Just one day after Congressman Ted Budd announced he would in fact run for the U.S. Senate, the soon-to-be-open 13th Congressional District already has Republican candidates eyeing the GOP-leaning seat.
Published: Saturday, May 1st, 2021 @ 6:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Joy Pullmann of the Federalist sees a clear motive for Big Tech companies to censor scientific evidence that contradicts the prevailing public narrative.
Published: Tuesday, April 20th, 2021 @ 6:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A recent Carolina Journal story detailed Attorney General Josh Stein’s fight for school administrators to retain sweeping powers to regulate and punish North Carolina public school students for disfavored speech that occurs off-campus.
Published: Thursday, March 18th, 2021 @ 11:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Brittany Bernstein of National Review Online highlights one disappointing opening-day action from the new Biden administration.
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2021 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public interest in charter schools is higher than ever in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 9:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon details Americans’ growing interest in owning guns.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2020 @ 11:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Kerry Picket reports for the Washington Examiner on Republican activists’ response to recent revelations involving President Trump’s first national security adviser.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 @ 11:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Trump is investing in the resources our military needs to keep our country safe.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 12:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In December 2018, I wrote the following: “As a general rule, the public and politicians should never view economic impact studies as anything more than an attempt by special interests to manipulate public opinion for their own benefit.”
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2019 @ 11:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Ken Eudy, Gov. Roy Cooper's policy adviser, was the governor's key negotiator with Duke Energy in developing a $57.8 discretionary Atlantic Coast Pipeline fund Duke and its utility partners would pay to Cooper.
Published: Saturday, January 26th, 2019 @ 12:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When are special interest subsidies not just special interest subsidies?
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2018 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I would trust you more if I did not distrust you so.
Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 @ 8:23 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Tracing the ownership of the land hosting a Nash County solar farm built on a former cow pasture is complicated business
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 9:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper in 2012, while serving as state attorney general, agreed to lease a Nash County property he and his brother Pell owned to Chapel Hill-based Strata Solar for the construction and operation of a 4.9-megawatt solar facility
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 3:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Charlotte's Democratic mayoral candidate, Vi Lyles', was recently accused of using her position on city council to award high dollar contracts to the company her son works for
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 9:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the most common misconceptions about the free market is that it encourages people to pursue their own "narrow self-interest," usually interpreted as caring only about one's self while ignoring the needs and desires of others
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2017 @ 4:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government is bigger and more expensive than it needs to be, thanks to an economic concept called the "special interest effect."
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2017 @ 5:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance. Will Rogers
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2017 @ 6:00 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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This same commentary could be written about any other nationality...Or could it?
Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2017 @ 9:09 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Can a businessman really be a successful president without having a conflict of interest?
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 11:03 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Google has its search feature that will find anything I want within seconds and then tell me how many instances if found for my search term. Facebook tells me I can like and share anything I find interesting. Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg are billionaires.
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2016 @ 6:01 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) released the following statement on Tim Kaine campaigning in Asheville, Charlotte and Durham this week
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2016 @ 7:43 pm
By: jonah
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The Civitas Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) today has filed suit against Roy Cooper in his capacity as North Carolina Attorney General alleging that he illegally funneled settlement money to special interest groups.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 4:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A growing number of police officers, military members of all ranks, firefighters and American citizens who value their constitutional rights are voicing their desires for the impeachment of two of the federal government's top law enforcement officials.
Published: Monday, October 17th, 2016 @ 11:53 pm
By: Jim Kouri
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Bipartisan agreement can be hard to find these days in Washington.
Published: Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: jonah
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Every now and then I run a check up from the neck up just to see if I am still normal in an abnormal world.
Published: Thursday, September 29th, 2016 @ 7:08 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The Nightly News Always Paints Special Interest Groups As Evil...But Are They?
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 @ 6:14 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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From revelations that FBI field offices sought a corruption investigation into the Clinton Foundation to reports that Cheryl Mills did work on behalf of the foundation while serving as Clinton’s top aide at the State Department
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 4:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On July 27, Civitas’ Susan Myrick pointed out the conflict of interest of Judge Michael Morgan, who is not only running for the one opening on the state Supreme Court this year.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 12:56 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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This morning marked the inaugural sale of the first $200 million of the $2 billion Connect NC bond to support investments in our state's education, parks, National Guard and water and sewer infrastructure introduced by Governor Pat McCrory and overwhelmingly passed by voters in March
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2016 @ 12:06 am
By: McCrory Communications
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After a federal court upheld North Carolina's common sense voter ID law and threw out the radical left's legal challenge, the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) released the following statement...
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 @ 6:45 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory has selected Dale G. Deese to fill a vacant district court seat in Robeson County. The vacancy was created by the resignation of Judge John Carter, Jr.
Published: Monday, April 18th, 2016 @ 1:07 am
By: McCrory Communications
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This academic year, ECU students are helping foster K-12 student interest in science and increase student confidence, while serving as positive role models
Published: Monday, April 4th, 2016 @ 11:15 pm
By: ECU News Services
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