The Burr campaign today announced its "Manufacturers for Burr" leadership team, highlighting Senator Burr's work to promote American manufacturing, a building block of our economy
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 @ 8:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) today announced the expansion of Peak Demand Inc. in Wilson County.
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 @ 12:21 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that Yokohama Tire Corporation will establish a Technical Development Center in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2016 @ 11:33 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Porter's Group LLC will expand its North Carolina presence with a new facility in Cleveland County
Published: Saturday, June 4th, 2016 @ 6:07 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 @ 2:32 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that PayPal, Inc. will open a 400-job global operations center in Charlotte.
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2016 @ 4:54 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that BSH Home Appliances Corporation plans to create 460 new jobs in Craven County.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 8:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that Fidelity Investments® will add 600 jobs during three years and invest a minimum of $8 million across its Triangle facilities...
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 9:56 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. (EDPNC) announced today that North Carolina has received a $746,800 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to help North Carolina companies increase international sale
Published: Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 @ 1:09 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that Nutec Group will develop a new advanced manufacturing facility in North Carolina creating 61 new jobs over the next three years.
Published: Saturday, July 11th, 2015 @ 4:25 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that National Spinning Co., Inc. will be expanding its facilities in North Carolina and creating 50 new jobs over the next three years. The company...
Published: Tuesday, June 30th, 2015 @ 11:39 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that White Oak Carpet Mills, LLC, a division of CAP Carpet, Inc. based in Wichita, Kansas is expanding its operations in Rutherford County
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2015 @ 11:12 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Proto Labs, Inc., will be expanding in Wake County and creating 170 new jobs over the next five years.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 9:06 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Global Packaging will expand its facility in Richmond County.
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 6:48 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Innovative community health care driven by patient needs, and tailoring local resources to cooperatively address those needs was the focus of the 11th annual Jean Mills Health Symposium held Feb. 6 at East Carolina University.
Published: Friday, February 13th, 2015 @ 10:32 pm
By: ECU News Services
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What are the limits of the partnerships that a public institution of higher education may form? A growing number of critics, including university officials and faculty, argue that accepting funding and academic influence from the communist Chinese government crosses a line.
Published: Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 @ 8:00 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Jobs remain the most important issue facing North Carolina. Our government does not create jobs; however, it creates the environment in which job creators flourish.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 11:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recent events in Ukraine have boosted national interest in nearby Moldova, one of the N.C. National Guard's two partner states. The coordinator of the Guard's State Partnership Program discussed Moldova's challenges during today's John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society meeting.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today,
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 6:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Richard Lindenmuth will become the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina.
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2014 @ 8:51 am
By: Chris Downey
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Earlier this year, we got bombarded with information about what a cronyism-infested money-wasting mess the state's Rural Center was.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 @ 11:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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About 1.8 million North Carolinians receive Medicaid benefits, with federal and state taxpayers contributing more than $14 billion a year to the program. Now North Carolina and other states are trying to figure out how to ensure quality care and outcomes, while reducing costs. Katherine Restrepo...
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2013 @ 5:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the McCrory administration is hailing an overhaul of the way North Carolina recruits business, open government advocates worry that...
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medicaid reform is likely to end up with much better results in North Carolina than in Kentucky. A new joint Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and the Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability explains why.
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2013 @ 6:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory's Partnership for a Healthy North Carolina is an innovative approach to redesign the state's Old Medicaid system into a safety net that improves patients' health and saves taxpayer dollars.
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2013 @ 10:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory's Partnership for a Healthy North Carolina is an innovative approach to redesign the state's Old Medicaid system into a safety net that improves patients' health and saves taxpayer dollars.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2013 @ 11:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement today after signing a continuing budget resolution late Wednesday afternoon.
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 9:37 pm
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina’s most vulnerable Medicaid patients deserve a health care safety net that meets their needs and moves them from sickness to health.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's most vulnerable Medicaid patients deserve a health care safety net that meets their needs and moves them from sickness to health. North Carolina taxpayers deserve peace of mind their sacrifices to fund that safety net are not being squandered on a failing program that...
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 @ 5:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced plans today to pursue a “Partnership for Prosperity,” an effort to change the way we foster economic growth in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 @ 10:02 am
By: Chris Downey
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Today, Governor McCrory outlined a framework for Medicaid reform to improve care, customer service and results for North Carolina's young and elderly, disabled, mentally ill and low-income families.
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2013 @ 8:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Back in March, we got word that Aberdeen's Railhouse Brewery wanted to move to Pinehurst and set up a microbrewery and restaurant in the resort's old steam plant facility in historic Old Town.
Published: Monday, December 3rd, 2012 @ 10:27 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Privatization is an umbrella term to describe techniques that increase competition in the public sector. Private sector entrepreneurs must constantly look for ways to cut costs and improve efficiency to maintain a competitive advantage.
Published: Monday, October 29th, 2012 @ 10:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the most controversial issues in the past few years has been the growing role of the state in providing preschool opportunities to North Carolina children.
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 4:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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