The crowd was substantial. A little better turnout than I anticipated considering the weather. Some media estimates put it at 19,000, and if it was less than that, it probably wasn’t by much
Published: Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 @ 1:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Bickering over the state education budget opened the floodgates to a red sea in downtown Raleigh
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 4:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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School safety, charter schools, and teacher pay headline K-12 issues for Republican and Democratic lawmakers during the N.C. General Assembly's 2018 short session
Published: Sunday, May 20th, 2018 @ 12:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Supporters and critics of a planned teacher rally haven't been shy in sharing their opinions about the intent of eventual outcomes surrounding the event
Published: Thursday, May 17th, 2018 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At last count, the number of school districts that have canceled school so teachers can attend a rally and lobby legislators for higher pay is seventeen. The total number of students impacted is over 600,000 or around 40 percent of public school students
Published: Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 @ 9:19 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The May 16 teacher gathering in Raleigh is inspired by teacher demonstrations in other states and is energized by the desire of public school advocacy groups to weaken Republican control of the General Assembly
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2018 @ 8:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The legislature comes to Raleigh Wednesday for the "short session" and opening day promises to be far more exciting than most years
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 8:04 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The Wake County Public School System and Guilford County Schools are closing their doors May 16 so thousands of teachers can rally at the start of the short session for higher pay and more school resources
Published: Tuesday, May 8th, 2018 @ 2:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Jan. 13, thousands of pro-life North Carolinians rallied in Raleigh to express their opposition to abortion. A week later, thousands rallied in Raleigh and other North Carolina cities to protest Donald Trump as well as Republican policies
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Women's March in DC, designed both to very publicly oppose Trump and to show support for full abortion rights, expressly rejected women who support the right to life.
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2017 @ 1:30 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Department of Family Medicine at East Carolina University has landed several large grants this year aimed at enhancing primary health care in rural areas.
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 3:26 am
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Republican Party released the following statement on Hillary Clinton's final midnight rally in Raleigh
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 9:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Republican Party released the following statement upon the Clinton campaign's announcement that Hillary Clinton will hold a final midnight rally in Raleigh
Published: Monday, November 7th, 2016 @ 11:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Calling all lassies, mateys and swashbucklers! Join us in your pirate garb and walk the plank at Freeboot Friday!
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 6:51 am
By: Russell Allen
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In her first public campaign appearance since departing from a 9/11 memorial service Sunday and collapsing as she entered her car, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton spoke at a rally Thursday in Greensboro, telling supporters to fight the divisive Republican tactics of her opponent Dona
Published: Saturday, September 17th, 2016 @ 9:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lying Hillary Clinton has now done something that even Hussein Obama could not; she has unwittingly driven a wooden stake in a key Democrat rally word - "RACIST!"
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2016 @ 9:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) officials today blasted Deborah Ross' radical record ahead of her "Women Trust Ross" rally.
Published: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Cool temperatures and sunny skies prevailed as East Carolina University celebrated Homecoming 2015 this weekend with traditional events including a concert, pep rally, parade and football.
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 9:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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In nearly three decades of writing a syndicated column on North Carolina politics and government, I've always received a steady stream of reader response. In the days before email, I'd get an occasional phone call or personal letter, but most of the response came in the form of letters to the...
Published: Saturday, October 26th, 2013 @ 4:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Students are often exasperated by professors who waste their time with boring, rambling, irrelevant lectures. The problem is that tenured faculty members often just don't care any longer.
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 12:57 pm
By: Robert Weissberg
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Hammering forcefully at what he called President Obama's "raid" on Medicare, divisive re-election tactics and economic policies that have put America on the edge of a fiscal cliff, GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told a Raleigh crowd Wednesday it is imperative to elect Republican challenge
Published: Friday, August 24th, 2012 @ 2:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tea Party gatherings April 14 in North Carolina showed that the movement is undergoing the necessary if sometimes difficult process of growing to meet further challenges.
Published: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 @ 9:41 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Advocates for a BRHS affiliation with UHS held an animated, well attended rally today in a parking lot across from the hospital.
Published: Saturday, January 8th, 2011 @ 3:02 pm
By: BCN
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Glenn Beck had a dream. He thought that if Americans can unite in order to restore honor to our nation, it would be the first step in taking our country back.
Published: Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 @ 12:38 am
By: Diane Rufino
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