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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 3:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Top legislative budget and tax writers say the N.C. General Assembly isn't likely to tackle more extensive tax reform next year. Nor are major spending changes in the works
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 2:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the second consecutive Sunday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections held an emergency meeting by conference call to take up challenges to the handling of the Nov. 8 election at the county level
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 10:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and his Democratic challenger, former state Rep. Linda Coleman, met on September 13 for their first and only debate broadcast statewide, their sharp differences of opinion on House Bill 2 were, not surprisingly, the primary focus of subsequent media coverage
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 8:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It seems that politicians and the media can’t stop talking about teacher pay. The claim that the average teacher salary will reach $50,000 this year has been the subject of numerous political advertisements, fact checks, and opinion pieces
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 1:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections voted Tuesday to instruct county elections boards to continue counting ballots to determine winners in as many races as possible
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2016 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2016 @ 12:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Regardless of the ultimate outcome of the governor's race, North Carolina will continue its role as one of the nation's leading practitioners of conservative reform and innovation
Published: Thursday, November 24th, 2016 @ 9:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As we travel and meet with family this week for the Thanksgiving holiday, there are two items that are bound to be on most tables - turkeys and sweet potatoes. North Carolina is ranked first nationally in sweet potato production and second nationally for turkey production. The state's...
Published: Thursday, November 24th, 2016 @ 3:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The partisan majorities on five boards of county commissioners flipped during the Nov. 8 general election, pending certification of the vote
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016 @ 7:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here's one of those statements that seems like it can't be true and yet is firmly supported by the evidence: Americans don't move around as much as they used to.
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Motor vehicle "biofuels" like ethanol made from corn and soybeans may cause more carbon emissions than gasoline, based on a new study from John DeCicco, a professor and researcher at the University of Michigan Energy Institute, challenging claims by environmentalists that vehicles using biofuels are
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 @ 11:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Retailers could apply for grants to buy refrigeration units, though research shows programs have little effect on eating behavior...
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 @ 11:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an emergency meeting Sunday afternoon, the State Board of Elections voted to meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. to establish legal guidelines for counties to resolve complaints about ballot challenges in the Nov. 8 election
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 3:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Democrats have spent much of the last week indignantly denouncing an array of Republican actions, attitudes, and options as "outrageous" and "inconceivable."
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 12:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Election season may not be the best time to go looking for sober reflection or respectful dialogue.
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 3:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eighty-five out of 10 African-American voters in North Carolina believe state lawmakers should do more to expand school choice, according to a new poll from the nonprofit organization Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2016 @ 11:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The federal government has just released another set of economic statistics - and they again show North Carolina has one of the fastest-growing economies in the United States
Published: Saturday, November 19th, 2016 @ 12:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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By a 2-1 party-line vote that had racial undertones, the Durham County Board of Elections approved a challenge to its vote-tallying process that Thomas Stark, a lawyer and Durham County resident, believes might have been corrupted by software limitations in voting machines that couldn't accept the v
Published: Saturday, November 19th, 2016 @ 8:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Perfecto Ruano and his wife Walda Luna, both of Wallace, were sentenced Tuesday in federal court to prison terms of 57 months and 81 months, respectively, for operating a fraudulent federal income-tax refund scheme using fake identities
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2016 @ 2:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If Attorney General Roy Cooper's election day lead over incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory eventually becomes a victory, the incoming Democrat will face an incredibly difficult challenge in pushing any of his agenda through a GOP-dominated General Assembly, election analysts say
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2016 @ 8:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is too early to tell at this writing whether Roy Cooper's slim election night lead over Pat McCrory will hold after the remaining ballots are counted, all ballots are recounted, and all potential legal contests and protests are filed and adjudicated
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 5:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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McCrae Dowless, who won election as supervisor of Bladen County’s Soil and Water Conservation District, has filed a complaint with his county board of elections, alleging “literally hundreds of fraudulent ballots were cast” in a “massive scheme to run an absentee ballot mill”
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 12:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Municipal broadband supporters are gearing up to change a law passed in 2011 that restricts how cities and towns in North Carolina can provide cable and internet services, even though the law recently was upheld by a federal appeals court
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an exclusive interview with Carolina Journal, UNC system President Margaret Spellings discussed her leadership priorities, the future of UNC's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and the impacts of technology on the future of higher education
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When North Carolina voters in 17 counties cast their ballots this year, they had the option of voting "yes" or "no" for proposed increases in local sales or property taxes
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 1:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The problems in Durham County on Election Night have been resolved, but much work remains leading up to the Nov. 18 county canvass and the statewide canvass 11 days later
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tuesday was a good day for alcohol proponents and supporters of bond measures
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 3:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper has a lead of roughly 5,000 votes in his attempt to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, and Cooper was quick to claim victory Tuesday night, telling supporters
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2016 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Typically, experts and analysts can distill an election's outcome down to a small list of reasonable conclusions
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2016 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2016 presidential campaign is over, but President-elect Donald Trump now must work to unify the nation, and members of his own party, election analysts told Carolina Journal
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2016 @ 1:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a night of impressive Republican victories across the country, and right here in North Carolina, the state's Democrats may well have accomplished their top priority of defeating Gov. Pat McCrory - by a whisker.
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2016 @ 7:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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