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One of the sticking points in the state budget negotiations is the $1.4 billion proposed in the Senate version for NCInnovation, a private, non-profit created by some NC business leaders in 2018, aimed at providing grants for applied research at select UNC-system universities.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 11:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Former Texas Governor & Trump Energy Secretary Throws Support Behind Edwards
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 6:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is an interesting and little-noticed revolution going on at the elite levels of the national Republican Party. Whereas the party was led at one time by WASPs - essentially white, Anglo-Saxon Episcopalians and Presbyterians with a few Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans thrown in - it is...
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 7:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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They are 45 of the most consequential words in America's founding documents, but the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is coming under repeated attack from liberal advocacy groups, regulatory agencies, and elected officials on both sides of the political aisle, according to an array of policy
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 5:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I've long believed that governors or other former executives make the best presidents. Although several of my favorite occupants of the White House had legislative or congressional experience, as well, each served either as a governor, an administrative official, or a military commander prior to bec
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 1:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina insurance policy holders will pick up $10.5 million in additional premium costs if a bill requiring expanded coverage of chiropractic services recommended April 21 by a legislative study committee is approved in the General Assembly's short session opening this week.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 7:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We just went through a bit of drama getting a state budget agreement that increased spending and cut taxes. Now, word comes that Gov. McCrory's commerce secretary wants a new tax
Published: Sunday, August 4th, 2013 @ 11:03 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Around the nation this spring, simmering parental anger over student testing boiled over into all-out revolt. As testing increasingly co-opts curriculum and classroom, many parents have grown weary of talk, talk, talk. No glib platitudes can quell this uprising; instead, moms and dads are taking...
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 9:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to the latest polls, President Obama is far more likeable than Republican candidate Mitt Romney who still hasn't won over the GOP conservative voters.
Published: Sunday, August 26th, 2012 @ 1:14 pm
By: Alicia Colon
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The term "third rail," in the context of politics, refers to a policy one cannot touch for fear that he will suffer career electrocution. The analogy stems from the hazardous third rail that powers some train systems.
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 @ 10:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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