Thanks to new grant funding, graduates from several ECU College of Nursing departments will be poised to provide health care that makes a big difference in small communities.
Published: Thursday, September 26th, 2019 @ 9:33 am
By: ECU News Services
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On July 25, 2017, Governor Roy Cooper announced the creation of the Commission on Access to Sound Basic Education.
Published: Friday, July 5th, 2019 @ 9:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Governor’s Commission on Access to a Sound Basic Education is getting closer to putting forth recommendations to meet the Leandro mandate.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 @ 3:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Although policymakers sometimes portray increasing access and reducing cost as separate objectives for health care reform, the two are closely related.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 @ 5:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Department of Information Technology have partnered with nine library systems and four municipalities to improve internet access in rural communities.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 6:19 pm
By: Governor's Office
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“The cost of doing nothing is not nothing,” John Owen, mental health consumer, told Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen, M.D, at a roundtable to discuss the impact of untreated behavioral health on communities and the challenges of accessing care for those who need it.
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2019 @ 9:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Better internet access is coming to 19 rural, economically disadvantaged counties in North Carolina thanks to nearly $10 million in grants, Governor Roy Cooper announced today along with the NC Department of Information Technology and its Broadband Infrastructure Office.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 6:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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From Marfa, an apparel, accessory, and gift store for men, women, and children, is set to open in Uptown early Spring.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 @ 12:23 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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A total of 12 coastal communities will get more than $1.1 million in grants to improve public access to coastal beaches and waters, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 @ 11:26 am
By: Governor's Office
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East Carolina University is participating in a new effort in which 130 public universities and systems will work together to increase college access, close the achievement gap, and award hundreds of thousands more degrees by 2025
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2018 @ 12:27 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Voters will see another minority party on North Carolina's ballot
Published: Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 @ 11:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Constitution Party isn’t expected to become the state’s fifth political party until Wednesday, June 6. But it already faces a threat to potential candidates
Published: Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 @ 11:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm pleased to sign into law the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2018.
Published: Friday, June 8th, 2018 @ 3:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement voted unanimously on Wednesday to recognize the Constitution Party of North Carolina as the state's newest political party
Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2018 @ 6:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The long, hard slog for the North Carolina Green Party is over. The state officially recognized the Green Party, allowing its candidates to appear on state ballots
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 4:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State laws and regulations prevent municipalities from collaborating with Internet Service Providers in public-private partnerships that could bridge the urban-rural digital divide, the N.C. League of Municipalities says
Published: Sunday, March 25th, 2018 @ 11:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recognizing a new path to revitalization, the State of North Carolina is quickly moving to take advantage of the newly established Opportunity Zones Program, which focuses on distressed, low-income census tracks for targeted economic investments
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 @ 2:08 pm
By: Bill Cook
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That's what Dr. Erin Fraher, health workforce expert at University of North Carolina, had to say to lawmakers at a recent subcommittee meeting that examined how government funds are distributed to help teaching hospitals pay for physician residency programs
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 10:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Cooper announced Hometown Strong, a new initiative to partner with local governments to support local economies, improve infrastructure, and strengthen rural communities
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2018 @ 4:55 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Last week, with bipartisan support we voted to override Gov. Cooper's veto of legislation that provides voters more choices at the ballot box by increasing ballot access for smaller political parties and unaffiliated candidates for many statewide and local elections
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 3:51 pm
By: Bill Cook
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You might expect Libertarians to feel protective of the spot they've won as the only third party on North Carolina's election ballot
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 9:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Cooper vetoed S.B. 656 to forestall a purported constitutional amendment The Republican-led General Assembly seemed content to stay home until January
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 6:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans proudly welcome more competition on the ballot from unaffiliated candidates and newly empowered political parties like the Green Party
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 8:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Third parties would face a lower hurdle in seeking a spot on North Carolina's election ballot, under a bill that cleared a state House committee this morning.
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers are trying to make it easier for broadband providers to reach that last lonely house on that far-away dirt road
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Robert Graboyes' 93-year-old mother had a phone and an iPad, and she knew how to use them
Published: Friday, February 3rd, 2017 @ 4:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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November is National Home Care and Hospice Care Month, a time set aside to honor those who attend to the in-home health, hospice and community-based care needs of the state's citizens in the comfort and privacy of their homes
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2016 @ 5:57 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Spindale Town Councilman Ben Edwards said he was agitated when he learned House Majority Leader Mike Hager was running unopposed in House District 112, which the Republican had represented since 2011
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 1:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Legislative Research Commission's Committee on Booze Desert Zones recently concluded that nearly 28.3 percent of North Carolinians lack adequate access to hard liquor.
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2016 @ 11:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new tool was just rolled out to support Governor Pat McCrory's goal of expanding high-speed internet access to underserved communities and extending Wi-Fi access to every classroom in the state.
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 @ 12:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Pamlico Albemarle Wildlife Conservationists (PAWC) cut the ribbon on a new handicap-accessible wildlife blind on Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 3:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A national government watchdog group is collecting examples of government employees who are responsible for providing public information but in fact impede the free flow of information to journalists.
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2016 @ 3:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) joined his colleague Congressman Don Young of Alaska in cosponsoring H.R. 330, the Marine Access and State Transparency (MAST) Act.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 @ 7:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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