Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would change the way local governments issue public notices and referred to the measure as an attack on newspapers
Published: Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 @ 8:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican Cathy Dunn and Democrat Jim Beall Graham are vying for an open seat in state Senate District 33, and both candidates are confident they can improve the lives of people in Davidson and Montgomery counties
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 4:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This observer has occasionally discussed the real-world folly of state economic incentives.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 11:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In September, craft brewers and beer distributors were knocking heads over state regulations some viewed as favoring the interests of large beer distributors over these small brewers.
Published: Friday, January 3rd, 2014 @ 7:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The elites in government, media and academia are finally coming around to what we've known about ObamaCare for years now.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2013 @ 10:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The mainstream media has been dutifully regurgitating the lefty press releases demanding that the minimum wage be doubled immediately.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 11:02 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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For the first time in the history of the United States, the United States Government and their United States Treasury has suffered a debt-rating downgrade at the hands of the Standard and Poor's (S&P) rating service, to AA+.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2013 @ 9:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lawmakers wrapped up the 2013 legislative session with a bill embracing broad regulatory reform. The 68-page bill crossed into several functions of state...
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 11:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state House Monday refused to concur with the Senate's latest stab at regulatory reform, sending House Bill 74 to a conference committee in the waning days of the legislative session. At the urging of Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Buncombe, the House chamber voted 109-0 not to concur, even though the...
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 1:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Where will you be when they turn off the lights in the United States economy?
Published: Thursday, April 11th, 2013 @ 11:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Republican Mark Meadows talked a tough, conservative game in his campaign for the 11th district congressional seat being vacated by Democrat Health Shuler.
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 @ 11:58 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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President Barack Obama once again placed leadership aside to take the opportunity to do what he does best - campaign to friendly crowds. It the President finds an unfriendly crowd, he does what he knows best: he becomes a "man of the People," "really listens to the People."
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2011 @ 1:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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