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Thanks to a decade of wise, conservative fiscal policy, North Carolina state government is better positioned financially to weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus shutdown.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 10:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina voters have tried for a long time now to enact a common-sense voter identification law.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 10:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Senate Education and Higher Education Committee on Tuesday took a step toward returning money to charter schools that got sidetracked when lawmakers changed the spending formula years ago.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2015 @ 2:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, R-Wake, is working with charter school operators and advocates on legislation proponents say would restore millions of dollars to charter schools previously stripped away by Democrats "in the dark of night" to benefit traditional public schools.
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Well, it appears Robert Brawley's political career on Jones Street and his relationship with the NCGOP powers that be — swims with the fishes. Just like Luca Brasi.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 9:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I wrote an article about ferry tolling last week. That article talked about current events. The issue of a major policy change in funding transportation has been around since at least 2007.
Published: Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 @ 3:34 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Governor Pat McCrory attended the swearing-in ceremony of the Governor's Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 2:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following At-Large appointments to the Governor's Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs today.
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2013 @ 7:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In 2007, with Bev Perdue as president of the Senate, Joe Hackney as speaker of the House, and Mike Easley as governor, a very liberal, Democratic-run state government imposed a mandate that by 2021, the state's investor-owned utilities must provide 12.5 percent of their energy from renewable...
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2013 @ 2:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some disturbing reports are coming over the transom about the former NC state House majority leader recently banished to purgatory (a/k/a the post of speaker pro tem).
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 8:51 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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State House Republicans are meeting today to decide who will lead them through the next legislative session in Raleigh. A lot of the current leadership is running again, while a few challengers have jumped in.
Published: Sunday, November 18th, 2012 @ 1:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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When statistics came out in early August that North Carolina high school graduation rates had topped 80 percent for the first time in memory, politicians from both sides of the aisle were quick to claim credit and point fingers.
Published: Tuesday, September 11th, 2012 @ 5:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The boys and girls in The Ol' Reliable's newsroom have had a busy week -- running damage control for Walter Dalton, Elaine Marshall and NOW Barack Hussein Obama (MMM -- MMM -- MMM).
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2012 @ 3:04 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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While some states are opting out of expanded Medicaid provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, state Rep. Verla Insko confidently predicts North Carolina will participate in the expansion despite a temporary spike in costs to the state.
Published: Wednesday, July 11th, 2012 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Carolina Journal recently reported on a concerted attack by left-of-center advocacy groups against the American Legislative Exchange Council -- a nonpartisan membership organization of state lawmakers that promotes federalism and free-market policies at the state level.
Published: Monday, July 9th, 2012 @ 12:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I don't often agree with Joe Hackney, the minority leader of the North Carolina House. A longtime Orange County representative who is retiring this year, Hackney previously served as majority leader and speaker.
Published: Thursday, June 28th, 2012 @ 5:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recent months, liberal advocacy groups have conducted a concerted attack against the American Legislative Exchange Council, the Washington, D.C.- based nonpartisan public-policy group created in 1973 that promotes federalism, free markets, and limited government.
Published: Monday, June 25th, 2012 @ 10:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly has completed its work on the state's nearly $20.2 billion General Fund budget. It's now on Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's desk.
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2012 @ 10:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The three-quarter-cent sales tax centerpiece of Gov. Bev Perdue's $20.9 billion budget proposal would be used to hire more teachers and launch jobs programs, but is a "non-starter" for Republican leaders.
Published: Saturday, May 12th, 2012 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Landowners need consumer protections built into North Carolina law to prevent potential financial losses, property damage, and mortgage mayhem from complicated oil and gas leases, said officials in the state Attorney General's Office April 26 to members of the Environmental Review Commission.
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2012 @ 2:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is an epidemic of political whiplash being spread by North Carolina Democratic leaders. In 1996, then Senator Beverly Perdue voted for G.S. 51-1.2 - Marriages Between Persons of the Same Gender Not Valid.
Published: Monday, April 30th, 2012 @ 11:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Next month the N.C. General Assembly will reconvene to consider putting several constitutional amendments before the voters of this great state.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 @ 12:45 pm
By: Bill Cook
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