Richard Weaver’s famous book “Ideas have Consequences” has a pithy and poignant title.
Published: Thursday, November 12th, 2020 @ 12:35 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Four popular Latin American sports figures are sharing videos about the importance of mask wearing with North Carolinians on social media
Published: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 @ 9:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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County boards of elections in North Carolina will accept mail-in ballots received by November 12, as long as they are postmarked by Election Day, November 3.
Published: Friday, October 30th, 2020 @ 9:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolinians have been bound to this mandate for over 100 days but never truly got a clear answer on the state’s evidence for such an order.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2020 @ 2:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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County boards of elections across North Carolina are now contacting voters whose absentee ballot return envelopes were not properly completed to inform them of the steps necessary to ensure their votes are counted.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 @ 4:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper has staked his entire reelection on his response to COVID-19 because he cannot defend his lackluster record as Governor.
Published: Sunday, October 18th, 2020 @ 8:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In an AP story Oct. 1, Nicholas Riccardi, Jonathan Drew, and Scott Bauer, discussed what they called “the unusually aggressive, hyperlocal legal strategy the Trump campaign is activating as voting begins.”
Published: Monday, October 12th, 2020 @ 4:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With 33 days until the November 3 election, county boards of elections have approved the absentee ballots of about 300,000 voters.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2020 @ 11:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The coronavirus has statistically been found to have very little impact on children. But the lockdowns have been especially cruel to our youth.
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2020 @ 5:57 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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All North Carolina households — about 4.7 million in all — will soon receive the Judicial Voter Guide 2020.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2020 @ 11:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week we are celebrating the signing of the U.S. Constitution, our nation’s governing document.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2020 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina voters who vote by mail can now track the status of their absentee ballot with a new online service called BallotTrax.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 @ 10:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Roy Cooper and Mandy Cohen claim to be following the “science and data,” while ignoring the data about the negative consequences of their shutdown orders
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2020 @ 7:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It’s a beautiful day for golfing in Pinehurst, or so North Carolina’s politicians would have you believe.
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2020 @ 4:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Because the state hasn't passed an actual budget bill since FY 2018-19, however, the recommendations are essentially spending adjustments because there is no actual budget to adjust.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 5:00 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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History repeats itself, but with slight variations.
Published: Monday, August 31st, 2020 @ 4:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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University of North Carolina leaders, students, and faculty are blaming each other for the growing number of COVID-19 cases on campuses.
Published: Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 @ 10:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Excluding people based on their race, sex, or other characteristics doesn’t just keep those individuals from pursuing their dreams.
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2020 @ 6:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This contention leaves open the question of whether state government and the reporters are collecting and analyzing the right data the right way.
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2020 @ 1:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As death rates spike across the nation, no one knows how many North Carolinians have died since the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
Published: Saturday, July 25th, 2020 @ 8:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In some non-COVID related health news, the New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) is moving forward with its proposed research and clinical partnership with Novant Health and UNC Health.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2020 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NC State business professor Dr. Bart Danielsen asks that question in a thoughtful post on his blog, The Green Apples.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2020 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday the State Board of Education and members of Governor Cooper’s administration submitted an action plan to Superior Court Judge David Lee as part of the ongoing work to ensure the state is compliant with the constitutional requirements of the long-running Leandro case.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2020 @ 2:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Leandro v. State of North Carolina casts a long shadow over the public schools in the Tar Heel state.
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 @ 11:12 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The University of North Carolina System won’t raise tuition and fees this year while students and their families struggle to stay financially afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 1:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Beaufort businessman Randy Ramsey has been elected permanent chairman of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors.
Published: Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 @ 7:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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