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I don't understand. North Carolinians OVERWHELMINGLY approve of requiring photo ID in order to cast a vote in the state's elections.
Published: Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 @ 10:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Perdue was wrong on several levels to have committed the state to an agreement over the Dorothea Dix property, but so is the legislature wrong in reneging on the deal.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 7:57 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Today, the Office of the Governor released the following pool report of Governor Pat McCrory's swearing-in ceremony, prepared by The Associated Press.
Published: Saturday, January 5th, 2013 @ 11:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCGOP leaders have been patting themselves on the back for getting Pat McCrory into the governor's mansion, and Richard Hudson and George Holding into Congress.
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2012 @ 4:04 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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For many of the unemployed, prosperous times are a cloudy memory. More than 46 million Americans now feed their families with the aid of government food stamps. Look around you right now.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 11:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the national Democratic ticket is enjoying a modest lift in the polls after the convention in Charlotte, the party's gubernatorial nominee, Walter Dalton, remains significantly behind Republican Pat McCrory.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 11:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's been a sudden explosion of purple hair and tongue-piercings in the vicinity of Trade & Tryon. Barney Frank -- a/k/a "The Banking Queen" -- checked into his hotel with a belt strapped around his neck.
Published: Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 @ 10:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Things are really tightening up in the race for North Carolina governor. Pat McCrory, the former mayor of Charlotte and a renowned moderate, is the GOP standard bearer against incumbent Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton.
Published: Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 @ 1:32 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The 2012 short session has come to a close, marking a dramatic shift from legislative bienniums of the past, both in length and accomplishments.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 8:28 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In spite of recent statements by gubernatorial candidates Walter Dalton and Pat McCrory opposing the North Carolina International Terminal, Toby Bronstein, a spokeswoman for Save the Cape, fears the proposed megaport may not be dead.
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 @ 3:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you check out Forbes Magazine's List of the Best Places for Business and Careers, you will find a slideshow of silver skyscrapers hailing the prosperity of Raleigh and other North Carolina metro areas - but failing to show economic reality elsewhere in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Monday, July 16th, 2012 @ 11:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Rep. Harold Brubaker, the first and only Republican House speaker of the 20th century and most recently the chamber's senior budget-writer, announced Thursday he's retiring from the Legislature.
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2012 @ 2:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bill Cook: We have a good budget and the adjustments to our pervious budget are detailed below. If she vetoes this budget bill, we will try a veto override on Friday or maybe Monday. We have done it in the past and I think we can override her this time.
Published: Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 @ 7:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I'm going to out on a limb here and predict that the legislature's new spending plan for 2012-13 will not result in the demise of public education, the collapse of North Carolina's economy, a plague of locusts, or the end of western civilization as we know it.
Published: Monday, June 25th, 2012 @ 2:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate Rules Committee plans an inquiry into two altered letters purportedly from a top N.C. Department of Transportation official which said that money is needed now in order to proceed with two toll projects - the Garden Parkway in Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties and the Mid-Currituck.
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 @ 6:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton wants a new job. President Barack Obama wants to keep his current job. The two Democrats have the same challenge, however.
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2012 @ 8:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even though Gov. Bev Perdue's 2008 campaign for governor ended nearly four years ago, the upcoming trial of New Bern attorney Trawick "Buzzy" Stubbs should offer further insight into her campaign's mysterious aircraft provider program.
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 @ 11:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Locke Foundation President John Hood discussed Perdue recently with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio. (Click here to find a station near you or to learn about the weekly CJ Radio podcast.)
Published: Sunday, May 27th, 2012 @ 8:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's unemployment rate fell in April by three-tenths of a point, to 9.4 percent. Good news? Not really.
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2012 @ 2:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The three-quarter-cent sales tax centerpiece of Gov. Bev Perdue's $20.9 billion budget proposal would be used to hire more teachers and launch jobs programs, but is a "non-starter" for Republican leaders.
Published: Saturday, May 12th, 2012 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The debate over the State budget's impact on public education has generated much heat and little light in the last few weeks. Democrats point to large budget reductions, personnel losses and talk of the devastating long-term consequences on students and the public schools.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 @ 8:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State officials are scrambling to close a Medicaid shortfall that could be as high as a quarter-billion dollars, or risk being unable to deliver services to recipients and make payments to providers.
Published: Thursday, April 26th, 2012 @ 9:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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But Parker won't be on the ballot. The real instigators of their political woes have been or will be on the ballot: Barack Obama and Beverly Perdue.
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2012 @ 11:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U. S. Department of Labor has asked an outside agency to review the security controls designed to prevent early access to monthly employment data safeguarded by the federal government.
Published: Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 @ 1:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Changes could be coming soon for voluntary supplemental retirement plans that are set up for teachers and employees of school boards across North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 2:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Americans for Prosperity Foundation – North Carolina (AFPF-NC) and the John William Pope Civitas Institute, the partners behind NC Real Solutions, today responded to Governor Beverly Perdue’s criticisms of their new television ad.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 1:44 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It's an election year, and both major political parties have an interest in accentuating the differences between Democratic and Republican candidates for governor, legislature, and other North Carolina offices.
Published: Sunday, March 11th, 2012 @ 2:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember when the Republican-crafted North Carolina budget passed over Gov. Beverly Perdue's veto last summer? Liberal activists predicted economic disaster.
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2012 @ 1:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I agree with Gov. Perdue's assessment that education is key to our future. However, I cannot agree with her proposal to raise taxes. The proposal is based on a number of myths. Let's look at five of the worst.
Published: Sunday, February 5th, 2012 @ 8:23 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In the wake of Governor Perdue's surprise announcement that she will not run for re-election, Representative Bill Faison (D-Orange) announced his intention to run for governor January 28th in Greensboro, NC.
Published: Sunday, February 5th, 2012 @ 6:48 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Yesterday Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed SB 9 "An Act to Reform the Racial Justic Act of 2009 to be consistent with the United State Supreme Court Ruling in McClaskey v. Kemp".
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2011 @ 10:11 am
By: Bill Cook
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At a Rotary event in Cary, North Carolina, where Governor Beverly Perdue spoke, national news was certainly made.
Published: Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 @ 11:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Next month the N.C. General Assembly will reconvene to consider putting several constitutional amendments before the voters of this great state.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 @ 12:45 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Some of the proposed budget cuts include a temporary halt on salary increases for state employees, including teachers; and a $253 million reduction in funds to the University of North Carolina system.
Published: Friday, February 18th, 2011 @ 12:56 pm
By: BCN
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