It's been a four year wait, but it looks like we're finally seeing the Cooper regime at the Department of Justice DO SOMETHING.
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2016 @ 9:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Republic Services, Inc. will open a full-service Customer Resource Center in Mecklenburg County, creating in excess of 350 new jobs during the next three years...
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2016 @ 3:49 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has received a $679,000 grant award to expand a specialty mental health probation pilot program to Brunswick, McDowell, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Orange and Durham counties. The grant comes from the...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:17 am
By: Chris Downey
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With early voting for city elections in Charlotte beginning in two days, the North Carolina Republican Party released the following statement regarding the mayor's race
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 12:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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That noisy bunch of grassroots folks in Widen I-77 have been creating quite a fuss in recent months.
Published: Monday, August 24th, 2015 @ 12:51 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory and Department of Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III announced today that 97 of the state's 100 counties saw increases in visitor spending in 2014.
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 @ 11:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We are getting more than our fair share of business - and controversy - from Spain.
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2015 @ 4:54 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina announced today that Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (Dimensional) will be locating its East Coast regional headquarters in Mecklenburg County.
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 @ 4:41 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor McCrory attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for the final segment of I-485 today in Charlotte.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 2:56 pm
By: Chris Downey
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We and many other grassroots entities - have been howlin' mad about Gov. Pat's $40 million corporate welfare giveaway.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 10:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory has nominated Charles M. "Casey" Viser of Mecklenburg County for a Special Superior Court Judgeship. The seat was formerly held by Special Superior Court Judge Martin McGee.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 2:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Just when you thought things couldn't get any dumber than having that dude dress up like a duck during the recent US Senate race, the lads at NCGOP HruchoQ one-up themselves
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2015 @ 6:48 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We support community-based groups from down east where the Ocracoke Foundation is engaging the community in revitalizing its historic square on the Ocracoke Harbor to Craven County, where a joint effort is underway to create a small business incubator for potential entrepreneurs.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 7:14 pm
By: Leslie J. Winner
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Just when I thought I had seen and heard it all. I never imagined a day would come when our elected officials would be seriously considering legislation allowing one to decide whether he or she is male or female.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 9:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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This week's CommenTerry is an election wrap-up with a focus on education issues. I mean, seriously, what else did you expect?
Published: Sunday, December 28th, 2014 @ 9:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has appointed Eric Davis of Mecklenburg County to the State Board of Education.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 2:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It appears the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) have been providing free office space for years to the local branch of an organization with close ties to state and national, politically-active teacher unions.
Published: Monday, December 1st, 2014 @ 10:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Burkert Contromatic Corporation (dba Burkert Fluid Control Systems) is planning to expand in Mecklenburg County and create 61 new jobs. The company plans to invest...
Published: Monday, November 10th, 2014 @ 7:20 pm
By: Chris Downey
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In one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate contests nationally, Republican House Speaker Thom Tillis of Mecklenburg County knocked off incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan in a race capping a night that saw the GOP seize the majority in the upper chamber, unifying control of Congress.
Published: Thursday, November 6th, 2014 @ 8:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It may sound like John McCain and Lindsey Graham, but the words are coming out of Speaker Thom Tillis's mouth.
Published: Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 @ 12:48 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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There are six counties with quarter-cent increases to their sales taxes on the ballot in November. Some of these counties have tried in years past to increase their sales taxes, and voters have rejected the proposal. For others, this will be the first time on the ballot.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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GOP leaders from Thom Tillis to Skip Stam to Pat McCrory have bent over backwards to tell us what a great idea privately-managed toll roads are.
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 1:52 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Now, it appears WCNC in Charlotte has found one more questionable scenario involving Tillis, some wealthy donors, their real estate deals, and the proposed I-77 toll lane project enthusiastically backed by Tillis.
Published: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 @ 8:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that AvidXchange will expand its headquarters operations in Charlotte. The company plans to create 603 jobs in Mecklenburg County by the end of 2018 and invest more than $21.4 million.
Published: Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 @ 6:11 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Gov. Pat McCrory's coal ash clash with the General Assembly to determine the framework of North Carolina government is an important fight, but is unlikely to influence voters' decisions in the Nov. 4 general election, political analysts say
Published: Thursday, September 11th, 2014 @ 6:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has appointed Charlotte attorney John Bowers to the North Carolina Superior Court. Bowers will take the seat of Judge H. William Constangy, who served as a Resident Superior Court judge for district 26-B in Mecklenburg County until his retirement on August 31, 2014.
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 12:10 am
By: Chris Downey
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Sources are telling us that emissaries from the DC Republican establishment had a sit-down with NC Tea Party activists in The Queen City Tuesday evening.
Published: Saturday, August 30th, 2014 @ 5:43 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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"I didn't go looking for this opportunity," said John Rhodes, the best-known of the three qualified write-in candidates for US Senate in North Carolina. "It found me.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 9:43 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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For all the drama in the days leading up to the adjournment of the 2014 "short session" of the General Assembly, the final day proved anticlimactic.
Published: Thursday, August 21st, 2014 @ 11:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate adopted the conference committee report for H1224 (Local Sales Tax Options/Econ. Devpt. Changes) Thursday night. This bill would grant more flexibility to counties in the use of existing sales tax authority.
Published: Monday, August 4th, 2014 @ 7:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The House earlier today resoundingly rejected the Senate’s version of a Medicaid overhaul bill, and the expectation is that, far from killing reform this year, it’s a signal that serious negotiations will evolve.
Published: Friday, August 1st, 2014 @ 9:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections today set a special filing period for three judicial seats vacated by Chief Judge John Martin of the Court of Appeals, Superior Court Judge William Constangy (Mecklenburg), and Superior Court Judge Robert Johnson (Alamance).
Published: Thursday, July 31st, 2014 @ 6:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's an election year and counties once again can't resist the urge to put a quarter-cent sales tax hike on the November ballot, hoping to reap the rewards of millions in extra revenue, all with the consent of taxpayers.
Published: Tuesday, July 29th, 2014 @ 10:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Sealed Air Corporation will establish its new global headquarters in Mecklenburg County. The company plans to create 1,262 jobs in Charlotte by the end of 2017.
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2014 @ 7:36 pm
By: Chris Downey
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