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Like many other states, the North Carolina has received a lot of money from the federal government to address the impacts of the corona virus pandemic.
Published: Monday, March 18th, 2024 @ 10:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Joe Biden is reportedly considering approving a sanctions waiver this week that would give the Islamic Republic of Iran $10 billion in funds that are frozen in Iraq.
Published: Friday, November 24th, 2023 @ 12:43 am
By: Daily Wire
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Twelve House Democrats joined with Republicans on Thursday to pass a White House-opposed plan offset $14.3 billion in aid for Israel by slashing the same amount of funds meant for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 8:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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Florida lawmakers approved a bill to prevent state and local government entities from offering debt or investing public funds in accordance with the environmental, social, and corporate governance movement, also known as ESG.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 12:33 am
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Cooper recently declared a “state of emergency for public education,” claiming Republican policies aim to “choke the life out of public education” by cutting budgets, siphoning funds, and funneling tax dollars to unaccountable private schools
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2023 @ 9:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Entrepreneur and 2024 Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy announced on Wednesday that he would be committing $250,000 in scholarship funds to revive patriotism among younger Americans.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 8:56 am
By: Daily Wire
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One of the largest public state pension funds in the nation has routinely accepted shareholder resolution advice from a woke proxy advisory firm based in San Francisco
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 @ 8:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee proposed this week the allocation of $100 million in state funds to help women facing a “crisis pregnancy,” including resources for crisis pregnancy centers.
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 @ 10:21 am
By: Daily Wire
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Multiple Republican state attorneys general filed suit against the Labor Department over a measure that would nix a previous ban on environmental, social, and corporate governance investments, also known as ESG, among fiduciaries managing retirement funds.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 5:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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The campaign staff of Republican Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran said that a “cyber-criminal” had taken nearly $690,000 from his campaign funds, according to an election filing.
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 9:44 am
By: Daily Wire
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Remember these numbers. $442 million and $306.7 million. Those figures represent how much money Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has received in federal covid relief funds and how much money the district has actually spent.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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major "woke" financial firm manages billions in public funds on political ESG agenda
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 7:39 pm
By: John Steed
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North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt proposes using COVID-19 relief funds to cover principal pay gap.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2022 @ 8:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Public comment is being sought on North Carolina’s proposed Low-Income Energy Assistance Program waiver, which will allow an increase in allotted funds available for the Weatherization Assistance Program and Heating and Air Repair and Replacement Program from 15% up to 25%
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2022 @ 11:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comment on the proposed Social Services Block Grant Plan, which outlines how $77.1 million in federal Social Services Block Grant funds will be spent in North Carolina for the 2022-2023 state fiscal year.
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2022 @ 4:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina schools received over $6 billion in funding to remedy the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic on students and schools.
Published: Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 @ 2:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Maine’s ban on using state money to pay for scholarships at religious schools.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 7:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Controller Linda Combs and Republican legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court not to step into the latest dispute involving the long-running Leandro school funding case. At stake is $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds.
Published: Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 @ 10:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comment on the proposed Social Services Block Grant Plan, which outlines how $76 million in federal Social Services Block Grant funds will be spent in North Carolina for the 2021-2022 state fiscal year.
Published: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 3:39 pm
By: Announcements
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Yesterday State Auditor, Beth Wood, released results of an audit highly critical of how the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) allocated $180 million in federal Coronavirus Relief Funds.
Published: Friday, December 4th, 2020 @ 6:10 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Department of Public Instruction spent $76 million of Coronavirus Relief Funds without making sure the money was helping students, a new audit report says.
Published: Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 @ 8:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections has opened the public comment period on the adoption of the rule cited as 08 NCAC 21 .0301.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 3:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Public comment is sought on the proposed Social Services Block Grant Plan, which outlines how $74 million in federal Social Services Block Grant funds will be spent in North Carolina in the coming state fiscal year.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 3:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Public comment is being sought on North Carolina's proposed Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program waiver, which will allow an increase in allotted funds available for the Weatherization Assistance Program and Heating and Air Repair and Replacement Program from 15 to 25 percent for the current st
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 4:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Effective immediately, the N.C Department of Health and Human Services has temporarily assumed leadership of Cardinal Innovations, an LME-MCO authorized under state law to provide essential behavioral services using public funds
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2017 @ 3:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The recent resignations of two prominent experts from state government advisory panels on environmental matters and the Republican-led Congress' refusal before it left for summer recess to appropriate additional funds to manage the Zika threat reprised a familiar theme of Democrats' characterization
Published: Saturday, December 31st, 2016 @ 2:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week I will take a break from politics and spend time reflecting on the celebrations of our country's independence day. Former President John Adams wrote about his Independence Day visions nearly 240 years ago...
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 @ 6:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public comment is sought on the proposed Social Services Block Grant plan, which outlines how an estimated $62 million in federal social services block grant funds will be spent in North Carolina in the coming state fiscal year
Published: Sunday, June 5th, 2016 @ 4:07 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) issued this statement on the Obama administration’s directive ordering all public elementary and secondary schools in America to, among other things, allow boys to use girls’ showers, restrooms and locker rooms "as a condition of receiving Federal funds"
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2016 @ 11:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today released new details on a planned website attack that would have resulted in NCGOP party funds being diverted into non-Party accounts controlled by Chairman Harnett.
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 8:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, said he is "alarmed" that the state Department of Public Instruction and State Board of Education agreed, possibly in violation of state open meetings laws and legislative requirements, to shift funds intended to help children learn to read into maintai
Published: Saturday, February 20th, 2016 @ 6:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Attorneys on both sides of the voucher issue made their case on Tuesday to the state's highest court, with Supreme Court justices considering a challenge to a Superior Court decision stating that the Opportunity Scholarship Program, offering tuition vouchers to low-income parents who removed...
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 11:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The public is invited to comment on the state's Social Services Block Grant plan. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services creates this plan every year to outline how federal social services block grant funds will be administered.
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 10:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ideas that look desirable or at least workable on paper can prove to be unworkable or even disastrous when applied to the real world. Just ask the millions of Americans who, under Obamacare, have lost health plans they liked, been forced to buy more-expensive plans they don't much like, or began...
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 1:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recent headlines have called attention to the issue of state public school textbook funding. Partisans have tried to score political points with quotes like the following...
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 @ 3:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Kinston, NC native Stephen A. LaRoque, A Republican legislator in the NC House representing the 10th District, has been indictedeight criminal counts related to alleged theft from programs that receive federal funds.
Published: Thursday, July 19th, 2012 @ 9:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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