The Beaufort County Planning Board will meet on May 8, 2018 at 7:00 PM in the boardroom located in the Administrative Building at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC
Published: Monday, May 7th, 2018 @ 12:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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F.A. Hayek, one of the most well known names in free market circles, was a man of incredible perception
Published: Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 @ 3:14 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Golden LEAF Board of Directors will convene its annual planning meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at the Hyatt Place Raleigh-Durham Airport Hotel in the conference room, located at 200 Airgate Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 2:55 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Baseball is all the rage in Fayetteville, with the city close to signing a deal that would commit $35 million for a new baseball stadium in the hope of attracting a minor-league team to town.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 4:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When I read a recent News & Observer headline, “Self-storage developers eye prime real estate in Wake,” my first thought was that this sounded like good news
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 @ 12:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Arlington Cemetery, on the southern shore of the Potomac River across from Washington, DC, is hallowed ground for the United States of America as a final resting place for her greatest heroes
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 9:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bringing up end-of-life issues with your family can be challenging. Making your wishes known in legal documents can be even tougher
Published: Friday, April 15th, 2016 @ 9:00 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Airbnb and similar short-term rental services are illegal under Raleigh's existing bed and breakfast zoning rules, said Eric Braun, chairman of the City Planning Department's Text Change Committee, at a Sept. 15 meeting.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 2:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory's Connect NC bond proposal has gained the support of two key Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs).
Published: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 @ 12:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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So, if you no habla espanol, you will be out of luck trying to understand what's happening at that city sponsored meeting.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 10:47 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Ron Mitchelson has been named provost at East Carolina University after serving in the role on an interim basis since last year. The ECU Board of Trustees made Mitchelson's position permanent at their meeting today. After a national search, Chancellor Steve Ballard selected Mitchelson from what...
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 12:35 am
By: ECU News Services
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As the legislature comes back into session, there is a renewed focus on what are typically referred to as economic incentives, or by many who are more skeptical of such programs, corporate welfare or simply cronyism. Programs that are and will continue to be debated are subsidies to...
Published: Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 @ 9:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the past two years, the University of North Carolina has been implementing recommendations laid out by the General Administration and Board of Governors in their 2013 “strategic directions” report, “Our Time, Our Future: the UNC Compact with North Carolina.”
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 12:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the holidays approach, many families are hitting the road and taking trips to visit families, friends and loved ones. This can be especially challenging for families with young children who struggle to keep them happy and occupied while traveling by plane, train, or automobile.
Published: Friday, December 19th, 2014 @ 1:59 am
By: ECU News Services
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Although I support the tax cuts, budgetary restraint, and other fiscal policies adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory over the past two years, I have repeatedly urged policymakers and commentators alike to avoid making grandiose claims about their immediate effects.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Are you thinking about starting college for the first time or going back to school to upgrade your job skills? Or are you wondering whether the time is right or your study skills are good enough?
Published: Saturday, September 13th, 2014 @ 5:17 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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As North Carolina’s legislative session draws to a close and we enter the last quarter of the 2014 campaign, Democrats are hoping it will be a rerun of 1998. Republicans are hoping that it will be a rerun of 2010.
Published: Monday, August 4th, 2014 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week I told you how the Gang of Four, comprised of Democrats Ed Booth, Jerry Langley, and Robert Belcher along with the ultimate RINO Al Klemm were going to spend Beaufort County's entire savings, about ten million dollars.
Published: Friday, June 13th, 2014 @ 1:58 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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I don't blame Thom Tillis for refusing to attend one of the three televised GOP Senate primary debates. The only mystery is why he (or any candidate) is bothering with any of them.
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 12:59 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Enacted in 1978, North Carolina’s Certificate of Need (CON) law was one of many state CON laws adopted to comply with the federal Health Planning Resources Development Act of 1974.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2013 @ 8:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today additional funding for Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs) that will assist the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) with transportation planning in rural areas across the state. NCDOT provides grants to help cover the cost of this work.
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 2:06 am
By: David Winstead
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If your goal is to foster economic growth and job creation, there's a right way and a wrong way to cut taxes on business. Fortunately, Pat McCrory and the General Assembly made the right choice.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 9:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's corporate income tax violates basic principles of sound economic policy and open government.
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 @ 8:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The cult commonly known as the Smart Growth movement has proven to be remarkably resilient in the face of empirical adversity.
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2012 @ 9:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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