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So many books, so little time. With this in mind, the Amazon Books editors set out to compile a list of 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime.
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 3:46 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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A bill that would increase access to information about the costs, benefits, and consequences of college degrees available in North Carolina passed the state House on Wednesday by a vote of 101-16 and has been placed on Monday's Senate calendar
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 3:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Shortly after the Council of State approved the first $200 million issuance and sale for the Connect NC Bond, Appalachian State University was awarded a construction contract to build a new College of Health Sciences Building
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 3:28 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Every so often, the issue of grade inflation makes the headlines, and we are reminded that grades are being debased continuously.
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 6:10 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Roy Cooper's union-funded campaign surrogates blocked traffic in downtown Raleigh today during rush hour after rejecting an offer to meet with the governor's senior advisors.
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 6:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new leader is taking charge of The Health and Safety Leadership Team today.
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Parts of North Carolina are growing rapidly. Other areas, usually but not always "rural," are stagnant or worse
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 2:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My brother and I gave these two poems on Engraved Plaques to our Sons on the day of their birth
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 2:27 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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John C. Calhoun explained why the Tariff of Abominations (Tariff of 1828) was unconstitutional and why, therefore, South Carolina had the right to Nullify it.
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 2:24 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center has received the highest quality rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for Coronary Artery Bypass and Aortic Valve surgeries in 2015
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 3:38 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor McCrory announced the arrival of SWELECT Energy Systems LLC to Halifax County
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 3:36 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Government requires money to do its work. Anarchists disagree. But for the vast majority of us, the real debates involve, first, how much money government needs and, second, how government ought to collect that money
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Because my husband and I only have four-legged kids and both of our fathers have long since passed away, Father's Day is typically celebrated with just a card from our four-legged kids.
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 10:02 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Approximately 55 percent of North Carolina's $21.9 billion state budget is spent on education. About 70 percent of all money devoted to education is spent on K-12 education
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 10:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The checkout line was stalled and grew long. "What's taking so long," one impatient customer groused
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 7:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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State Sen. Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, said the state's certificate-of-need law, a major regulatory barrier to reducing costs and competition in health care, would be repealed under a bill working its way through the Senate Health Care Committee
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 4:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Why Is It I Am The Only One To See The Obvious?
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 4:44 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 4:39 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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In an attack on an Orlando, Florida, nightspot Sunday morning at about 2:00 a.m., 50 human being were left dead by one alleged Islamic terrorist
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 3:53 pm
By: Jim Kouri
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Like a recovering addict on the verge of a major binge, some North Carolina lawmakers are on the brink of falling back into the black hole of tax credits
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Wednesday, ADF International officially launched the second edition of Paul Coleman’s book Censored: How European “Hate Speech” Laws Are Threatening Freedom of Speech
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 3:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The NC General Assembly is moving quickly toward resolve its 2016 budget. The House & Senate have each passed its own version of House Bill #1030 (the budget bill).
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the State is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the shootings of Calvin Earl McGee and Amory Lee Scott and the murder of Julius Lee Brinson
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 3:21 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that several North Carolina-specific provisions he requested have been secured in the FY2017 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, a measure to fund federal land management agencies and environmental infrastructure accounts
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2016 @ 10:28 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Ms. Mary Lee Hodges Steele, age 90, a resident of Roanoke River Nursing & Rehabilitation Facility, Williamston, NC and a former resident of Washington Park, Washington, NC passed away Monday, June 13, 2016.
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2016 @ 1:09 pm
By: Announcements
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and over a dozen of his House colleagues urged federal fisheries regulators to consider science from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute before following through on a 2016 commercial and recreational closure of the South Atlantic red snapper
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2016 @ 12:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A House committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would require the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority to inform college applicants about the possible outcomes of a degree at any of the state's public or private colleges and universities
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2016 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Representative Rob Bryan first proposed the idea of Achievement School Districts it seemed, at first, a pretty radical concept, but after a year of discussion we've not heard many alternatives put forward
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2016 @ 9:35 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the State is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the hit and run of Steven Daniels, Jennafer Schark and Kyle Straight
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2016 @ 8:12 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, two radical Moral Monday-affiliated groups supporting Roy Cooper, Progress NC Action and NCAE 2020, falsely accused Governor McCrory of signing legislation that hurts teachers and hard-working North Carolinians
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2016 @ 11:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sunday morning, June 12, 2016, may seem like just any other Sunday morning at my headquarters in rural northeastern North Carolina; but, in a Gay night club known as "Pulse", in Orlando, Florida, many Americans lay dead and others dying.
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2016 @ 11:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have been retired since 2004 but I just received notification through LinkedIn about the position
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2016 @ 9:34 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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