Governor Pat McCrory and other North Carolina officials are continuing to work with fuel suppliers to monitor and quickly replenish fuel supplies.
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 5:28 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2016 @ 11:25 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor McCrory rescinded the State of Emergency declaration effective midnight tonight for 33 counties in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, September 4th, 2016 @ 7:01 am
By: McCrory Communications
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State parks seeing record attendance in 2016
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2016 @ 8:57 am
By: McCrory Communications
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In 2014, North Carolina State University became the new home for PowerAmerica, a $140 million dollar project aimed at promoting research in the advanced electronics industry. Just two years later, NC State is back in the headlines, this time with a focus on energy
Published: Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 @ 4:03 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Imagine a college student who has just formed a student group. In order to generate interest in this group, the student goes to the student union and passes out flyers for the inaugural meeting
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2016 @ 5:04 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer will be available for media interviews Thursday following a hearing in federal court in the lawsuit of a Christian student group against North Carolina State University
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 6:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Christian student group at North Carolina State University filed a federal lawsuit against school officials Tuesday over its policy requiring a permit for any kind of student speech or communication anywhere on campus
Published: Saturday, April 30th, 2016 @ 4:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Emerging Issues Forum always puts a microscope on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead and this year's event was no exception.
Published: Friday, February 19th, 2016 @ 7:46 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In October the NC State Bar and LegalZoom, Inc. announced a settlement in their long-running dispute over the latter's online, self-help, legal document service. As Ben Barton describes it at Bloomberg's Big Law Business blog, the terms of that settlement constitute a win for LegalZoom and its...
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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NC may become the 5th state to call for a convention of states to draft a constitutional "balanced budget" amendment
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 4:38 am
By: Diane Rufino
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It took two-and-a-half years, but state Senator Fletcher Hartsell's (RINO-Cabarrus) campaign finance / ethics case is going to get some attention from an actual bona fide prosecutor.
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 @ 4:35 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The number of outlandish classes offered by colleges and universities has surged in recent years. Faculty use their control of curricula to create whimsical and provocatively titled courses - courses designed to attract more students to cash-hungry departments, satisfy the narrow academic...
Published: Friday, June 13th, 2014 @ 11:51 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Reductions in administrative bloat, a focus on improving UNC system efficiency, public-private economic partnerships, and special scholarships and internships for favored groups are features of the higher education portion of Governor McCrory's state budget pitch.
Published: Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 @ 2:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Good constitutional structures are necessary, but not sufficient, to protect the American system of government. The nation needs civic virtue as well. That's the argument Robert George put forward in the 2014 John W. Pope Lecture at N.C. State University. George is McCormick professor of...
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 8:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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General education is roughly one-third of an NC State education—maybe even a little more for some majors. It is obviously considered to be an important—perhaps the most important—part of the State experience?
Published: Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 @ 4:16 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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In many respects, the last few months have been dazzling ones for North Carolina State University. On January 15, President Obama traveled to Raleigh to announce that the university will be the headquarters for a $140 million public-private partnership that develops the "next generation" of...
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 4:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Growing up in the 1960s, Freeman Hrabowski was an unlikely candidate for protesting at a civil rights march. The chunky "nerd" - as he now describes his childhood demeanor - was more interested in solving math problems and eating M&Ms than in effecting social change.
Published: Thursday, February 6th, 2014 @ 9:27 am
By: John William Pope Center
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It has been nearly three years since the left-leaning Center for American Progress published a superb report, Return on Educational Investment: A District-by-District Evaluation of U.S. Educational Productivity.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2013 @ 3:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A week before each monthly NC State Board of Education (SBE) meeting, state board staff post an agenda and meeting materials on the board's meeting website.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2013 @ 11:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An agreement between the North Carolina Office of Information Technology Services and NC State University will provide students with real-world learning opportunities and allow state government to develop a pipeline of talent for its IT operations.
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2013 @ 6:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the darkest days of the recent financial crisis, University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales had a bad feeling. He had seen this story before, and the ending didn't turn out well. So Zingales wrote a book titled...
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 9:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When we are children, our parents and relatives urge us to "play by the rules." Typically, violating the rules triggers consequences that correspond to the severity...
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 12:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate suggestions that now might be a good time to consider the elimination or consolidation of one or more of the UNC 16-campus system drew immediate and passionate opposition, some calling it a war on public universities.
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2013 @ 11:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Kellie Hopkins, Director of Elections for Beaufort County, issued two press releases: One from the Beaufort County Board of Elections and one from the North Carolina Board of Elections below the first.
Published: Thursday, November 29th, 2012 @ 6:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With the final Bill Cook recount close at hand, Kellie Hopkins, Director of Elections in Beaufort County, issues a statement here below.
Published: Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 @ 2:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bob Steinburg, the Republican candidate for state House District 1, is fighting mad, at least according to his Democratic opponent's campaign manager, who filed assault charges against Steinburg.
Published: Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 @ 10:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Improving education and restraining electricity rates are among the top issues facing the candidates for state House District 8, covering parts of Pitt and Wilson counties.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 2:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Following much prayer and consultation I decided not to call for a second primary in the GOP State Auditor race.
Published: Friday, May 18th, 2012 @ 1:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Greg Dority continues to hold the lead in the Republican State Auditor primary race according to the May Civitas Institute poll released last week.
Published: Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 @ 4:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Jimmy Ward, the winner of this year's Beaufort County School Bus ROADeo rounded out the top ten once the scores were tallied at the NC State Annual School Bus ROADeo in Raleigh on May 26.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2011 @ 12:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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