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North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey called for more security at state power substations this week following the vandalization in Moore County that left tens of thousands of people in the dark for four days.
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2023 @ 4:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Police nabbed the man suspected of gunning down six parade goers and wounding dozens more at a suburban Chicago Fourth of July celebration, reportedly pulling him over at an intersection in nearby Lake Forest after a massive manhunt.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 8:23 am
By: Daily Wire
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More than 30 years ago, on June 26, 1987, Joyce Watkins, who at the time was in her late 30s, went with her then-boyfriend Charlie Dunn to pick up her four-year-old great-niece Brandi.
Published: Thursday, January 27th, 2022 @ 10:51 am
By: Daily Wire
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East Carolina sophomore Jayden Gardner scored 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to help the Pirates earn their fourth consecutive victory with an 82-74 win over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 @ 10:43 pm
By: ECU Sports
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Sophomore Jayden Gardner led four Pirates in double figures with 22 points to help East Carolina snap a four-game losing streak with a 79-67 win over Campbell inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Saturday.
Published: Monday, December 16th, 2019 @ 9:12 pm
By: ECU Sports
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Even though Alcoa Power Generating Inc. has won two more legal battles against the state of North Carolina dealing with the company’s efforts to relicense its four hydroelectric dams on the Yadkin River, the state plans to continue fighting to gain control of those facilities...
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 6:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More than 170 alumni from East Carolina University's School of Art and Design will showcase their work at four galleries in Greenville this month.
Published: Monday, September 7th, 2015 @ 11:47 am
By: ECU News Services
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The headlines sounded great. 56 percent of our students passed their end of grade tests, compared to just 44 percent last year.
Published: Thursday, September 11th, 2014 @ 8:58 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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I am still shaking my head in disbelief at Judge Hobgood's ruling judge that school vouchers are "unconstitutional."
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 11:06 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I've made this point before, but it's worth emphasizing one more time: those who oppose school choice in elementary and secondary education should, if they wish to be consistent, oppose former Gov. Jim Hunt's Smart Start program and former Gov. Mike Easley's More At Four program, now known as NC Pre
Published: Saturday, May 10th, 2014 @ 4:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Day care prices across the nation have been rising at a dramatic clip for years. In many cases, the cost to parents for a toddler in day care is more expensive than sending their teen to a high-quality private high school.
Published: Sunday, January 5th, 2014 @ 6:38 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As Americans continue to struggle with a sluggish economy, policymakers could learn useful lessons from a president who served in office more than 80 years ago. That's the view of Amity Shlaes, director of the Four Percent Growth Project at the George W. Bush Center, nationally syndicated...
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 1:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We get a lot more ideology-based creative jurisprudence -- i.e., a nationwide "right to abortion" based on the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment prohibition on unlawful search and seizure -- than neutral, unbiased evaluation of legislation based on the actual words in our founding documents.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 11:15 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Spending tax dollars on preschool intervention for at-risk North Carolina children may be a worthwhile idea.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 4:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's two major preschool initiatives, Smart Start and More at Four, have been the subject of political claims and controversies ever since their creation.
Published: Sunday, March 11th, 2012 @ 10:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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