The General Assembly will convene its biennial session Jan. 13. They’ll talk about how to get the economy back on its feet, address a learning gap in education, improve access to quality health care at an affordable price, put together a tax and spending plan and begin the centennial redistricting p
Published: Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 @ 11:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Projects Expected to Connect Nearly 16,000 Households and 700 Businesses to Broadband
Published: Friday, December 18th, 2020 @ 6:56 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Leaders in the General Assembly and governor say they have reached a deal to ensure $30 million for the GREAT rural broadband program.
Published: Monday, December 14th, 2020 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Local communities, legislators, and businesses are having a hard time understanding why Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget office pulled the plug on $32 million in grants for rural broadband projects that had attracted 70 applicants.
Published: Friday, December 4th, 2020 @ 5:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Let’s settle once and for all if there is bias in the media? YES!
Published: Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 @ 6:10 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has partnered with a public school system in West Texas to deliver fast, low-latency internet to students residing in areas where connectivity is inadequate, unaffordable, or non-existent.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 2:21 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Grants will fund projects Columbus, Duplin and Graham counties
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 @ 9:27 am
By: Governor's Office
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This week, Rural Broadband Week, Governor Cooper announced $12 million for internet expansion projects in 11 rural counties through the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) grant and COVID-19 Recovery Act.
Published: Thursday, August 20th, 2020 @ 7:11 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Movement to eliminate a rule for landline telephone carriers that remains in force for broadband providers could speed expansion of high-speed internet to areas lacking it.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 @ 3:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Secretary Tracy Doaks will serve at DIT until July 31
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2020 @ 9:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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Yesterday, on Monday, April 6, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of federal lawmakers in sending a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others to include funding for broadband internet in any further legislative response to the COVID-19
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2020 @ 2:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Trump is investing in the resources our military needs to keep our country safe.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 12:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 7:32 am
By: Governor's Office
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Broad River Retail, LLC, an Ashley HomeStore licensee, will create 161 jobs as it locates a distribution center in Johnston County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 @ 2:30 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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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Residents in Wilson, Salisbury, Mooresville, Davidson, and Morganton were being hit with higher taxes and even electricity and water rates as their cities were bleeding money. Why?
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2019 @ 11:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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H.B. 431 — titled the FIBER NC Act — would grant counties and cities the authority to use property taxes to construct such facilities and equipment.
Published: Friday, April 19th, 2019 @ 3:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina General Assembly lags behind most other states as one of seven state governments that doesn't offer video of any legislative sessions or committees
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 7:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In August 2018, Kyle Modlin, 27 years of age, of 7190 Broad Creek Road in Washington was placed on House Arrest as part of the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Pretrial Release Program
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 @ 9:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bleeding money, unable to sign up enough subscribers, and incapable of investing in new technology to attract users, Salisbury's beleaguered municipal broadband service is about to be leased to a private firm
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2018 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On May 8, Salisbury voters overwhelmingly agreed on a resolution to lease the city's Fibrant broadband system to a private company
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2018 @ 3:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An overwhelming 81 percent of voters in Salisbury on Tuesday said the city should lease its Fibrant broadband service to Hotwire Communications
Published: Sunday, May 13th, 2018 @ 10:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Salisbury residents will vote Tuesday on whether to lease its city-owned broadband system to a private provider. Critics say it could be a case of making the best of a bad situation
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 1:13 am
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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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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American infrastructure has fallen behind due to years of inaction and a broken permitting system
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 @ 6:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For the first twenty years of my career I was a radio broadcaster in Greenville, Wilson, Elizabeth City, Fuquay-Varina, and later Raleigh and Durham
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 12:30 am
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina took a step today toward strengthening public safety and emergency preparedness by clearing the way for its first responders to join FirstNet, the first nationwide broadband network specifically built for public safety agencies
Published: Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 @ 4:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper called for expanded high-speed broadband service throughout North Carolina in his opening address at the North Carolina Digital Government Summit on Wednesday morning
Published: Thursday, August 31st, 2017 @ 12:41 am
By: Governor's Office
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Miracle children and their stories of remarkable courage during life-threatening illnesses and injuries helped make the 32nd annual Celebration Broadcast a tremendous success
Published: Monday, June 5th, 2017 @ 1:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Cooper’s Common Ground Solutions budget included $20 million to improve internet access and service to households and businesses in underserved areas of North Carolina.
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2017 @ 1:46 am
By: Governor's Office
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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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