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Federal cuts to Medicaid expansion could cost the state billions; thankfully, policymakers have options to lessen the effect
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 @ 5:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Biden administration has sent more than $5 billion to organization set to honor author who thinks America is systemically racist
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2024 @ 11:47 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A federal judge in Raleigh has ordered the Syrian government to pay more than $1.1 billion to victims of ISIS terrorist attacks that took place from 2015 to 2017.
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2023 @ 7:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The federal government wasted as much as $247 billion in payment errors during fiscal year 2022, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office released at the end of last month.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 11:55 pm
By: Daily Wire
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With the upcoming 2023 federal Farm Bill currently in the works, it’s a good time to talk about some of the negative consequences of farm subsidies, which we will most likely see an increase in.
Published: Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 @ 9:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As federal funding to schools for covid relief is entering its last phase, a lot of people are beginning to ask the question: What difference has $172 billion made for students and our schools?
Published: Monday, April 17th, 2023 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg revealed on Monday that the firm guaranteed as much as $13.3 billion in uninsured deposits for the 10 largest account holders at the defunct Silicon Valley Bank.
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2023 @ 10:56 am
By: Daily Wire
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Republican lawmakers at the state and federal levels have introduced multiple bills this week meant to prohibit or discourage the Federal Reserve from creating a central bank digital currency, also known as a CBDC.
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 4:24 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The tax burden from illegal immigration at the federal, state, and local levels is roughly $150.7 billion per year, according to an analysis published on Wednesday by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 9:15 am
By: Daily Wire
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demands federal government pays it to all, costing billions
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2022 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Steed
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Ken Starr, a former federal judge who later led the investigation that resulted in former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment, died on Tuesday. He was 76.
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2022 @ 7:46 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Texas Republican Rep. Pat Fallon introduced a bill last week to request the federal government to reimburse his state for $1.5 billion in border security.
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 8:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The gun-rights group Grass Roots North Carolina criticizes U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis' "misguided approach" to a possible compromise federal gun bill.
Published: Saturday, July 2nd, 2022 @ 11:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill this week banning the federal government from being able to buy crack pipes, and appear to have taken a shot at Democrat President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, who was an admitted crack addict, with the name the bill was given.
Published: Sunday, April 3rd, 2022 @ 8:16 am
By: Daily Wire
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Contained within the Democrats’ massive $3.5 trillion federal reconciliation bill is a provision that would allow illegal immigrants to receive free community college tuition.
Published: Thursday, December 9th, 2021 @ 7:19 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Cruz good info
Published: Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 @ 6:52 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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In case you’re wondering what’s happened with all the money appropriated to public schools through the federal ‘relief’ bills, you’re not alone.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 9:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The federal government sent nearly $4 billion in COVID relief money to North Carolina, but a sizable chunk of it was returned, unwanted, a new report from the state auditor’s office finds.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 4:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Three North Carolina members of the U.S. House of Representatives say they’ll back a bill giving states and localities flexibility under the CARES Act to replace lost tax money.
Published: Sunday, May 10th, 2020 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says Americans who qualify for federal assistance under the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill passed by Congress can expect to see $1,200 checks deposited into their bank accounts “within three weeks.”
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 5:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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When the American people were debating whether to adopt our Constitution, North Carolina (a hotbed of anti-federalism) took the lead in ensuring the document was amended to include a bill of rights.
Published: Monday, January 20th, 2020 @ 6:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Republican legislative leaders say the NAACP deliberately omitted them from a federal lawsuit seeking to kill newly enacted voter ID legislation.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2019 @ 10:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Richard Burr (R-NC), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Tim Scott (R-SC) applauded the House for granting their request for a $1.68 billion down payment for Hurricane Florence disaster relief in the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill
Published: Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 @ 4:26 am
By: Thom Tillis
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The state Republican Party has asked for a federal investigation of the side deal struck between the Cooper administration and the utilities that will operate the $5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 @ 5:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined a group of eight senators and two representatives to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral bill that will use revenues from energy production on federal lands to help pay for the over $11 billion maintenance backlog at our national parks
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2018 @ 8:14 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Campus free speech - a major topic of conversation in North Carolina - has federal lawmakers talking
Published: Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's a valid argument against federal tax reform - an argument that didn't apply to North Carolina's path-breaking reforms - but congressional Democrats and their ideological allies are spending most of their time repeating misleading talking points about the bill
Published: Friday, December 29th, 2017 @ 2:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona was pardoned by President Donald Trump after being convicted by a an activist federal judge, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton, a Bill Clinton appointee, who found the Conservative Republican Sheriff guilty of a civil-contempt finding, a misdemeanor.
Published: Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 @ 5:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Right to Try is gaining momentum across the country, yet states worry a cumbersome federal approval process will continue to inhibit patients' access to experimental drugs
Published: Monday, August 14th, 2017 @ 6:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some are touting the federal Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (HR 38) as a bill which would expand our right to carry.
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2017 @ 12:53 am
By: Publius Huldah
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Patrick Henry to the Virginia Convention to Ratify the US Constitution, in June 1788: "The great object is that every man be armed."
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2017 @ 7:04 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The federal government issued tax credits in North Carolina approaching a half-billion dollars for renewable energy investment in the five most recent years for which records are available, and high-income earners have benefited the most from the tax favors
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2016 @ 2:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In history books, Anti-Federalists often are depicted as losers during the constitutional ratification debates. But in many ways, they were victorious
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 @ 8:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A federal bill that would require colleges and universities to provide applicants information about the costs and returns of higher education was approved on Monday by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2016 @ 4:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A former U.S. federal judge filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information surrounding the recent private meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton that occurred on June 27, 2015 at the Phoenix airport.
Published: Saturday, July 9th, 2016 @ 5:26 am
By: Jim Kouri
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State Attorney General Roy Cooper’s refusal to represent North Carolina in a federal lawsuit over House Bill 2 is just one part of an expanding trend that sees attorneys general across the United States picking and choosing, depending on their party affiliation
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 @ 4:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jones thanks Chairman Harold Rogers (KY-5) for acting on Jones' March 17 request to include language in federal spending bills to ensure that computer networks in federal agencies block the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2016 @ 4:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper may be required to reimburse the University of North Carolina system for legal fees it must pay following Cooper's refusal to represent the university in a federal lawsuit over the state's controversial House Bill 2
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2016 @ 3:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Following a three-hour special meeting of the UNC Board of Governors Tuesday, university leaders agreed to seek legal representation in a federal lawsuit over House Bill 2
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2016 @ 12:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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