House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) urged thousands of pro-life demonstrators at the March for Life on Friday in Washington, D.C., to help cultivate a culture of life and continue to support women who may be considering abortions.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 6:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A set of 23 new laws went into effect on Oct. 1 in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, January 28th, 2024 @ 8:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper recently paid a visit to the Mary Washington Howe Pre-K Center in Wilmington to announce an $8 million funding initiative for preschools across North Carolina.
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2023 @ 10:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a coalition of 17 Republican attorneys general to press the Biden administration over a proposed Health and Human Services rule that they say could compel foster care providers to facilitate transgender procedures on minors.
Published: Tuesday, December 12th, 2023 @ 8:00 am
By: Daily Wire
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The head of North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services objects to a request that would speed up action in a federal lawsuit dealing with foster children's mental health issues.
Published: Thursday, December 7th, 2023 @ 9:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Cooper now has 13 vetoes this session. Eight have been overridden by the legislature. Two more are scheduled for override votes on Wednesday.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 6:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a “bipartisan solution” to a foster care issue that is “much needed right now.”
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2023 @ 11:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Heartbeat Protection Act into law late Thursday night, which prohibits abortions in the state once an unborn child has a detectable heartbeat.
Published: Thursday, September 7th, 2023 @ 1:17 pm
By: Daily Wire
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House Bill 815, titled The Loving Homes Act, would allow one child or siblings in foster care to be placed in a foster home even if the foster family already exceeds the N.C. limit of five biological or other adopted children.
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 11:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Attorney Sandra Hairston has filed paperwork signaling interest in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's treatment of foster children's mental health.
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 6:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The head of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit dealing with mental health services for foster children.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 3:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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South Carolina’s Republican governor has asked a federal court to protect the state’s right to partner with faith-based foster care groups to provide homes for children in need.
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2022 @ 8:04 am
By: Daily Wire
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The average foster child in North Carolina has been in seven different living environments, like homes or facilities, and is on six prescriptions,” Sen. Jim Burgin, R-Harnett
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 @ 8:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Many North Carolinians breathed a sigh of relief last week when the GOP-led legislature and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper came to terms on a budget for the new biennium.
Published: Monday, December 6th, 2021 @ 3:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Info on Comirnaty and conflicts of interest at the FDA
Published: Sunday, November 21st, 2021 @ 7:42 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Some justices don't have a backbone to uphold the Constitution
Published: Sunday, July 18th, 2021 @ 8:42 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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The COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force will provide recommendations for addressing health inequities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and for preventing such inequities in the future
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 9:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lawmakers Looking to Ease Adoption Rules for Children Whose Parents Are Dealing With Substance AbuseSome N.C. lawmakers are thinking about ways to deal with foster children whose birth parents are struggling with substance abuse.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2019 @ 1:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, we focus our attention on the love and protection each person, born and unborn, deserves regardless of disability, gender, appearance, or ethnicity.
Published: Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 12:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Program teaches young adults job skills while helping with formal education and providing a haven from tough circumstances
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 @ 11:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Child welfare service offices in five North Carolina counties started using technology this week in a pilot project that will contribute to improving the safety, permanency and well-being of children and families
Published: Thursday, August 10th, 2017 @ 12:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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That’s what I’d tell NC Policy Watch crybabies who continue to assert the policies of Republican legislators don’t support public education
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 12:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) voted today in support of the final budget compromise with the House of Representatives
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 8:39 pm
By: Bill Cook
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North Carolina's foster kids are not all right
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2017 @ 7:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate passed a $22.9 billion balanced budget Friday, May 12, 2017
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2017 @ 10:39 am
By: Bill Cook
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When Julian Bloom was 18 months old, doctors diagnosed him with autism and said he had a severe sensory and auditory processing disorder.
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2016 @ 12:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Recent statements by Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) officials about changing several low-performing traditional schools to year-round schools, and also changing how students are assigned to popular magnet school programs, have raised the anxiety levels of many parents and students.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 @ 1:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While many college students spent their summer sleeping late or soaking up the sun, East Carolina University junior Destiny Reid was preparing a presentation to Congress.
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 10:52 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory signed two bills into law today to support foster care children and families. Surrounded by bill sponsors Senator Tamara Barringer, Senator Tommy Tucker, Senator Kathy Harrington, Representative Sarah Stevens, other legislators and former foster care children, the governor...
Published: Saturday, July 4th, 2015 @ 3:50 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The State Employees Credit Union is hosting 47 rotating displays of the 2015 North Carolina Heart Gallery exhibition, featuring professional portraits of children available for adoption in the North Carolina foster care system.
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 2:40 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Excitement about school choice is helping to remake North Carolina public and private schools. Enrollment in charter schools is exploding.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 1:23 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Mr. Frank Hunter Hollowell Sr., age 78, a resident of the Long Acre community, died Monday, July 18, 2011. A funeral service will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, July 22, 2011, at the chapel of Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington officiated by Joe Hickman and Frank Hollowell Jr.
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2011 @ 2:31 pm
By: Announcements
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On Wednesday, April 6, about 800-1000 Tea Party and other conservative groups stood on the Capitol lawn in Washington DC to tell the government to "Cut Spending!"
Published: Saturday, April 9th, 2011 @ 12:03 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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