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North Carolina's criminal code is out of control, but lawmakers are ready to rein it in
Published: Friday, June 30th, 2017 @ 6:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nonprofits operating in 13 hard-hit North Carolina counties will get $810,000 to help volunteers rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Matthew, Governor Roy Cooper said today during a visit to Robeson and Columbus counties
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 5:22 pm
By: Governor's Office
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This fall, East Carolina University Honors College alumnus Thomas Vaughn '15 will join the National Weather Service in Wichita, Kansas as one of 31 new hires by the federal agency that is responsible for providing weather, water and climate data, forecasts and warnings across the country
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 1:56 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Cooper released the following statement on the override of his budget veto
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 10:50 am
By: Governor's Office
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A Republican-sponsored bill in the General Assembly could allow the first ever municipal sales taxes in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday, the wicked heat lifted. The sky became a bright blue after dawn.
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 10:35 am
By: Michele Rhem
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A couple of months ago, I wrote a column that outlined emerging threats to freedom of speech on college campuses
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 10:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Linda Lou Satterwhite Alligood, age 75, a resident of Washington, died Tuesday June 27, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 9:52 am
By: Announcements
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Ms. Anne Johnson, age 80, a resident of Beechtree Drive, Washington, NC died Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 9:49 am
By: Announcements
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One of the tricks of the mind is that we remember things like a snapshot. After a few years our image of the past is cast in indelible concrete like an old picture in the shoe box up in the attic or a statue in the town square
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 9:45 am
By: Bobby Tony
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"More than 1.3 million North Carolinians stand to lose health care coverage by 2026 under the proposed Senate health care bill"
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 12:31 am
By: Governor's Office
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Rep. Nelson Dollar, R-Wake, gave an impassioned defense of the $23 billion bipartisan General Fund budget compromise Wednesday morning, and the House quickly followed his motion to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the spending plan in a 76-43 vote
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 4:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Cooper's office and Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Secretary Larry Hall responded to the legislature's decision not to provide funding for the Eastern Carolina Veterans' Cemetery
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 4:04 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Recently, I wrote about a lesser known truth that I write poetry - when I was young on scraps of paper - now that I am older, and have the means to database these words in message for all posterity, I do it here.
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 3:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The provision in the state budget that will have the most significant long-term impact on the fiscal health of our state government is making few headlines
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 2:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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East Carolina University dermatology resident Dr. Randall Proctor likes to take his family to the beach, but he's careful to make sure they're protected from the sun's rays
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 2:25 pm
By: ECU News Services
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North Carolina distillers could begin seeing a significant boost in sales as visitors as early as this coming weekend
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 1:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Cooper Announces Bold Action Plan to Turn the Tide of the Opioid Epidemic in North CarolinaGovernor Roy Cooper today kicked off the Opioid Misuse and Overdose Prevention Summit and announced North Carolina's Opioid Action Plan
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 1:34 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Mr. Phillip "Wayne" Waters, Jr., age 55, a resident of Washington, NC and a former resident of Duck Creek died Tuesday June 27, 2017 at River Trace Nursing Center of Washington
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 8:30 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. William "Bill" Donald Lake, age 62, a resident of Chocowinity, NC died Monday, June 26, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 8:28 am
By: Announcements
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It's a stark contrast: A person earning $1 million a year gets a tax break of $8,226
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 4:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Cooper returned a veto of Senate Bill 257 to the legislature with the following message
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 3:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Cooper vetoed the 2017 state budget. NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes responded below
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 3:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) commended the Trump administration’s withdrawal of the Water of the United States (WOTUS) rule, and released the following statement
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Cooper offered no details, and it's not clear how he allocated various pieces of the tax package included in the 2017-19 budget plan
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 4:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joined by North Carolina teachers and citing concerns that the conference budget passed by the legislature shortchanges North Carolina's public schools and economy, Governor Cooper announced today that he will veto the budget
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 4:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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In what may be a first, the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) has put on its docket a petition to declare that a renewable power facility is in fact a public utility under NC law
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 3:23 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Office of Health Access in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, working with the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation, has secured a grant that should go a long way towards improving population health in the East
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 10:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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I published the bit of Foolishness below to my Wildly Popular (Or is It?) Foolishness...Or Is It? Blog Site (forii.blogspot.com) in October 2011. If it was Funny back then, it is still Funny today because Silliness is Never Outdated.
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 8:47 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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At a Monday news conference, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced he would veto the state budget
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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