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Today Governor Roy Cooper signed two bills into law, SB 420, the North Carolina Service members Civil Relief Act and SB 218, Clarify State Recognition – Lumbee Indians.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 1:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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We are more than three weeks into the new fiscal year and the state is still without a budget thanks to Governor Roy Cooper’s Medicaid expansion-or-nothing ultimatum.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 1:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Judicial elections can frustrate voters. Other than names and party labels, it’s often hard to learn much about the candidates. They tend to avoid discussing issues that might prompt future court cases.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 5:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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East Carolina University has become the 77th educational institution in the nation to be certified as an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, designed to marshal the strengths of educational campuses for the benefit of pollinators.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 5:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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Last Thursday morning, a single mother of two was jogging along Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts when she was allegedly flashed twice by a man running the other way, who didn’t know one crucial fact about the 6’1” woman: She was a former soldier in the Israeli army.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 5:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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On Monday, The New Yorker printed a lengthy piece by reporter Jane Mayer about the sad fate of former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. Franken resigned from the Senate in 2017 after a bevy of women accused him of sexual harassment
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 5:27 am
By: Daily Wire
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Remarks by President Trump at a Full Honors Welcome Ceremony for the Secretary of Defense
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 4:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On 7/16/2019, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Robert Blount, 29 years of age, of 537 S. 7th Street in Aurora and Jayvion Wright, 23 years of age, of 346 Middle Road in Aurora.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 4:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper toured St. Pauls Elementary in Robeson County to push for a school construction bond that will allow voters to guarantee funding for new school buildings and renovations across the state.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 4:10 am
By: Governor's Office
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State Treasurer Dale Fowell has sweetened a deal for hospitals to sign on to his Clear Pricing Project.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 8:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I grew up in the “separate but equal” school era, although we knew Black schools weren’t equal. The 1954 Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education, ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 7:53 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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By the time it made it through the Senate, the bill to reform Certificate-of-Need laws had lost most of its teeth.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 1:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, threatened to shoot down more American drones on Wednesday.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 1:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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ECU junior kicker Jake Verity has been named to the 2019 Lou Groza Place-kicker Award Watch List, according to an announcement by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission Wednesday.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 1:01 pm
By: ECU Sports
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Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a Senate resolution commending the men and women of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for their honorable service.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 12:52 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Fiery arguments over hemp regulation smoldered out Wednesday, July 24, when House members reversed feverish efforts to criminalize the plant’s smokable flower.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 12:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 12:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have been in Elizabeth City, a good while this summer.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 10:23 am
By: Michele Rhem
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I am now watching Robert Mueller before the U.S. Congress and this is, and will be a shattering experience.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 9:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill making it easier for someone to become a licensed funeral director has cleared the Senate.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, that would extend eligibility for American Legion membership to honorably discharged veterans who served since World War II
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:44 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Black’s Tire Service, Inc, a tire distributor and service company will create 26 jobs as it expands its operations in Columbus County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $2.7 million to expand their current distribution center, located in Whiteville.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:42 am
By: Governor's Office
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For the fourth-straight year, the ECU baseball team received the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award the association announced Wednesday.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:41 am
By: ECU Sports
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A heating, ventilation and air conditioning series will start in August to give students the skills they need to succeed in a high-demand career.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:36 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office would like to make the public aware of a recent incident involving a citizen who received a phone call from a scammer posing as a Deputy using the name of a currently serving Deputy with this office in hopes of appearing legitimate.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by the President Trump at Swearing-In Ceremony of Mark Esper as Secretary of Defense
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the follow statement after voting to confirm Dr. Mark Esper to be the next Secretary of Defense
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:29 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Red flags always mean, caution, we need to be careful in our decision making . For example, another red flag appears when something seems too good to be true, like maybe a free lunch.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:20 am
By: Hood Richardson
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A woman in South Carolina was killed when she mistakenly got into a car she thought was an Uber. N.C. lawmakers have introduced legislation to prevent something similar from happening here
Published: Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 @ 9:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Among his many exhortations to conservatives is Russell Kirk’s insistence that they be guided by the principle of prudence.
Published: Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 @ 9:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Roy Cooper today ordered all North Carolina flags on the grounds of the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, July 25, to honor state employee and arborist Branson Langley.
Published: Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 @ 9:40 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It has been sixteen days since Governor Roy Cooper and Democratic leaders sent a detailed, balanced compromise offer to Republican leaders in the General Assembly. As of today, Republican leaders have not shared any counteroffer to keep the budget process moving forward.
Published: Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 @ 6:55 pm
By: Governor's Office
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