Governor Pat McCrory joined 26 other governors in a letter calling on President Barack Obama to cease the resettlement of additional Syrian refugees until the federal government thoroughly reviews the refugee background check process and address the security gaps acknowledged by FBI Director...
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:08 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Bat Out of Hell meets a good Ole Alabama Country boy
Published: Saturday, July 11th, 2015 @ 2:48 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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In a free society, employers and employees voluntarily agree to the terms of their relationship. Unfortunately, government has for generations forcibly inserted itself into that relationship with various mandates and restrictions. Minimum wage laws, workplace requirements, and mandatory government u
Published: Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 @ 4:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Well, the Orange County board met, and ol' Barry tossed in his two cents for The N&O.
Published: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 @ 9:32 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Researchers at East Carolina University have discovered that certain populations of a South American frog species have changed their appearance to avoid predators through mimicry of other species, causing the populations to diverge - possibly to the point of evolving into two different species.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 2:03 am
By: ECU News Services
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The state House pushed ahead Tuesday with House Bill 1050, limiting the amount of money North Carolina cities and towns could charge businesses for privilege licenses. The bill, which would cap municipal privilege licenses at $100 per year, is part of a catch-all tax package designed to tweak...
Published: Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 @ 1:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler recently said he may revisit state restrictions on municipalities' involvement in the broadband business. Those comments have raised some eyebrows, both in the broadband industry and among public policy analysts.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 4:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Four presidents of North Carolina community colleges took the rest of the community college system by surprise last week. Three of them appeared before the legislature's House Study Committee on Education Innovation to ask for a legislative study about adding four-year bachelor's degrees to their...
Published: Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 @ 1:43 am
By: John William Pope Center
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If University of Chicago economist Bruce Meyer and Notre Dame economist James Sullivan are correct, much of the recent political chatter about the 50 anniversary of the War on Poverty was little more than uninformed nonsense.
Published: Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 @ 1:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When state officials realized they had a clogged and inefficient criminal justice data system following the 2008 murder of former UNC-Chapel Hill Student Body President Eve Carson, they turned to the state controller's office for a solution to the problem.
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 9:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Concern is rising among community health centers that serve nearly a half million patients in North Carolina yearly - most of them uninsured - that Obamacare may drain away their patients and doctors. Meantime, officials say, patients are antsy about how the law will affect them.
Published: Thursday, September 26th, 2013 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Frank Meyer is a name that should be familiar to every serious student of American politics and political philosophy. Alas, I fear it is not. One of the original writing talents at William F. Buckley's National Review, Frank Meyer (1909-1972) edited the "back of the book" - reviews, arts, and...
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 6:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor McCrory announced the following appointments.
Published: Thursday, February 14th, 2013 @ 10:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ruth Elizabeth Riemenschnitter Meyer Diller, age 95, of Blounts Creek, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Burial will take place at a later date in Washington.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 3:04 pm
By: Announcements
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Debra Goldman, Repubican nominee for State Auditor and Wake County School Board Member, was honored to be a featured speaker at the Paul Ryan victory rally at the Raleigh headquaters of the sheet metal fabrication company SMT.
Published: Friday, August 24th, 2012 @ 7:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Over sixteen acts in all! Two stages of entertainment. Featuring Lady Antebellum, Sugarland, Darius Rucker, Willie Nelson 's Country Throwdown, Clay Walker, Craig Morgan, Jamey Johnson, LoCash Cowboys and more.
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2011 @ 1:48 pm
By: Leslie Schneider
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