The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is using radio and video messages to reach historically marginalized populations to share important messages about reducing risks for COVID-19.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 @ 11:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For several North Carolina counties, the General Assembly’s new election maps may misrepresent the actual population counts by around 20%.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk reiterated a theory on Friday that he's promoted in the past: that the world is not only not heading rapidly toward an unsustainable population by mid-century, it's poised for a population collapse.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2019 @ 1:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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In 1940, some 3.6 million people lived in North Carolina, ranking the state 11th in the nation in population and first in the Southeast. Across the South as a whole, only Texas (6.4 million) was more populous.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2019 @ 9:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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There is a significant demographic change occurring in North Carolina that virtually no one is talking about
Published: Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 @ 11:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina continues to be a popular destination for people across the country - and around the world - who are looking for a great place to live, work, invest, rear families, and retire
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 2:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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America has always been a country on the move. Across the ocean, across the continent, and, for decades after the frontier officially closed, Americans have moved away from (and often with) family in search of a better life
Published: Sunday, May 20th, 2018 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"You ain't from around here, are you?" This question may not be grammatically correct but it is an increasingly accurate observation about our state. According to the Carolina Population Center
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 1:09 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Two-thirds of North Carolina's counties experienced growth from 2016 to 2017, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released today
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 @ 4:45 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It's back-to-school time and parents everywhere want not only to encourage their children academically, but also want to know how their child's school is performing.
Published: Thursday, October 13th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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At least half of North Carolina, primarily rural, seems to be in decline. That's the dramatic conclusion you'll sometimes hear drawn from the latest Census Bureau county-level population estimates
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 1:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More military veterans are choosing to make North Carolina their home, thanks, in part, to efforts by Governor Pat McCrory to make North Carolina the most veteran friendly state in the nation.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:19 am
By: McCrory Communications
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If you’re thinking North Carolina is getting a bit more crowded, then you’re right. State ranks ninth in population and is adding almost 300 new residents daily.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 1:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It may be hard to believe given the results of this fall's municipal elections, but not so long ago Republicans competed effectively with Democrats for political offices in North Carolina's largest cities.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 4:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians now have a lot of neighbors, 10 million in fact, according to figures released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 5:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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One out of every three North Carolinians is a millennial. And those in the generation born between 1982 and 2004 will soon become the largest chunk of the adult population as well. But that doesn't mean millennials will play an outsized role in the 2016 elections.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 4:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has transformed from the Pepsi Generation to the Pepto population. In 1950, the median age in our state was 26.5 years. By 1981, it was almost 30 and the N.C. Division of Aging and Adult Services reports it as 36.9 years in 2009.
Published: Sunday, April 12th, 2015 @ 4:10 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Prudent fiscal management is our first responsibility as stewards of taxpayer dollars...
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2015 @ 12:08 pm
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina grew by 95,047 people during a 12-month period ending in 2014 and surpassed Michigan to become the ninth-most populous state in the nation, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Published: Friday, December 26th, 2014 @ 7:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new study has found that new arrivals to North Carolina and the United States have been enjoying the most success in landing jobs in The Tar Heel State.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2014 @ 10:17 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I am a primary care physician with over 20 years experience delivering care in the Army and to North Carolina's Medicaid population, and currently run a pediatric clinic in Burlington.
Published: Sunday, April 27th, 2014 @ 10:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The subject was compelling, the issue timely and the conservation was sometimes provocative at this year's Emerging Issues Forum focusing on teachers and the great economic debate.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 @ 9:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Traffic jams happen when too many cars try to traverse too little roadway. Thus there are two main ways to reduce the number of traffic jams. One is to reduce the number of cars trying to travel the same road at the same time. The other is to increase the road capacity that cars can travel.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 @ 6:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I found a quite provocative post on a great new web site called The Federalist about North Carolina's public school system and its finances - a subject that Bill Barber and his mob, and their media lapdogs have been beating us over the head with.
Published: Monday, October 14th, 2013 @ 11:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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