The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 @ 9:53 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The icon picture is Larry Patrick and Playboy Playmate Candy Loving who was representing Budweiser Beer.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 11:15 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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East Carolina University Honors College student Erika Dietrick discovered her passion during an honors research colloquium featuring ECU biology professor Dr. Claudia Jolls.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 10:00 am
By: ECU News Services
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Linda Lilly-Strickland, 68, of 1177 State Camp Rd., Vanceboro, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 2:16 pm
By: Announcements
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In this lecture to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers delivered this week, Patrick Moore, ecologist as well as founder and long time leader of Greenpeace, argues that the planet has actually been in a long term (50 million year) cooling trend; that long term temperature records...
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 3:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, who serves the 10th Congressional District, said the single term he served in the state House more than a decade ago
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We're not big fans of The Politico around here. In fact, we affectionately refer to it in-house as The PoS-tico.
Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 @ 8:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The prime example of Tax Avoidance is Wal Mart. Their recent and best scheme yet is their new creation of Shell Corps in another Country which fosters Tax Hiding of Assets.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 @ 6:44 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Walter Jones's primary foes are working hard to paint him as a liberal and a "Pelosi Republican."
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2015 @ 4:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Nuclear Arms Treaty with Iraq is not getting the kind of public notice or disclosure of deatils we would all like to have. This morning the above report is up!
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 1:03 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry delivered one of the most important speeches in our country's history.
Published: Saturday, July 4th, 2015 @ 12:30 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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It's rate-filing season for health insurance companies, and this week marked the deadline for carriers to disclose and explain any proposed rate increases of ten percent or more for 2016 Obamacare plans sold on the individual market. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina made the cut.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 8:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As reported in The Fayetteville Observer back in March: From 2007 to 2014...$421 million [was spent in the Cape Fear region] on solar projects. In the first 70 days of 2015, Dallas-based Principal Solar announced plans to tack on another $325 million worth of facilities in Cumberland and Bladen...
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2015 @ 11:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We have comedians and pundants speaking to the things which trouble me about Conservatives.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 @ 3:38 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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"This is my dream job; it doesn't get much better than this." That was the unanimous response from several of the Vidant EastCare team members when asked about what they do every day. This month, the emergency medical transport service for Vidant Health, celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 @ 9:02 pm
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina has one of the most aggressive Certificate of Need (CON) programs in the nation. A bipartisan bill introduced this week in the North Carolina House would loosen some of the CON reins.
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 8:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sources tell me that members of the NCGOP Executive Committee were informed via email this morning that current state party chairman Claude Pope will not be seeking another term in office.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 5:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The 2015 Oscar awards were most interesting this year on a variety of many levels. A new new, openly Gay, irreverent host; most of the awards going to one of the better films; grown men weeping, "American Sniper" shutout, J.K. Simmons finally wins, and Oprah is sovereign.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 8:56 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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In July, I wrote about the pressure that University of Wisconsin officials have been exerting on the faculty for greater "equity" on campus.
Published: Friday, December 19th, 2014 @ 1:40 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The midterm elections saw record turnout and relatively few glitches, but a few things stood out to undermine the liberal claim that "there is no voter fraud in North Carolina." Here are just a few examples of potential or actual fraud.
Published: Monday, December 8th, 2014 @ 12:06 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Regulation stifles innovation, resulting in poor-quality products at higher prices for consumers. And removing long-established regulations takes a massive effort, usually driven by obvious massive benefits that an emerging new industry offers.
Published: Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 @ 8:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It asks a serious question: How do you know if what history tells is accurate and truthful?
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 7:41 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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A state legislative oversight committee soon will look into whether state regulations need to be updated as passengers increasingly arrange rides using a smart-phone application rather than a phone call to a taxi company. Uber and Lyft are two companies that are meshing technology and...
Published: Saturday, October 18th, 2014 @ 9:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Alabama senator Jeff Sessions is putting in a yeoman's effort trying to derail the GOP cave-in on amnesty for illegal aliens.
Published: Friday, August 8th, 2014 @ 12:55 am
By: Brant Clifton
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My good friend and mentor, Wayne Martin, sent this to me. I send it to you as just one more example of the way terms like "liberal" and "conservative" are thrown around these days.
Published: Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 @ 11:25 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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The Senate Finance Committee passed a revised version of H1224 (Local Sales Tax Options/Econ. Dept. Changes) on Tuesday night that gives additional sales tax flexibility to 94 counties but limits options for Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg and Wake counties.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 12:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ever wonder why so few elected officials question the actions of their party leaders or the actions of their respective chambers? Ever wonder why politicians spend SO MUCH time fundraising?
Published: Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 @ 11:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's reputation as a "clean government" state has suffered in recent years, with a host of high-profile arrests of public officials on corruption charges. The latest came March 26, when Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested on charges of taking a bribe from a federal agent...
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 11:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina loses 54 cents for every dollar it allocates to the state film production credit, and the actual return on investment might be even worse, concluded a memorandum from the General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 6:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Patrick Woodie, the Acting President for the North Carolina Rural Center, is seeking input from county leaders.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 10:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement today after learning of the arrest of Mayor Patrick Cannon.
Published: Saturday, March 29th, 2014 @ 8:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If North Carolina voters send Thom Tillis to Washington, they could find themselves in the same boat as Charlotte voters who recently elected Patrick Cannon as their mayor.
Published: Saturday, March 29th, 2014 @ 8:02 am
By: Brant Clifton
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