The East Carolina University Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution Friday in support of an upcoming bond referendum called "Connect NC." ECU is the first institution in the 17-member University of North Carolina system to formally support the $2 billion bond.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 5:58 am
By: ECU News Services
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Hundreds of supporters of the $2 billion Connect NC bond referendum on the March 15 ballot gathered Tuesday on N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus to kick off a campaign they say is essential for a growing North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory visited Stone Mountain State Park and UNC Charlotte today to discuss the Connect NC bond referendum he signed into law, which if approved by voters in March, will invest $2 billion in education, parks, National Guard facilities and water and sewer infrastructure.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 3:51 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory visited Stone Mountain State Park to discuss the Connect NC Bond referendum he signed into law, which if approved by voters in March, will invest $2 billion in education, parks, National Guard facilities, and statewide water and sewer infrastructure. Of that amount...
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 6:21 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Residents in Richmond County are divided on whether to pass a Nov. 4 ballot referendum raising the county’s sales tax rate by 0.25 cents to build a multi-use recreation complex for the city of Rockingham on 118 acres.
Published: Saturday, September 27th, 2014 @ 2:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some internal docs at NCDOT are shedding some light on what happens to all of that money we shell out at the pump. For 2013-14, NCDOT got $4.4 BILLION in funding.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2014 @ 7:39 am
By: Brant Clifton
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These candidates have taken a position to stop the jproposed Southwest County Jail in the Chocowinity Industrial Park.
Published: Thursday, September 18th, 2014 @ 4:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Southwest County Jail, after the final piece of the puzzle fell into place when Chocowinity's government overruled their advisory board on permitting, was a go.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 5:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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F.H. Buckley, a law professor at George Mason University, recently has published a timely and comparative study: The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America. In it, Buckley compares and examines past and current political systems in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 9:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember voting for a bond on the ballot? You know, those things city, county and the state government use to pay for things like prisons, schools, roads, and any number of things.
Published: Monday, March 17th, 2014 @ 7:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County Commissioner Stan Deatherage will present a resolution to the Beaufort County Commissioners for passage to signify their willingness to provide their citizenry the opportunity to directly participate in the democratic process on certain issues.
Published: Sunday, November 3rd, 2013 @ 11:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bypassing statewide bond referendums has cost North Carolina taxpayers an estimated $261 million in extra interest payments on state debt since...
Published: Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 10:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nov. 6 turned out to be a good day -- mostly -- for supporters of local bond referendums throughout North Carolina. Supporters of local sales tax increases across the state met with less success.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2012 @ 1:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While there's no statewide referendum for North Carolina voters to decide during the Nov. 6 general election, citizens across the state will have the task of deciding 27 separate local ballot issues.
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2012 @ 5:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Cary government watchdog organization believes the town is violating state law by placing a one-sided video on the town's website hailing the benefits of tax increases to pay $80 million for three bond referendums on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2012 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One important part of the session was decided not at the General Assembly, but at polling places across the state.
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 @ 2:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Wake County's decision not to put a half-cent sales tax referendum on the Nov. 6 general election ballot "is troubling" to Durham County officials, and will affect how they move forward with a tri-county regional transit plan featuring a mixture of light rail and expanded bus service.
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 1:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some three dozen people delivered impassioned pleas Monday afternoon to the Wake County Board of Commissioners, urging them to place a half-cent sales tax on the November ballot.
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2012 @ 8:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Orange County voters will decide the fate of a nearly $1.4 billion light rail project for Durham and Orange counties in the Nov. 6 general election.
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2012 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It was all over before 8:00 pm at the Beaufort County Board of Election. With an anemically low turnout, and the new and improved equipment for processing votes, the Beaufort County Board of Elections finished up in time where one could still make their supper date, get home and watch prime time.
Published: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 @ 3:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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