At last count, 12 North Carolina counties will include an increase in the local sales tax on their May ballots
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 5:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Iredell County opponents of an industrial-scale solar project continue facing roadblocks in their goal to prevent the facility from getting a permit
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 @ 12:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans consistently support issues vital to business and industry, while Democrats’ actions show lower enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, a survey of General Assembly members concluded
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 7:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. today announced that Kaco USA Inc. will expand its production facility in Lincoln County
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2016 @ 12:30 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 26 grant requests totaling $8,697,833. The requests include commitments to create a total of 1,183 new jobs
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 11:21 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced a district court appointment today for Cleveland and Lincoln counties
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 @ 2:31 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Rewriting History Again
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2016 @ 11:36 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Enrollment Changes Have Consequences
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 3:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Lincoln County Republican legislator has introduced legislation allowing local politicians a little more leeway to raise taxes.
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2015 @ 8:11 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Niche.com, Inc. is a Pittsburgh, PA-based company that evaluates and ranks K-12 schools, colleges, cities, and neighborhoods. They recently released their 2015 ranking of public schools and school districts in each state, as well as a national ranking of private and public schools and districts.
Published: Thursday, January 29th, 2015 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has appointed attorney Todd Pomeroy as Superior Court judge for Cleveland and Lincoln counties. Pomeroy will fill the vacancy of Superior Court Judge James W. Morgan in District 27B who will retire on December 31, 2014.
Published: Monday, December 29th, 2014 @ 11:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yes, state board member, Maja Kricker, really did rule at the State Board of Elections (SBOE) meeting today. Her opinion was the only opinion that counted when it came to the five member SBOE voting on one-stop variance requests made by county board of elections.
Published: Friday, August 1st, 2014 @ 3:16 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after the North Carolina House passed a budget amendment to expand the definition of dealer in the Animal Welfare Section to include commercial dogs breeders who have 10 or more female dogs.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 3:22 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Ten individual properties and districts across the state have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, Governor Pat McCrory and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources are pleased to announce.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 8:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In my continuing efforts to perfect my punditry persona of "crotchety not-so-old man," I have recently discovered a wonderful new source of material: the life and times of John Kincaid.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2013 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Heavy rainfall in the North Carolina foothills this past weekend caused severe flooding in several counties damaging homes, businesses, roads and bridges.
Published: Thursday, August 1st, 2013 @ 10:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 7:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last month New York-based MetLife revealed it will be moving employees from Northeast locations to two campuses - one in Charlotte, one in Cary here in Wake County.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 @ 6:23 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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We here at the Observer have contended for sometime now that care should be taken by government officials before they take risks with taxpayers' money.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 8:57 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Investigator Jim Adams applied for and obtained warrants charging Marquis Jhamal Lee Arrington, Caleb Jamar Freeman, and Aaron Brian Collins.
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2012 @ 10:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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