"Scared" of the impact Obamacare may have on their businesses, some North Carolina employers are considering private health insurance exchanges as a way to continue providing medical coverage to employees at a lower cost than the mandated insurance under Obamacare. IBM recently used a private...
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 2:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A settlement touted by North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper on Sept. 3 as a “win” for investors victimized by two questionable developments on the North Carolina coast promises to provide only pennies-on-the-dollar restitution to those who lost money in the transactions.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 @ 9:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For all those who scream, "There is no voter fraud in North Carolina!" the silence was deafening after the latest revelation from the State Board of Elections (SBOE) regarding online voter registration during the 2012 election season.
Published: Sunday, August 18th, 2013 @ 9:23 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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Mr. Gary Gene Faircloth, age 67, who recently moved to South Carolina from Wilmington, NC, died Tuesday, July 9, 2013.
Published: Friday, July 12th, 2013 @ 1:11 am
By: Announcements
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One of the state's largest business organizations is keeping a close eye on two federal lawsuits challenging the authority of the IRS to collect Obamacare taxes in states, including North Carolina, that did not set up state-run health insurance exchanges.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 @ 1:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Supporters of public campaign financing have long claimed that it would never have a partisan slant. But the latest Civitas investigation has found how one liberal activist has taken control of the process.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 8:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The average low-information voter -- perhaps one of the few remaining paying McClatchy subscribers -- would look at that headline and say something like: "Hmmm. It sure does look like THAT Pat McCrory is covering something up!"
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2013 @ 7:36 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory, along with U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, N.C. Sen. Dan Soucek, N.C. Rep. Edgar Starnes (Majority Leader), Duke Energy State President Paul Newton and Google Operations Manager Enoch Moeller announced that Google will invest an additional $600 million in the Lenoir data center.
Published: Saturday, April 20th, 2013 @ 9:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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'I expect this kind of stuff from Rob "Rielle Who?" Christensen and John "Gunga Din" Frank at McClatchy-Raleigh.
Published: Saturday, April 6th, 2013 @ 12:15 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A Monday event in Whiteville honoring former state Sen. R.C. Soles, D-Columbus, has been canceled, Carolina Journal has learned. According to a man associated with the event who did not want to be identified, Soles decided...
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 11:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here in North Carolina, the debate about proposed changes to the unemployment-insurance system have prompted left-wing analysts to ridicule the notion that the amount and duration of UI benefits have an effect on the propensity for jobless recipients to accept employment offers.
Published: Monday, January 14th, 2013 @ 11:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Like the throngs looking for smoke at The Vatican, the Carolinas media waited breathlessly for North Carolina governor-elect Pat McCrory's address to The North Carolina Bankers' Association.
Published: Friday, January 4th, 2013 @ 4:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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If you don't understand what Director Gary Bartlett is trying to explain to the State Board of Elections in this video that's okay, it's pretty evident the Board doesn't understand too much either.
Published: Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 @ 3:21 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A Civitas investigation has revealed how lobbyist Bob Hall, Director of the liberal advocacy group Democracy North Carolina, is a behind-the-scenes driving force at the State Board of Elections (SBE).
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2012 @ 12:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Representative Bill Cook (R-Beaufort) called on the State Board of Elections to declare him the winner of the State Senate District 1 race today following his 21 vote victory in Monday's district-wide recount.
Published: Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 @ 3:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Civitas Institute President Francis De Luca has called out the head of the State Board of Elections for lying about the state's elections process.
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2012 @ 7:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While there will be a handful of European officials in North Carolina observing tomorrow's elections, a state elections official says their role will be to observe and learn about American elections.
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2012 @ 12:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The folks at Civitas did a great job of pointing out how many 112 year old North Carolina voters have cast ballots so far during early voting.
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2012 @ 7:55 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A little-viewed video is not the provocation for anti-American violence in the Middle East, and America should shut down its foreign embassies and bring its ambassadors home, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson said Thursday at Duke University.
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2012 @ 6:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Gary Glenn Cutler, Sr., age 65, a resident of 616 St. Lewis Road, Macclesfield, NC, died Wednesday night, August 29, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 1:05 pm
By: Announcements
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The Batman series in celluloid has had more than its share of ups and downs, with four of the films; "Batman," "Bateman Returns," "Batman Begins," and "The Dark Knight" reasonably fine entertainment, and worthy of some notoriety amongst aficionados of the "caped crusader."
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2012 @ 10:27 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Mr. Gary Nicholas Moore, age 57, a resident of 205 Mallard Drive, Washington, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at his home.
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 @ 1:07 am
By: Announcements
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Gary Grant Allen, age 57, passed away early Monday morning, Oct. 31, 2011, at Duke Hospital surrounded by his loving family.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 @ 1:25 am
By: Announcements
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Gary Burgess, custodian at the Beaufort County Ed Tech Center, is an Army Reservist. Following a recent return from deployment, Burgess wanted to thank his principal for support shown to him.
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2011 @ 11:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gary W. Adams, 58, a resident of 503 John Small Ave., Washington, died Saturday, April 9, 2011, at Beaufort County Medical Center.
Published: Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 @ 6:37 pm
By: Announcements
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This October, the owners of I Can't Believe It's a Book Store have arranged to resurrect local nightlife by adding four additional Ghost Walks the weekend before Halloween.
Published: Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 @ 2:08 am
By: BCN
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Regionally renowned traditional country and bluegrass band Molasses Creek keep community in the forefront out on Ocracoke Island.
Published: Thursday, October 29th, 2009 @ 2:24 pm
By: Bryan Oesterreich
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