No districts in the NC League of Conservation Voters' map have enough black voters to satisfy Voting Rights Act requirements
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 10:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County's largest governing body - a body politic of the State of North Carolina - voted 5 to 2 to ask for the suspension of the Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 2:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, North Carolina's Congressional delegation received Governor Cooper's disaster funding request as it continues its work to secure additional Hurricane Florence recovery funding from congressional appropriators to assist in rebuilding efforts in areas affected by the storm
Published: Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 @ 9:25 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, North Carolina's entire Congressional delegation, led by Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr, sent a letter to President Trump requesting that the administration approve Governor Roy Cooper's Emergency Declaration in advance of Hurricane Florence's landfall
Published: Tuesday, September 11th, 2018 @ 12:21 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Yesterday, the Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation introduced by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) in the Senate and Representatives Richard Hudson (R-NC-08) and G.K. Butterfield (D-NC-01) in the House, was signed into law
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 @ 2:26 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced its final approval of the state’s application to designate U.S. Highway 264 between Zebulon and Greenville, North Carolina as Future Interstate 587
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 @ 11:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressmen Walter B. Jones (NC-03) and G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), along with Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis recently celebrated the signing in to law of H.R. 3937
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2016 @ 6:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week, Congressmen G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and Walter Jones (NC-03) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx calling for the agency to approve North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) request to designate portions of U.S. Highway 264 as a Fut
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2016 @ 12:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In an effort to further our commitment in keeping our audience informed with issues pertinent to Beaufort County and surrounding areas, Beaufort County Now is providing live coverage for the election results tonight.
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2016 @ 5:37 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Commencement season often is a controversial time. Last year was conspicuous for its wave of politically motivated disinvitations, with students trying, sometimes with success, to get their universities to rescind invitations to commencement speakers such as anti-Islamist writer and activist Ayaan H
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 @ 2:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Commencement season is an often-controversial time. Last year was conspicuous for its wave of politically motivated disinvitations, with students trying, sometimes with success, to get their universities to rescind invitations to commencement speakers such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Condoleezza Rice.
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2015 @ 6:34 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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It's graduation season—the time of year when young people are publicly recognized for their academic achievements. It's also the time of year when colleges and universities invite public figures to speak at commencement ceremonies, sometimes with controversial results.
Published: Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 @ 2:08 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Three Democratic members of the North Carolina congressional delegation have joined President Obama in calling for more gun control as a means of preventing a mass shooting like the one Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2012 @ 8:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Within hours of the June 28 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court affirming that the federal Affordable Care Act is constitutional, Republicans in Congress launched an attempt to get rid of the health care legislation.
Published: Sunday, July 8th, 2012 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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G. K. Butterfield congressional press release
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2012 @ 2:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We will be reporting from the Beaufort County Board of Elections starting at 7:30 pm Eastern Standard Time. We intend to keep our readership informed as to who the leaders are in these very important
Published: Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 @ 4:27 pm
By: BCN
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Supporters of Ashley Woolard, from several 1st Congressional District Counties, will gather at theBeaufort County Court House in Washington, NC (Saturday) in a silent demonstration against Congressman
Published: Friday, September 10th, 2010 @ 5:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We are especially upset that Rep. G. K. Butterfield, has violated the spirit of the Congressional Ethics Committee while he is a serving member of that body.
Published: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 @ 1:18 pm
By: Ashley Woolard
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Deatherage and Booth put up big numbers for their respective parties
Published: Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 @ 11:07 am
By: BCN
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The Health Care Reform Bill has become the latest slush fund for Democrats to keep their election chances optimum. Will the North Carolina Democrats catch a ride on that gravy train at our expense?
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2010 @ 8:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ashley Woolard kicks off his bid for the United States House of Representatives, 1st District seat.
Published: Friday, November 13th, 2009 @ 4:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Washington, North Carolina native Ashley Woolard has announced his candidacy before a standing room only crowd at the Beaufort County Republican Men's Club
Published: Friday, October 9th, 2009 @ 12:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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