The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) will hold its annual state convention May 6-8 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Below you will find event details and RSVP instructions.
Published: Saturday, April 16th, 2016 @ 1:14 am
By: Chris Downey
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The 1,400-acre Greensboro-Randolph Megasite appears to be several years away from being a suitable location for the automotive plant or other large manufacturing facility it was designed to attract, based on conversations with government, business, and community officials
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2016 @ 11:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I was struck when I came across two recent news stories virtually side-by-side
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 7:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As part of Governor Pat McCrory's efforts to make North Carolina the most military and veteran-friendly state in the nation, his North Carolina for Military Employment initiative will host a summit tomorrow aimed at educating Greensboro employers on the benefits of hiring military talent.
Published: Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 @ 9:18 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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According to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro catalog, the course "ELC 381, The Institution of Education" is "required of students seeking teacher licensure." Unfortunately, the course often goes far beyond what is politically acceptable for an education course at a public university.
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2016 @ 3:25 am
By: John William Pope Center
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No steel girders have been raised on the site of Greensboro's new downtown performing arts center, even though the cost of it already has.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 1:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The City of Greensboro has joined a growing number of cities and towns expressing official support for placing Governor Pat McCrory's Connect NC bond proposal on the ballot.
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 @ 11:07 am
By: Chris Downey
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Can you remember those car ads that tried to lure us into purchasing the new model proclaiming, "this is not your father's Oldsmobile?" The brand disappeared, now little more than a memory.
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 12:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Ecolab Inc. will expand its Kay Chemical Company operations in Greensboro and create 45 new jobs over the next three years. The company plans to build a new...
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 8:27 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory announced the 2014 recipients of the Governor's Awards for Excellence in Workforce Development today. Two companies and four North Carolinians will receive the recognition tonight in Greensboro. The awards honor individuals and businesses for outstanding accomplishments and...
Published: Friday, October 17th, 2014 @ 5:43 am
By: Chris Downey
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There are a lot of Republicans around who would LOVE to see a poll with a number next to Thom Tillis's name that is bigger than the number next to Kay Hagan's name.
Published: Sunday, September 28th, 2014 @ 12:51 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Greensboro minister Mark Walker stunned Rockingham County District Attorney Phil Berger Jr. in Tuesday’s runoff for the 6th Congressional District Republican nomination.
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On the corner of South Elm Street and Lee Street on the south side of downtown Greensboro lies a seven-acre empty lot.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 12:59 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The Guilford County Board of Education voted unanimously to take legal action so that it would not have to comply with state law eliminating tenure, or "career status," for K-12 public school teachers.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 6:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The UNC School of the Arts and UNC-Greensboro want to create two new master of fine arts programs which - especially to those outside academia - appear to be duplicative. UNCSA wants to confer MFAs in filmmaking, and UNCG wants to confer MFAs in media production.
Published: Thursday, January 30th, 2014 @ 2:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During my lifetime there have been many innovations that changed our lives, but perhaps none more significant than television.
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2013 @ 5:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Students at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro pay the highest debt service fee - the fee used to pay for past and future campus construction costs - in the UNC system.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 11:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Game changer." "Anchor." "New brand for Greensboro." "Cool." If these terms describing a forthcoming project in Greensboro sound familiar, it's because the Gate City seems to have a lot of similar plans under way these days.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 4:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Students at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) pay the highest debt service fee - the fee used to pay for past and future campus construction costs - in the UNC system. Out of the $2,390 that a UNCG student shells out each year in student fees, $707 is used to absolve the...
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2013 @ 9:08 am
By: John William Pope Center
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On November 3, 1979, an armed confrontation between members of the Maoist Communist Workers Party (CWP) and several Klansmen and Nazis ended with four CWP members and one supporter being shot dead.
Published: Saturday, October 26th, 2013 @ 11:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Game changer." "Reinventing our city." "Ensuring the future of our city." Lofty rhetoric for a performing arts center, but that's the way the majority of the Greensboro City Council views the proposed $60 million downtown performing arts center.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 9:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's been more than 50 years since four North Carolina A&T State University students made history by taking a seat at the segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Greensboro.
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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William Sydney Porter, or more famously known by his pen name O. Henry, was a popular short story writer during the early twentieth century.
Published: Saturday, August 10th, 2013 @ 10:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most North Carolinians believe the Civil Rights Movement occurred strictly in the 1960s, with the start of the Sit-Ins at the Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2013 @ 4:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A continued look at the media stooges within North Carolina is always appropriate.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 @ 4:32 am
By: Brant Clifton
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On February 1, 1960, four African-American students of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat at a white-only lunch counter inside a Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's store.
Published: Saturday, December 22nd, 2012 @ 2:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrat Presidential Candidate John Edwards will not be serving any jail time on the one charge that was at the center of his indictment that he funneled campaign funds to hide his relationship with his mistress, Rielle Hunter.
Published: Thursday, May 31st, 2012 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tea Party gatherings April 14 in North Carolina showed that the movement is undergoing the necessary if sometimes difficult process of growing to meet further challenges.
Published: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 @ 9:41 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Elizabeth Rigsbee Tetterton, 93, passed away at the Carriage House in Greensboro on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2011 @ 5:24 pm
By: Announcements
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Kenneth Woodard Wilkinson, 84, passed away May 17, 2011, at Moses Cone Hospital. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held Saturday, June 4, 2011, at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel at First Presbyterian Church, on North Elm Street in Greensboro, with visitation following the service.
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2011 @ 12:45 pm
By: Announcements
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Marcrissa Carswell was a Top 10 finisher in the Job Interview event, and Yasmen McDonald was a Top 10 finisher in the Word Processing I event.
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 @ 11:13 am
By: BCN
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The Award of Excellence recognizes agencies that make achievements in improving the criminal justice system, establishing safer communities and improving the quality of life for citizens of N.C.
Published: Friday, December 10th, 2010 @ 4:00 pm
By: BCN
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