Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) is scheduled to hold a town hall meeting in Washington N.C., on Monday, Feb. 03, at 6:30 p.m.
Published: Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 @ 4:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sen. Thom Goolsby (R-New Hanover), co-chairman of the Senate Judiciary I Committee and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety, announced Friday he will retire from the General Assembly at the end of his term.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 2:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Rate Bureau is back at it again, proposing a 25-35% increase for the coastal area.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2014 @ 3:24 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) is scheduled to hold a town hall meeting in Washington N.C., on Monday, Feb. 03, at 6:30 p.m.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 3:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina State Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) announced on Monday, Jan. 6, that he will seek re-election during a press conference held on the Beaufort County Courthouse steps.
Published: Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 @ 6:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please join me for a news conference on Monday, Jan. 06, at 2:30 p.m. The news conference will be held at the Beaufort County Courthouse steps (112 W. Second Street, Washington, NC).
Published: Saturday, January 4th, 2014 @ 3:15 am
By: Bill Cook
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One of the Tar Heel State’s smallest counties is speaking pretty loudly this week. Gates County is on the border with Virginia in the northeastern quadrant of the state. It’s county GOP organization has jumped head-first into the GOP primary for the US Senate.
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 @ 1:21 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Bill Cook, of Chocowinity, represents the 1st Senate District - which includes all or parts of Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank and Perquimans counties.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 3:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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To our state's shame, North Carolina ranks number eight in the nation for sex trafficking.
Published: Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 @ 8:06 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Absurd headlines are springing up in newspapers all across North Carolina stating: "Tax Credit Costs $336 Million in State Revenue."
Published: Friday, September 27th, 2013 @ 3:04 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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The UNC academic fraud scandal is like a pesky staph infection that just won't go away for university officials - nor should it.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 4:32 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Mahatma Gandhi is remembered as a man of peace because of his nonviolent revolution that ended British rule of India.
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 @ 9:48 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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Federal Judge Louise Flanagan ruled in favor of N.C. Department of Transportation’s effort to replace the Bonner Bridge on Monday, Sept. 16.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 7:24 pm
By: Bill Cook
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If Beverly Perdue is not the worst governor in North Carolina's long history, she is at least the worst in recent memory. She even managed to surpass her predecessor, convicted felon Mike Easley.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 4:31 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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Well before Gov. Pat McCrory was sworn into office, the leftist mainstream press battered him for not being bipartisan enough.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 3:20 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Do you know what happens in North Carolina if a government board, agency or commission refuses to obey the state's sunshine laws requiring open meetings and records? Absolutely nothing!
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 8:38 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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There is an old saying, “A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn’t like the tune.” After years of mismanagement, our state’s economy is weighed down by $2.5 billion owed to Washington for our unemployment insurance debt.
Published: Thursday, August 29th, 2013 @ 10:50 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Have the Republicans lost their minds by rejecting Medicaid expansion? "Yes" is the answer, according to liberal Democrats and their allied editorial writers across the state.
Published: Tuesday, August 27th, 2013 @ 5:39 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Last week, this column broke the fact that North Carolina ranks at the top (number 11) in state-level spending on education. Although the Tar Heel State ranks 45th on overall spending on education, it has nothing to do with any policy promulgated by the General Assembly.
Published: Sunday, August 25th, 2013 @ 5:47 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Straight ticket voting is the poster child for voter laziness and apathy.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 3:08 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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With a wink and a nod, the left-wing media continues to help push the deceptive agenda of the teachers union (NCAE) in the Tar Heel State. It is readily apparent that neither the NCAE nor the media support real educational reform in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2013 @ 4:38 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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For all those who scream, "There is no voter fraud in North Carolina!" the silence was deafening after the latest revelation from the State Board of Elections (SBOE) regarding online voter registration during the 2012 election season.
Published: Sunday, August 18th, 2013 @ 9:23 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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Despite having 152 convicted murderers on death row, North Carolina has not conducted an execution since 2006.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Vladimir Lenin said, "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." Professional educrats (education bureaucrats) and their buddies in the mainstream media have taken this quote to heart.
Published: Wednesday, August 7th, 2013 @ 6:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A human face was put on sex trafficking in a recent Senate Judiciary 1 committee meeting. Anna, a young lady who was the victim of sex trafficking when she was a teenager, gave powerful testimony before the committee.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 3:51 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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When Republicans fought hard this session to stop sex trafficking in our state, little was heard from so-called women's rights advocates.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 8:34 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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For good reason, the Racial Justice Act (RJA) was recently repealed by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 @ 5:42 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Following weeks of negotiation, the Senate has again made modifications to our tax reform plan to better satisfy the needs of North Carolinians and compel the support of the House and Governor.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 @ 12:07 pm
By: Bill Cook
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It is abundantly clear that real tax reform is needed in North Carolina - our state has the highest taxes in the Southeast and one of the worst business climates and unemployment rates in the country.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
By: Bill Cook
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The Governor signed my Senate Bill 189, amending the homeschool law in NC, into law this past Thursday.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 @ 6:49 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the following bills into law today.
Published: Saturday, June 1st, 2013 @ 4:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the coastal counties, many of whom are Tier I and II counties, the ferry riders are mostly folks going to work. The river ferries are virtually all commuter traffic, including school buses going to and from school, and folks going to the Doctor’s Office or doing every-day shopping.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 1:46 am
By: Bill Cook
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All across our state North Carolina families are working hard to make ends meet. But an outdated, archaic tax system that excessively taxes income stands in the way of our state's economic recovery and penalizes our citizens' hard work and success.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2013 @ 10:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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