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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Cape Fear Arsenal Inc. will locate a new manufacturing facility in Robeson County.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2013 @ 6:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I would like to begin by apologizing to all of our many readers for our creeping speed today. We fixed the problem, but not without some great diligence.
Published: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 @ 10:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Symbiotic Publishing Company, a division of Symbiotic Networks, Inc., and developer and owner of the concept of geocentric moderated informational platforms, will expand its publishing and coverage into Pitt and Craven Counties.
Published: Saturday, May 11th, 2013 @ 11:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County NOW is our prototype; I've said it often. And as our prototype, my next proof is to prove that the site makes money, which it will once we take the time away from our many projects to sell others space on our well developed, well traveled platform.
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 @ 7:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Let's face this one truth together: For a periodical to be successful that communicative device must be frequented by people ... people inspired to use your literary auspices to learn stuff.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2013 @ 9:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bill Sherrill feels like he has an uphill battle in an effort to continue self-distributing the beer he brews at Red Oak Brewery in Guilford County.
Published: Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Considering the extent of how deeply the Golden Leaf Foundation is interwoven into the social and political fabric of some policy makers in North Carolina and local county governments.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 12:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Jordan Forest Products, a wood products manufacturing company, will expand its operations in Montgomery County.
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 @ 12:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, along with U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, N.C. Sen. Dan Soucek, N.C. Rep. Edgar Starnes (Majority Leader), Duke Energy State President Paul Newton and Google Operations Manager Enoch Moeller announced that Google will invest an additional $600 million in the Lenoir data center.
Published: Saturday, April 20th, 2013 @ 9:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At Golden LEAF's February and April Board meetings, the Foundation awarded a total of 32 grants totaling $17.4 million to a diverse set of projects to organizations across the state from Cherokee to Pasquotank counties.
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 11:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"Ipreo is just the kind of company we want to attract to North Carolina," said Governor McCrory.
Published: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 @ 11:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Symbiotic Networks Incorporated will now market its wide array of internet products. We will do this by calling of business people, even politicians, but you may contact us, as well, at your leisure.
Published: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 @ 11:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that XPO Logistics, a company that provides freight management, expedited transportation and freight forwarding services, will expand its national operations center in Mecklenburg County.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 @ 1:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced that AREVA, the largest technical resource for the nation's nuclear energy sector, will expand its operations in Charlotte to include its North American headquarters.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 @ 9:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced that Rack Room Shoes, a family footwear retailer, will expand its corporate headquarters in Charlotte.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2013 @ 5:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A pro-growth tax reform including elimination of state personal and corporate income taxes has garnered significant attention in North Carolina over the last several weeks.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 @ 2:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announce industrial expansion in North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 @ 8:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Famed economist Arthur Laffer provided real-world economic solutions at the Civitas Institute's legislative training session recently in Raleigh.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 3:13 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Our state has been suffering with high unemployment and sluggish economic growth since the 2008 financial crisis primarily because of an inadequate educational system, high taxes and poor investments by state government.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 3:45 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Weir Oil and Gas, located just north and east of Washington, NC on Old Bath Highway, has announced that they will be laying off their employees, shuttering their plant, never to re-open.
Published: Saturday, January 19th, 2013 @ 11:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County, long downgraded to a Tier I county, will be upgraded to a Tier II, but do not celebrate just yet.
Published: Friday, November 30th, 2012 @ 10:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In just over three years, our Symbiotic Publisher prototype, Beaufort County NOW, has become one of the top three news and information websites originating from Beaufort County.
Published: Sunday, November 4th, 2012 @ 10:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Public transit systems in North Carolina have become less about helping citizens move around their communities in the way they desire and more about planners gaining enough political power to impose their transportation preferences and land use fads on those citizens.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 12:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The new French president's plan for a top income tax rate of 75 percent has raised many eyebrows on this side of the Atlantic.
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2012 @ 12:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Electric vehicle stations are springing up in North Carolina, partly a result of federal stimulus money going to the stations.
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2012 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina residents pay nearly 10 percent of their income in taxes, placing the state squarely among the 20th-most taxed in the nation, said the nonprofit Tax Foundation in its most recent Annual State-Local Tax Burden Ranking (PDF download here).
Published: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The need to reform North Carolina's tax structure is urgent. Our state's economy continues to struggle, suffering from a 9.7 unemployment rate - fifth highest in the nation
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 2:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics at the Texas Public Policy Foundation has joined the Civitas Institute to publish a recent analysis of income taxes at the state level.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 @ 11:05 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Washington Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce will present its annual business exposition at the Washington Civic Center on Wednesday, October 10, 2012.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 4:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"The power to tax is the power to destroy." That is an oft-repeated paraphrase of a quote from former U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall in an 1819 court decision. Indeed taxes do destroy: incentives, productivity, businesses, and opportunity.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2012 @ 3:14 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Sometimes the truth hurts, and there's no way to hide it. The latest Economic Freedom of the World Report, which ranks 144 nations, constitutes such a moment for those of us who cherish freedom in the United States.
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2012 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Janet Cowell's primary responsibility as State Treasurer is to oversee the pension fund for retired North Carolina teachers and state employees. So why does her campaign receive so many contributions from far-away states like New York, Pennsylvania and California?
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2012 @ 1:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A former South Carolina congressman told an environmental forum that many conservatives don't think they can compete when it comes to visions for improving the environment.
Published: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 @ 11:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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