The N.C. State Board of Elections is seeking public comments from June 21 to July 12 on proposed rules changes related to the implementation of the new voter ID law, including the photo identification requirement for absentee-by-mail voting.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 2:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Public comment is sought on the proposed Social Services Block Grant Plan, which outlines how $74 million in federal Social Services Block Grant funds will be spent in North Carolina in the coming state fiscal year.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 3:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For the second straight year, the N.C. Press Association acknowledged Carolina Journal’s reporting and commentary in its annual awards.
Published: Saturday, June 1st, 2019 @ 3:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Political commentator Dave Rubin and psychologist Jordan Peterson have become the latest in a line of Internet celebrities to declare their independence from the crowdfunding site Patreon, after Patreon revealed a bizarre new "hate speech" policy.
Published: Monday, January 14th, 2019 @ 12:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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I am insulted by Hillary's allegations and campaign ads that make it seem that women vote only with their emotion and their fragile sensibilities. The thought that women can't vote more responsibly is downright insulting.
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2016 @ 5:57 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Tim Kaine has been a strong supporter of the failed Obamacare. In fact, he even expressed support for increased penalties on U.S. businesses to keep this disastrous law afloat.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 5:30 am
By: Russell Allen
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement: "I condemn in the strongest possible terms the comments made by Donald Trump regarding women. I find them disgusting."
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2016 @ 10:48 am
By: McCrory Communications
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RNC's Dr. Ada Fisher responds to the NAACP's "sickening" comments concerning black police officers.
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2016 @ 11:04 am
By: Russell Allen
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"You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right?" Hillary Clinton told a crowd, which reacted with laughter and applause.
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 7:09 pm
By: Jim Kouri
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This is a pilot to a new series of posts on Beaufort County Now which showcases various different political issue in video format. Each week, the series will post three to four political commentaries from independent video producers online
Published: Sunday, August 28th, 2016 @ 1:30 pm
By: Sabe Wilis
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Public comment is sought on the proposed Social Services Block Grant plan, which outlines how an estimated $62 million in federal social services block grant funds will be spent in North Carolina in the coming state fiscal year
Published: Sunday, June 5th, 2016 @ 4:07 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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As seen through the eyes of an unbiased MSNBC show, the election is a all about who you don't like.
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2016 @ 3:33 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is receiving public comments through April 18, 2016, on the draft N.C. Medicaid reform waiver application
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2016 @ 3:27 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Ted McDonald and I were discussing out posts in Beaufort County Now and I expressed my opinion that the obsession with views should only be of concern to the publisher since it will increase exposure.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 3:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last year, 42 percent of recent high school graduates enrolled in one or more remedial or "developmental" math and/or English courses at a North Carolina community college.
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 12:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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No report is more controversial, misunderstood, and misread than the Annual Report on Teachers Leaving the Profession.
Published: Tuesday, October 6th, 2015 @ 2:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are concerns that students who pursue careers in education represent the least capable of those students who pursue college degrees. As Thomas Sowell observed in Inside American Education, "Consistently, for decades, those college students who have majored in education have been among the...
Published: Sunday, July 5th, 2015 @ 8:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although I agree that other parts of the House budget are problematic, their K-12 education budget includes additional funding for a number of promising initiatives and research-based programs. Clearly, the Republican leadership recognizes that boosting student performance requires targeted...
Published: Monday, June 15th, 2015 @ 4:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this month, Dr. Alisa Chapman, Vice President for Academic and University Programs for the University of North Carolina System, briefed members of the NC State Board of Education on the background, demographics, and qualifications of the state's teaching profession.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2015 @ 6:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The annual Collaborative Conference for Student Achievement allows public school employees to hear from practitioners, experts, and advocates who share the goal of ensuring that all public school students are successful. I enjoy reviewing the presentations from the conference because they are...
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 7:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When folks talk about poverty in schools, they typically reference the number of students who receive a free or reduced price lunch (FRL), which means that I often need to consult FRL statistics published annually by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI). But reviewing last year's data...
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015 @ 4:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The bottom line is that the governor's budget would increase K-12 education spending by 2.8 percent or $235 million more than the 2014-15 budget.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 11:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the News & Observer published an op-ed by Angela Scioli, a history teacher at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh and founder of Red4EdNC. The piece took aim at the Republican-led legislature for "no longer investing in our students." One of her main points was that things were so muc
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released school performance grades earlier this month, public school advocacy groups noted that the grades reflected the socioeconomic makeup of the schools. They observed that schools with few free and reduced price lunch students generally...
Published: Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 @ 3:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I simply believe in letting the chips fall where they may and do some thinking and looking from another perspective
Published: Saturday, January 10th, 2015 @ 7:17 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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I know Christmas Day has come and gone, but we ought to try to retain the holiday spirit as long as we can. That's why I'm urging compassion for a downtrodden group that doesn't often receive it: North Carolina's liberal commentators.
Published: Thursday, January 1st, 2015 @ 10:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have been discussing teacher pay rankings for years. In fact, three years ago I wrote a newsletter piece titled, Education spending in North Carolina: The ranking problem. In that piece, I outlined the major problems associated with the National Education Association (NEA) rankings of teacher...
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 7:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ann Coulter, conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist and attorney, will bring her fiery and fearless commentary to the 2014 Conservative Leadership Conference!
Published: Friday, March 28th, 2014 @ 11:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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If there was a national prize for rhetorical incoherence, one could find several excellent nominations among the ranks of North Carolina politicians and political commentators.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2013 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are at least as many different ways to explain the origins of political disagreement as there are political commentators.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 11:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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