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The difference between Republican governance and Democrat tax and spend
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2023 @ 8:09 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Is a financial agreement between the governor of North Carolina and a private party legal just because the governor says so?
Published: Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 @ 10:52 am
By: Governor's Office
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On Tuesday, June 27, a state Superior Court judge ruled favorably on several motions for the Civitas Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) case against the North Carolina Attorney General, which alleges that settlement money was illegally funneled to special interest groups instead of being distributed t
Published: Friday, June 30th, 2017 @ 2:42 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Representative John Szoka (R- Cumberland) and Representative Holly Grange (R- New Hanover) issued the following statement this morning
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2016 @ 4:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Civitas Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) today has filed suit against Roy Cooper in his capacity as North Carolina Attorney General alleging that he illegally funneled settlement money to special interest groups.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 4:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today launched North Carolina's GOPVets Task Force
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 4:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lawmakers and advocates for special needs children are concerned that Guilford County Schools may be undermining a law providing tax-funded scholarships for students with disabilities.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, Senate Bill 192 (Citations/Sheriffs Accept Faxes) legislation that I'm sponsoring unanimously passed in the House Judiciary IV Committee.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 3:43 am
By: Bill Cook
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I recently returned from the United Kingdom, where there's much talk of historical commemorations.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the United States, tradition dictates that we have summers off from school.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2015 @ 2:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The House on Tuesday approved a Senate bill that would extend the state's 35 percent renewable energy tax credit - set to expire at the end of 2015 - by one year to allow several major solar farms to hook up to the power grid. Over five years, the solar companies could collect as much as...
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 @ 5:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state House on Tuesday narrowly approved a bill that would require appellate judges to win retention elections to hold their seats. If House Bill 222 becomes law, it would apply to the chief justice and other justices on the N.C. Supreme Court as well as all judges on the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Sunday, April 26th, 2015 @ 12:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Kudos to Senate leader Phil Berger for his incisive answer as to whether he would support an independent redistricting commission. According to Gary Robertson of the Associated Press, Berger said...
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Her son has yet to turn 3, but Kamala Massey of Raleigh already is exploring alternatives to traditional public schools as she determines what's in his best educational interest.
Published: Saturday, January 31st, 2015 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, R-Wake, is working with charter school operators and advocates on legislation proponents say would restore millions of dollars to charter schools previously stripped away by Democrats "in the dark of night" to benefit traditional public schools.
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Her son has yet to turn 3, but Kamala Massey of Raleigh already is exploring alternatives to traditional public schools as she determines what's in his best educational interest.
Published: Wednesday, January 28th, 2015 @ 2:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If the powers-that-be in the North Carolina House have their way, that will be absolutely true.
Published: Wednesday, August 20th, 2014 @ 10:08 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The N&O chronicles the movie industry crybabies as they pack up to leave North Carolina in the wake of a state decision to trim and streamline benefits for filming in the state
Published: Wednesday, August 13th, 2014 @ 10:35 am
By: Brant Clifton
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If you thought Election Day was Nov. 6, you might want to reconsider. Depending on where you live and what office you're talking about, Election Day could be in July or May. In some places and in some races, it occurred when candidate filing ended Feb. 28.
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 3:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Supporters of North Carolina's fledgling Opportunity Scholarships program see the motion granted Friday by a Superior Court judge placing the plan on hold as little more than a temporary setback. Advocates of the 2013 measure, which would have provided up to 2,400 low-income public school...
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 @ 4:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The races for only 7 percent of state legislative seats - and no congressional districts - are likely to be competitive this year, say two organizations tracking North Carolina voting trends.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 8:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Civitas Partisan Index has been updated to show the political balance of power in North Carolina as revealed in the 2012 elections.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2014 @ 9:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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There's nothing worse than a complainer - except a complainer who expects someone else to solve a problem. So I have a challenge for conservatives who, with good reason, rail against the state of public education in North Carolina: If you truly believe individual responsibility is a fu
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 1:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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School choice advocates won several high-profile battles this year over bills to expand and strengthen the charter school movement and to award private school vouchers to students struggling in public schools.
Published: Friday, August 16th, 2013 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, R-Wake, the House speaker pro tem, says a provision passed late in the General Assembly's session - giving lawmakers...
Published: Thursday, August 1st, 2013 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The death penalty is always a hot topic in any discussion, but is HB 722 another back-door attempt to do away with the death penalty without addressing the issue itself?
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 @ 8:28 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina’s financial center (Charlotte) and its center of government (Raleigh) appear to be melding together or merging.
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2012 @ 11:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The economy is in shambles. We are still coping with record unemployment.
Published: Friday, November 9th, 2012 @ 8:14 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Sept. 18 "Lunch and Learn: School Choice - the Road Ahead" highlighted wide public support for giving parents and students more choices in where they go to school.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 4:15 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Excitement about school choice is helping to remake North Carolina public and private schools. Enrollment in charter schools is exploding.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 1:23 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Popular Majority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Paul "Skip" Stam, will be making an early morning appearance at the Plantation House Restaurant in Washington, NC, Friday September 7th, 2012.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 10:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis and Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, House Majority Leader, released the following statements today after the North Carolina House of Representatives voted to override Gov. Bev Perdue's veto of Senate Bill 416, which modifies the procedures for the death penalty.
Published: Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 @ 5:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There was an article in the 6/29 issue of the WDN (page 3, News Briefs) that said the NC backers of the NC private tuition law have given up (for now).
Published: Sunday, July 1st, 2012 @ 4:46 am
By: Jim Bispo
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"Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.
Published: Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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