With every tragedy our country faces, we are almost always greeted just moments after with demands to infringe on a right so we may prevent another tragedy
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2016 @ 3:32 am
By: Sabe Wilis
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Expressing disappointment in President Obama's threat to veto his bill requiring a more thorough screening process of refugees from Syria and Iraq, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8th District, said Thursday he hopes the measure gets the same veto-proof support in the Senate it received in the House.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 2:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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 Sanderson Farms will construct a new state-of-the-art poultry complex in Robeson County. The new processing plant and hatchery will create approximately...
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 @ 12:03 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory signed House Bill 230 into law yesterday, which provides a clearer measurement on how North Carolina’s schools are performing.
Published: Thursday, June 12th, 2014 @ 3:48 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Why should my taxes be used to favor your friends and their private interests?
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 12:49 pm
By: Warren Smith
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Beaufort County Community College students, faculty and staff got a first-hand look at advanced manufacturing processes earlier this week during a tour of the Washington plant operated by PAS USA Inc.
Published: Tuesday, April 15th, 2014 @ 8:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Due Process Stable Trading Company, LLC will locate a new manufacturing facility in Robeson County. The company plans to create 45 new jobs and invest $1.37 million over the next three years in Lumberton.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2013 @ 2:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"People generally quarrel," G.K. Chesterton once wryly observed, "because they cannot argue."
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2013 @ 1:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This is partly because I helped my nine younger siblings through the college process, from application to graduation, but also because I've spent much of my own life in various colleges and universities, either as a student (I have a B.A., M.A., and a Ph.D.), a teacher, or as a...
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 @ 8:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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How do you think all those politicians in Washington, DC got to be so good at covering up how much money they are really spending? They learned how to do it in places like Little Washington, NC.
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 @ 1:43 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Would you write a check for the same amount as your County taxes, hand it to a stranger and say "I am trusting you to spend this money in my best interest."? That is what almost all of us do with our taxes each year.
Published: Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 @ 8:20 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The state House has said cheers to a compromise beer distributorship agreement that will make changes to the state's decades-old beer franchise law.
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2012 @ 10:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have not fully weighed in on this fact, as others have in my publication and in the Beaufort Observer, but honestly, with my time in such short supply, I have to pick my spots.
Published: Sunday, January 9th, 2011 @ 1:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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