Recently, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Federal Law Enforcement Service Weapon Purchase Act, which would allow current federal law enforcement officers to purchase their retired service weapon at market value in an effort to stop the loss of millions of federal dollars in destroyed
Published: Wednesday, May 18th, 2022 @ 10:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Twitter reportedly is shifting gears in regard to Elon Musk’s multi-billion dollar offer to buy out the company after he disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing last week that he has the money to back up his offer.
Published: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022 @ 11:04 am
By: Daily Wire
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According to the IRS the smart thing to do is to tell them if we have stolen but if we tell them we are stupid.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 11:34 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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but it is the Norwegians who are losing money on it
Published: Monday, December 13th, 2021 @ 8:54 am
By: John Steed
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A pair of bald eagles are reportedly attacking a flock of sheep on an Idaho farm and have so far killed 54 animals.
Published: Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 @ 7:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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The economy is rigged, but not in the way Bernie Sanders thinks — capitalism is not the problem.
Published: Thursday, May 6th, 2021 @ 7:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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ECU’s Digital Market gives researchers opportunity to share innovations
Published: Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 @ 10:24 am
By: ECU News Services
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The GameStop controversy that has dominated the news cycle over the last couple of days has triggered many people to wonder what the fuss is all about.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2021 @ 9:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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Victims of the Map Act won their case in the N.C. Supreme Court this month, but their victory will put even more pressure on the cash-strapped N.C. Department of Transportation.
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2020 @ 3:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It makes little sense for American investors to risk their money on shadowy companies, as this op-ed points out
Published: Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 @ 10:56 am
By: LifeZette
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Members of the North Carolina General Assembly will face tough decisions on important health care legislation in the current session.
Published: Sunday, March 17th, 2019 @ 6:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Coolidge Reagan Foundation filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Wednesday alleging that socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) may have illegally funneled money to her boyfriend through an allied PAC.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 11:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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As the Cooper administration engaged in negotiations involving the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a national governors' group warned a Cooper adviser against a state agency taking action comparable to extortion
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 2:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina needs to reform its approach to taxing capital gains. As I have noted in a previous analysis for the John Locke Foundation, the current system ignores the fundamental nature of capital gains taxes.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a safe bet that state Rep. Jonathan Jordan agrees with Republican colleagues Bill Brawley, Susan Martin, and Scott Stone much more often than he agrees with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the incoming New York congresswoman and newly elevated champion of the political left
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the United States, there are between 45 and 46 million turkeys killed each year by profit-seeking farmers for consumption at Thanksgiving dinners around the country
Published: Thursday, November 29th, 2018 @ 12:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in light of my decision on May 8, 2018, to cease the participation of the United States in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action of July 14, 2015.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2018 @ 10:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you think you got a good deal or a fair deal in the revaluation of your property for taxes this year, there is a very good chance you did not.
Published: Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 @ 6:53 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Based on appeals from several property owners the 2018 tax valuation may have over-valued many properties in the county.
Published: Monday, June 25th, 2018 @ 5:44 am
By: Hood Richardson
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A Greensboro-based company told a North Carolina brewer he could get out of his distribution contract if he paid the distributor 16 times more than it cost to get in, an affidavit in a lawsuit filed by a group of North Carolina brewers says
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2018 @ 5:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government red tape slows down the economy. That is a consistent finding in economic research literature
Published: Sunday, February 18th, 2018 @ 2:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When North Carolina is competing with other states and nations for investment, business startups and expansions, and high-value professionals, we start out with some important advantages
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 10:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell hopes the General Assembly will build on its recent boost in the state's Rainy Day Fund with a plan to make state pensions and health benefits more solvent
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2017 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week Governor Cooper and Attorney General Stein withdrew North Carolina from litigation challenging government overreach on farmers.
Published: Saturday, May 6th, 2017 @ 3:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed House Bill 467, a measure limiting damages property owners can receive if they win nuisance lawsuits against nearby hog farms or other agricultural or forestry operations
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2017 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On April 3, 2017 at 5:30P, or soon thereafter, the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners (County) will hold a public hearing to receive public comments on a proposed public-private economic development partnership with the Beaufort County Committee of 100 (C-100)
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2017 @ 8:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Judging by what makes the front pages, the top of the newscasts, and the list of "what's trending" on social media, North Carolina politics consists of spirited debates about H.B. 2, spirited debates about voting laws, spirited debates about teacher pay
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2016 @ 5:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thanks to President Barack Obama’s debut as a contributor for the Journal of the American Medical Association, the “public option” has made its way back into the great health care debate
Published: Wednesday, September 28th, 2016 @ 10:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Anyone watching the higher education landscape these days can't help but note the proliferation of articles calling for free tuition. President Obama's January 2015 proposal to make the first two years of community college free spawned much of this discussion. While the proposal stalled, it did...
Published: Saturday, April 16th, 2016 @ 1:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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For a growing number of cities and municipalities, when fiscal times get tough, the tough go...to the market.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 @ 2:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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