U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Angus King (I-ME) and Congressmen Andy Harris (R-MD-01) and Bill Keating (D-MA-09) have led a bipartisan, bicameral group of 87 Members of Congress in sending a letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Labor urging them to take immediate action
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2017 @ 2:14 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Three parties are claiming that energy from the 60 megawatt Summit Farms Solar project in Currituck County will offset a portion of their "carbon footprint": the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Boston Medical Center, and the Post Office Square Redevelopment Corporation
Published: Saturday, April 29th, 2017 @ 2:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 31 grant and loan requests totaling $10,433,899. The requests include commitments to create a total of 622 new jobs.
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 3:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As he drove 50 mph across his pasture, it became more and more clear to Mike Corn that the coyote he was chasing was going to make it back to the safety of the trees.
Published: Sunday, May 8th, 2016 @ 4:06 pm
By: Stephanie Butzer
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A personal finance class at East Carolina University has inspired students to save a combined $100,000 each semester for the past five years.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2015 @ 12:58 am
By: ECU News Services
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Last week, yet another study claiming that expanding Medicaid in North Carolina will create tens of thousands of jobs was released and dutifully reported by the media. The findings of such studies, however, are based upon a fatally flawed assumption that Medicaid coverage equates to access to...
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 10:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Earlier last year you began acting on a proposal to fund a new jail at the Washington Industrial Park.
Published: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014 @ 5:28 pm
By: Warren Smith
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Potable water served by the Beaufort County Northside Water System (NC PWS ID # 04-07-035) in District I has been restored to full capacity.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 1:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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By the looks of it, the individual mandate is almost devoid of life. This tax was once viewed as the centerpiece of the federal health law. Without this critical element of government coercion, Obamacare could not work to its full capacity.
Published: Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 @ 10:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory congratulated GE Aviation today at a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the company's new $125 million advanced composites factory near Asheville in Buncombe County. GE is a global leader in jet engine and aircraft system production.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2013 @ 2:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dr. Sharon M. Gordon has been named the first associate dean for research and chair of Foundational Sciences of the ECU School of Dental Medicine. Gordon assumed her new role Aug. 19.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 12:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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State Rep. John Torbett, R-Gaston, last week failed to persuade the House Regulatory Reform Committee to loosen up the state's certificate of need law - the statute...
Published: Saturday, April 6th, 2013 @ 12:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that state legislators have returned to work, one of their most important jobs is to approve a new state budget by July 1.
Published: Friday, February 1st, 2013 @ 12:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Based on these results and the continued presence of consistent pressure throughout the system, the SYSTEM PRESSURE ADVISORY is RESCINDED, effective immediately.
Published: Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 @ 10:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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