now permits terminally ill patients to gain access to experimental medical treatments not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 6:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
|
If money talks, then the state budget has a lot to say about education, health care, and public safety in North Carolina
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 6:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Today, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Grant of Clemency (Full Pardon) to Dinesh D'Souza, an accomplished author, lecturer, and scholar.
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 6:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
While rains from Alberto are tapering off across western North Carolina, emergency officials are keeping a close watch on river and lake levels as the threat of flooding, landslides and mudslides remains significant
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 2:08 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
|
Last June, the N.C. General Assembly passed the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act which raised the age of juvenile jurisdiction in North Carolina to include 16- and 17-year-olds
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 2:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
On Friday, the British police arrested Tommy Robinson, founder and former leader of the English Defence League, a far-right anti-Islam group
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 2:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
|
Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that the Department of Interior informed Congress that Swain County will receive the remaining $35.2 million owed to them from the North Shore Road settlement this year
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Discussions around the revised 2018-19 budget have often focused on K-12 education spending
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
The North Carolina Senate passed a $23.9 billion balanced budget adjustment with bipartisan support yesterday, Thursday, May 31, 2018
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:43 pm
By: Bill Cook
|
|
On Friday, New York Mayor Bill De Blasio - who suggested today that the presence of The New York Post was harmful to his horribly-governed city - announced a "cultural plan" for New York
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
|
Dorothy Marie Oden Parker "Dot" entered into a peaceful sleep on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Vidant Cancer Center in Greenville, NC
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 2:58 pm
By: Announcements
|
|
Vonnie "Leigh" Norman Phillips, age 58, a resident of Washington, NC, died Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 2:53 pm
By: Announcements
|
|
Margaret "Peggy" Brooks Gray, age 86, a resident of Washington, NC, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday May 30, 2018 at Croatan Village of New Bern
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 2:51 pm
By: Announcements
|
|
Today, Ford Porter, spokesman for Governor Roy Cooper, shared the following comment after the legislature passed a budget without any amendments being allowed from members. The Governor will be reviewing the budget in the coming days
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 12:10 pm
By: Governor's Office
|