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Martha Davis Vaughan, age 83 a resident of Hobgood, died Sunday, July 14, 2024, at her home.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 @ 7:02 am
By: Announcements
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Suzanne Vaughan Bailey, age 58, and Charles Barry Bailey, age 59, residents of Bath, NC died Sunday November 5, 2023.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 9:31 am
By: Announcements
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Charles Barry Bailey, age 59, and Suzanne Vaughan Bailey, age 58, residents of Bath, NC died Sunday November 5, 2023.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 9:30 am
By: Announcements
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Members Give the Go-Ahead to a Host of Projects Around the State
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 5:10 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Beaufort County Community College Foundation is proud to announce the following recipients of the BCCC Foundation General Scholarship.
Published: Thursday, April 20th, 2023 @ 5:38 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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Mr. Gregory Bryan “Greg” Rowe, age 50, a resident of Blounts Creek, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2022.
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2022 @ 9:58 am
By: Announcements
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Lawmakers in the North Carolina House fast-tracked a bill today that would allow businesses that received Payroll Protection Program loans from the federal government to have any expenses the funds were used for deducted from state tax.
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 6:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Cooper announced new judicial appointments in Districts 9 and 27A
Published: Thursday, April 26th, 2018 @ 12:01 am
By: Governor's Office
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Mr. Gregory Hugh Hornbuckle, age 57, a resident of Hobgood, NC died Monday January 2, 2017 at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC
Published: Thursday, January 5th, 2017 @ 8:14 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Columbus Delano Berry, age 75, a resident of Hwy 97, Hobgood, NC and a former resident of Belhaven, NC died Saturday, December 3, 2016 at his residence
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 @ 11:18 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Columbus "Delano" Berry, age 75, a resident of Hwy 97, Hobgood, NC died Saturday, December 3, 2016 at his residence
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 10:39 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Marshall James "Mike" Stepps, Jr., age 74, a resident of Washington died Wednesday June 8, 2016 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2016 @ 1:33 pm
By: Announcements
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In an April decision, the state's highest court held that the General Assembly had violated the U.S. Constitution when it stripped teachers of tenure protection
Published: Saturday, June 4th, 2016 @ 11:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this week, the North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments to decide the constitutionality of legislation to phase out North Carolina's teacher tenure system.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 @ 12:38 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Additional funding allocated in the state's two-year budget for the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Program could more than double the number of students taking advantage of vouchers to attend private schools by the 2016-17 school year.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 5:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court gave a boost to school choice efforts on Thursday by declaring that the state's fledgling Opportunity Scholarships Program met constitutional muster.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 4:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Parents of students who are relying on Opportunity Scholarship vouchers to offset the cost of private school tuition are facing their second summer in a row of uncertainty.
Published: Tuesday, June 30th, 2015 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina school districts should face few challenges administering a split tenure system for teachers following a state Court of Appeals opinion which maintained job protection for long-term teachers while eliminating it for those entering the profession, one official says.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 4:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public schools work for Delicia Hare's 14-year-old son, but not so well for her 8-year-old son Christian Houston. Hare uses the $4,200 voucher she gets from the state's Opportunity Scholarship Program to offset some of the costs of sending Christian to Raleigh Christian Academy. She homeschooled...
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ms. Elizabeth Kelly Winfield, age 58, a resident of Chocowinity, NC died Monday January 5, 2015 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Wednesday, January 7th, 2015 @ 1:22 pm
By: Announcements
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The N.C. Supreme Court says the state can commence administrative preparations for the Opportunity Scholarship Program while it considers an appeal from a lower court's order that ruled the program unconstitutional.
Published: Friday, December 19th, 2014 @ 2:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of the state's fledgling Opportunity Scholarship Program, bypassing the Court of Appeals.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 5:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Court of Appeals will allow nearly 1,900 students to get vouchers for the current school year while a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the fledgling Opportunity Scholarships is on appeal.
Published: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 @ 9:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Parents of nearly 1,900 students who had been awarded Opportunity Scholarships that were ruled unconstitutional last month by Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood are sending their children to private schools anyway.
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 12:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I got a private message over the weekend from a drive-by media personality who works for one of the better-known media outlets in the eastern part of North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 @ 12:22 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I am still shaking my head in disbelief at Judge Hobgood's ruling judge that school vouchers are "unconstitutional."
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 11:06 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Saturday, August 23rd, 2014 @ 12:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For many years, state education and political leaders promised increasing our "investment" in public schools was the key to raising student achievement for disadvantaged students.
Published: Friday, August 22nd, 2014 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The move Thursday by a Wake County Superior Court judge to strike down the state's fledgling Opportunity Scholarships program is seen as a short-term setback by supporters of the private tuition vouchers.
Published: Friday, August 22nd, 2014 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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About 2,400 children taking part in the state's fledgling Opportunity Scholarships program know they will receive money to help pay tuition, letting them attend private schools this fall.
Published: Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An grass-roots group that backs school choice has asked the state Senate to shift $20 million it targeted for film incentives toward vouchers that would help low-income children attend private schools.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 10:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Supporters of private school vouchers rallied Tuesday outside the Legislative Building urging lawmakers to lift the cap on the number of students eligible to receive the vouchers in the coming school year.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The leader of the state Senate promised fast action to appeal a Wake County Superior Court judge's decision halting the General Assembly's plans to end teacher tenure. Meantime, the head of the state's largest teacher association, which brought the lawsuit challenging the end of career status, was d
Published: Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 @ 2:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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