North Carolina Treasury Secretary Dale Folwell, and now, challenging for the seat of North Carolina's governor visits with Eastern North Carolina NOW's publisher, Stan Deatherage, to discuss the multiple jobs of the Secretary, his commitment to performance, and that lurking elected position hence.
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2024 @ 9:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a Tuesday House committee, Rep. Jeff Zenger, R-Forsyth, questioned whether college students, particularly Appalachian State University students, who are still registered as “dependents” on their parents’ taxes, should be able to vote in their college town.
Published: Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 11:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dirty politics in Washington, North Carolina rears its ugly head.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 3:44 pm
By: Gary Ceres
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The conservative Club will meet on Thursday October 19th at 6:00 PM at King Chicken Restaurant.
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2023 @ 9:43 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The literacy test should be removed from the North Carolina Constitution
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 10:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Three members of North Carolina's congressional delegation voted to grant voting rights to noncitizens
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 11:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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New York City has imploded, with crime soaring and homeless people everywhere. Every day brings a new tale of an attack against an innocent person on the city’s street or subway.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 @ 8:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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In November, voters will head to the polls, and millions of North Carolinians will turn out to vote, but only a percentage of those will fill out their entire ballot.
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2022 @ 12:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first thing I want to do is thank you Mr. Cratch for your article dated March 29th. This thanks is heartfelt and sincere.
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 9:08 am
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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There is a growing movement in the United States to allow noncitizens to vote. Most recently, New York City passed an ordinance that would allow up to 800,000 noncitizen legal residents to vote in city elections.
Published: Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 @ 9:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Proof About Why You Need to Be At Precinct Meetings
Published: Friday, February 19th, 2021 @ 9:08 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Joe Biden, a man with the mental acuity and awareness of an oyster is now in the White House, where he will be taken by the hand, guided into a closet and handed some coloring books to keep him busy while Kamala Harris runs the government
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2021 @ 9:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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Republicans won a strategic victory on Election Day in North Carolina, claiming several formerly Democratic county commission boards and adding to the pool of candidates they’ll groom for positions in higher public offices.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 2:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former Clinton campaign adviser Dick Morris predicted during a Sunday interview that the 2020 presidential election is going to drag out because of mail-in voting and end up being decided by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2020 @ 3:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Steve Marshall writes at National Review Online about an alarming piece of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris‘ past.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 5:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the 1990s and early 2000s, urban elections were an arena of robust partisan politics in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2019 @ 11:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Some advocates of higher pay for N.C. public school teachers don’t like the number $53,975. Specifically, they don’t like that number reported as the average salary for a teacher in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2019 @ 4:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As another year draws to a close, a year of Democratic resurgence in both national and local politics, I offer this challenge to incumbent and newly elected lawmakers alike
Published: Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 @ 9:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I never cease to be amazed that there are people who don't get "the word" about what is going on in local politics.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2018 @ 12:08 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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There is a familiar kind of political argument that goes something like this: "I know we are politically divided. I think that partisanship has its place - but surely there is no need to make [fill in the blank] a partisan issue."
Published: Monday, May 7th, 2018 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The debate over short-term rentals in Raleigh has continued for a couple of years without a clear solution
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 @ 3:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Back in 2009, when I started my radio talk show, I knew that President Obama would be one of the worst presidents this nation has ever had.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 5:47 am
By: Rod Eccles
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If you live in a city with a government-owned convention center, chances are pretty good that it's a money loser. It's also a good bet that government leaders think they can fix the problem by spending more money on the convention center and its surrounding amenities. Heywood Sanders, professor...
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 5:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislators are being told one thing by McCrory's staff about the governor's policy positions, and then are hearing something totally different from the governor in media coverage.
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 9:33 am
By: Brant Clifton
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House Majority leader Eric Cantor spent years running around the country meddling in other people's primaries.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 9:55 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Editor's note: In the interest of full disclosure we would offer the following introductory comment. In September, 1999 when Hurricane Floyd hit Beaufort County, we, like thousands of people DownEast, lost our home and much of what was in it.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 5:25 am
By: Hood Richardson
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He never served as president, governor, or U.S. senator, but Josephus Daniels was one of the most important and powerful figures in 20th-century North Carolina political history. Dr. Lee Craig, head of the Department of Economics and distinguished undergraduate professor at N.C. State University...
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In fact, there was a moment in the 1990s - a fleeting moment, as it turned out - when the mayors of four of North Carolina's five largest cities were Republicans. Pat McCrory, the future Republican governor, was mayor of Charlotte. Tom Fetzer, the future chairman of the state GOP, was mayor...
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 8:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's been more than 50 years since four North Carolina A&T State University students made history by taking a seat at the segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Greensboro.
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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McLaurin was also among the first African Americans to serve as a U.S. postmaster in North Carolina. He was appointed postmaster at Warsaw in Duplin County in December 1875.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 @ 6:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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