The Department of State Treasurer is committed to encouraging individuals to prioritize, plan and stay motivated as they move toward retirement, and its efforts have been recognized with a prestigious award.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 12:24 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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"Closed to the public—parents not welcome."
Published: Saturday, August 20th, 2022 @ 6:17 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Hats off to the folks at Axios for creating a data map using new Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Published: Saturday, February 5th, 2022 @ 3:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the launch of the Division of Child and Family Well-Being to help achieve its vision of children who are healthy and who thrive in safe, stable and nurturing families, schools and communities.
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 9:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Editors at National Review Online explain why Democrats in Congress should drop one of their bad ideas.
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 9:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a move that will make government-employee pensions less risky for taxpayers, N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell announced Tuesday, Feb. 2, that the assumed rate of return on the main state retirement plan will be lowered.
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 @ 2:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While an annual report from a financial watchdog shows most U.S. cities are poorly prepared to face the fiscal fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the three North Carolina cities examined showed stronger numbers.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 @ 12:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Is his picture coming to a North Carolina elevator near you?
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 @ 10:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper won a second term. But he had no coattails.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 1:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A decade of fiscal responsibility and sustainable government could be squandered unless North Carolina taxpayers build some financial guardrails in the state constitution.
Published: Sunday, December 6th, 2020 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Unionization efforts are becoming more prevalent in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 @ 7:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is home to one of the biggest union battles in the South.
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2020 @ 10:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In February 2019, after months of negotiation, Western North Carolina’s Mission Hospital was sold to HCA Healthcare, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital company.
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2020 @ 6:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Mark Janus, an Illinois state employee arguing that the public-sector union that collected fees from him had no right to do so
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 @ 3:32 pm
By: Daily Wire
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We all know of a few nutty ones in our own cities and states, to be sure — but see if you've heard about these
Published: Thursday, December 26th, 2019 @ 12:00 pm
By: LifeZette
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As established in the federal constitution, America’s national government was meant to be small and tightly focused on matters of truly nationwide scope.
Published: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 @ 11:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A sea of red shirts and picket signs flooded downtown Raleigh on Wednesday, May 1, and, for now, public opinion may be in their favor.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 1:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers, union representatives, and government officials are calling for repeal of North Carolina’s prohibition on public-sector employee collective bargaining.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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John Bussian is the principal of the Bussian Law Firm, which specializes in media litigation and has long been a national leader in defending the First Amendment.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2019 @ 1:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Before he became a household name in one of the most significant Supreme Court victories for public employees' First Amendment rights in decades, Mark Janus was warned by his worried mother about taking on powerful union forces.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2019 @ 5:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced 40 new appointments to various North Carolina boards and commissions
Published: Saturday, December 22nd, 2018 @ 11:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 @ 12:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Anyone watching the changing landscape for labor unions in this country has seen a decades-long slide in membership
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 8:41 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Former Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker, a Democrat, says if he is elected state labor commissioner he would pursue businesses committing safety, wage, and benefit violations aggressively, filing lawsuits if he must
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 @ 10:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified." So said the Greek storyteller Aesop more than 2,500 years ago.
Published: Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 @ 9:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is one of only a handful of states that enjoy the highest credit ratings from all the major bond-rating agencies.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 11:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the past five years, North Carolina has become a more attractive place to work, live, invest, and do business.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 3:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is a right-to-work state, but that hasn't stopped labor unions from trying to find new ways to boost their membership. Bruce Clarke, president and CEO of Capital Associated Industries, addressed the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society in 2014 on the topic...
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 5:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public school superintendents have been in the news lately, and it's not been flattering. Desperate to move on from the contentious tenure of Superintendent Katie McGee, the Brunswick County Board of Education hired Edward Pruden in 2010 at a salary of $159,400 a year. Late last year, the school...
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 4:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The U.S. Supreme Court could face another round of critical cases as it returns to work this month
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 11:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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