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Possible GenX contamination in municipal water supplies is a reason cash-strapped municipalities have discussed merging public works systems with larger cities and counties
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2018 @ 2:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The great British statesman and writer Edmund Burke was a critic of his government's treatment of the American colonies in the years preceding the Revolutionary War
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2018 @ 6:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm only half joking when I argue that a true sports fan loathes his archrival more than he loves his own team
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2018 @ 6:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to giving parents more control over where their children attend elementary and secondary school, North Carolina has become a national leader
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2018 @ 1:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Not that it is really in my interest to say this, but many of our political debates are a waste of time
Published: Saturday, November 24th, 2018 @ 2:38 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: Thursday, November 22nd, 2018 @ 3:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Reportedly, Americans are more interested in socialism now. How much that is actually true, I don't know. Media political reporting today contains so much projection, it's hard to tell
Published: Thursday, November 22nd, 2018 @ 3:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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More than 2 million voters cast one-stop early voting and absentee ballots during an 18-day period ending Saturday, astonishing political observers
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2018 @ 9:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The leader of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors says he's cutting ties with East Carolina University
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2018 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Occupational licensing may have cost North Carolina more than 42,000 jobs and millions in economic losses, a new study from the Institute for Justice says.
Published: Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 @ 2:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is hard to imagine what would be on tables this Thanksgiving if it were not for North Carolina farmers
Published: Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 @ 1:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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You may remember celebrating Thanksgiving by tracing your hand to create the outline of a turkey and hearing the story of the harvest meal celebrated by Pilgrims and American Indians in 1621
Published: Sunday, November 18th, 2018 @ 6:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Modern America has a craving for goods and services that are supplied instantaneously
Published: Sunday, November 18th, 2018 @ 1:09 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 17th, 2018 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A legislative panel is hiring a special outside investigator to get answers from Gov. Roy Cooper about his creation of a $57.8 million discretionary fund tied to payments from Atlantic Coast Pipeline partners
Published: Saturday, November 17th, 2018 @ 9:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission is trimming the number of products it lists because, to be blunt, some of those items - i.e. bottles - just aren't selling
Published: Friday, November 16th, 2018 @ 8:43 pm
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 16th, 2018 @ 2:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A special legislative investigative panel wants to know if Gov. Roy Cooper was in line to benefit personally from solar energy companies by creating a $57.8 million "slush fund" paid for by Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers.
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2018 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that Democrats have erased the GOP's veto-proof majorities for the 2019 legislative session, Republican lawmakers could try to rush initiatives through a lame duck legislative session scheduled for Nov. 27, a top political observer says
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2018 @ 2:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An angry teacher on Facebook wondered why those in charge of the State Health Plan “felt the need…to remind us that we are funded by taxpayers” on the new insurance ID cards
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 @ 5:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The results of this month's legislative elections haven't been certified
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 @ 5:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the 2016 campaign cycle, many candidates, including Donald Trump, promised voters that they would work to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and replace it with a system that provided similar levels of protection for those individuals who are most vulnerable, lowered costs for healthcare
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 @ 6:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina System's Board of Governors is expected to confirm Dr. William Roper, dean of UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health Care, as interim president of the UNC System, sources confirmed to Carolina Journal
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a Daily Caller piece last week, Philip Hamburger asked, “If Jeff Sessions steps down as attorney general, who will replace him?”
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 3:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In addition to choosing representatives, and deciding six statewide constitutional amendments Tuesday, Nov. 6, North Carolina voters approved more than $1.8 billion in local bonds for K-12 and community college projects, parks and open spaces, low-income housing, and street improvements
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 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: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 11:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Did state approval of the North Carolina segment of the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline depend on Gov. Roy Cooper's administration securing a $57.8-million discretionary "mitigation fund" with the pipeline operators
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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From the time it was announced in January, the agreement between Gov. Roy Cooper and the companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline invited questions about its constitutionality, legality, and practicality
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 2:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you expected the 2018 midterm elections to settle all scores and clarify all unanswered political questions in the era of Donald Trump, you were just asking for disappointment - and that's what voters gave you
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 2:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Wall Street Journal warns of a troubling new scheme. It gives privately funded environmental litigator/activists (who are unaccountable to the people) state police power
Published: Sunday, November 11th, 2018 @ 1:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Members who serve on the 168 boards that control local alcohol sales in North Carolina are doing good work
Published: Saturday, November 10th, 2018 @ 12:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wayne County Public School officials haven't welcomed the Innovative School District's decision to recommend Carver Heights Elementary with open arms
Published: Friday, November 9th, 2018 @ 6:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As I write, the results of the 2018 midterm elections are not yet known. By the time some readers see this, it's possible that the long-predicted blue wave will have washed away GOP majorities in Washington and at least the supermajorities Republicans enjoy in the North Carolina General Assembly
Published: Friday, November 9th, 2018 @ 4:55 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: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 7:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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