On St. Patrick’s Day, Cary’s Carolina Ale House — garishly decorated with Irish food and drink ads — wasn’t teeming with its usual swarm of thirsty, hungry customers.
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2020 @ 11:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Trump and Vice President Pence at a Coronavirus Briefing with Health Insurers
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 @ 11:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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About this time last year, progressive activists and Democratic politicians were trumpeting the news that North Carolina was 49th in the country in friendliness to teachers, according to a study by the website WalletHub.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 4:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The latest ratings of highway systems are out — and for North Carolina, the news is mixed. In general cost-effectiveness, our state’s roads and bridges rank a bit better than average.
Published: Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 @ 1:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, on behalf of my co-chair, Secretary Ross, and the entire American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, it's an honor to have here for today's inaugural board meeting.
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 2:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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By investing in women around the world, we're investing in families, we're investing in prosperity, and we're investing in peace.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2019 @ 10:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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To strengthen school safety and help prevent school shootings, North Carolina schools needs to ramp up training for law enforcement and educators, improve physical security at schools, gather better information about potential threats, and invest in more mental health support for schools.
Published: Thursday, February 7th, 2019 @ 9:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am a fiscal conservative. I recognize that government at all levels has important tasks to do, tasks that make us all better off if done at a reasonable cost.
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 2:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the North Carolina General Assembly gathered for its Oct. 2 special session on Hurricane Florence relief, the state’s rainy-day fund stood at $2.01 billion
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 5:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Trump is committed to getting the almost 8,000 left behind from the Korean War home, and bringing closure to the families who have been waiting for more than 60 years.
Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 @ 5:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Michael Bennet (D-CO), James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Susan Collins (R-ME) sent a letter to President Trump, signed by a bipartisan group of more than two dozen senators, stating that the default position of the United States should be to
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 2:30 am
By: Thom Tillis
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If North Carolina Democrats hoped - and North Carolina Republicans feared - that a Roy Cooper administration would represent a clean break from the administration of former Gov. Pat McCrory, both sides have good reason to revise their expectations
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2018 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Pay me now or pay me later, but pay me you will," said the guy selling Fram Oil Filters in the 1970s TV commercials. I remembered those ads as I listened to the presenters at this year's Emerging Issues Forum
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2018 @ 3:26 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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I'm here today to represent the interests of the American people and to affirm America's friendship and partnership in building a better world.
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 @ 10:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With the national debate about tax reform heating up, you'll be hearing a lot about the difference between marginal and average tax rates
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2017 @ 11:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Roy Cooper was mending fences. Just not the ones you might have imagined
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 4:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier in the week, outside of the Legislative Building, a joint announcement revealing farmland preservation funding around North Carolina's military bases was illuminated
Published: Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 @ 2:28 am
By: Bill Cook
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Weitron, Inc., a packager and distributor of refrigerant gases, has selected Martin County for a new production facility, creating 31 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Thursday, April 20th, 2017 @ 4:42 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper has sent a letter to Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger urging him to reconsider the scheduling of confirmation hearings in light of pending litigation concerning the new law known as HB17 that was passed in December
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2017 @ 11:04 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The N.C. General Assembly’s Legislative Research Commission officially endorsed this afternoon a plan to set new standards for the state’s "ainy day" spending reserves
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 @ 1:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislators agreed this week to use millions of dollars from North Carolina's "rainy day" reserves. Some of them are also pursuing clearer rules for using those reserves in the future
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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While FBI Director James Comey hasn't spoken publicly since he told Congress in a letter about new information surrounding the Clinton Foundation case, a number of insiders are providing information on where their investigation is headed
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 9:52 am
By: Jim Kouri
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As Democrats and Republicans actively contest North Carolina's governorship, U.S. Senate seat, and 15 electoral votes for president this fall, don't expect them to ignore other races on the ballot
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2016 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Politics is on many people's minds this year, so this is a good time to write about that topic
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2016 @ 5:16 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Yesterday, Governor McCrory addressed the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association's Annual Training Conference in Sunset Beach
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2016 @ 10:34 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The North Carolina Troopers Association and the North Carolina Sheriffs Association are applauding bipartisan legislation recently signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory that sets uniform guidelines to promote transparency while protecting law enforcement officers, victims and the community
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 @ 9:34 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Late Saturday afternoon, a gentle lady of eastern North Carolina, began her journey to the next life.
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2016 @ 12:04 pm
By: Announcements
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State lawmakers in Raleigh are about to release their budget plans for the 2016-17 fiscal year
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2016 @ 3:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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If constitutional government survives in this country, much of the credit will go to one man — Antonin Scalia, who died on February 13th having served for 30 years on the US Supreme Court. Throughout his life Scalia championed three ideas...
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2016 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Railroad Company has taken on a project that may be outside its core mission by announcing in January it would spend $13 million to purchase 875 acres of private land for the 1,500-acre Greensboro-Randolph Megasite project, an industrial site designed to attract a large automotive
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 @ 7:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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