RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper announced North Carolina boards and commissions appointments today.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 12:04 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Learning a new language is a difficult task, especially later in life, but this skill can be essential for navigating life and fostering connections.
Published: Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 @ 11:28 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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Beaufort County Community College’s pottery studio is moving to The Marketplace at Olive’s located at 6118 US Highway 264 E., Washington, NC 27889.
Published: Friday, September 9th, 2022 @ 8:23 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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Event makes a comeback after two-year hiatus at ECU
Published: Wednesday, July 13th, 2022 @ 12:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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As a project manager, you are always striving to grow and prove yourself to your colleagues and superiors.
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2022 @ 12:57 pm
By: Jessica Fender
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Brenda Lee Hamilton died on February 18, 2019 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Her death was caused by a "canine" animal attack on Indian Run Road near Pantego during the early morning hours.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 @ 1:09 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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A bill before the North Carolina General Assembly would let reflexologists practice without needing a license from the state Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy.
Published: Sunday, April 21st, 2019 @ 11:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Funeral director is not exactly the kind of enterprise someone is prepared to comparison-shop for, but still, as with other services, the more options, the better for consumers
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2018 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the new year begins, Uptown Greenville is becoming a training ground as students have six weeks to design, build, and test their robots for the FIRST Robotics Competition
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following are statements from the White House for November 28-29, 2017
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 7:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"Lower taxes on American business means higher wages for American workers, and it means more products made right here in the USA."
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 11:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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What do the $15 minimum wage, Obamacare, and proposed gun control laws all have in common? Of course, we could say, uncontroversially, that they are all policies supported by progressives and at least in part form the backbone of modern day progressivism's policy agenda
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2016 @ 8:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the period of apartheid in South Africa, all-white labor unions representing workers in the diamond mines were able to have put in place minimum wage laws for diamond mine workers
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2016 @ 8:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raising the government-mandated minimum wage to $15 per hour could cost North Carolina 334,000 jobs
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 5:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Not one friend or relative of mine thinks that I am a passive person, but Microsoft Word says that I am and who can argue with Bill Gates.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2016 @ 4:04 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Don't laugh, The army trained for combat using Daisy BB Guns.
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 11:20 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Politicians are usually eager to be generous with the money taken from taxpayers, especially when it helps them gain favor with some interest group
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:19 am
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's public university system is a multi-billion-dollar organization that impacts virtually every region of North Carolina-socially and economically
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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It seems shocking that, in 2015, it is difficult to fully answer the question, "What are college students learning?" After all, people can find out about admissions policies, degree programs, student debt levels, graduation rates, campus amenities, and financial aid options with the click of a mouse
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 @ 3:27 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Eleven-year-old Ross Pennington came to East Carolina University with no experience but was playing the guitar by the end of his first class at the annual summer Guitar Festival and Workshop.
Published: Monday, July 27th, 2015 @ 1:46 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Progressives everywhere are calling for an increase in the minimum wage. The amount of the increase depends on who is calling for it. President Obama wants a 40 percent hike from the current minimum of $7.25 to $10.30 per hour, while others, including some trade unions, are asking for more than a...
Published: Monday, January 5th, 2015 @ 12:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Progressives everywhere are calling for an increase in the minimum wage. (For a look at the progressive movement's historical support for the minimum wage see this article.) The amount of the increase depends on who is calling for it. President Obama wants a 40 percent hike from the current...
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 8:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The push is on, both nationally and in several states, to raise the minimum wage from its current $7.25 an hour to $10.30 nationally and as high as $15 in specific cities and states. I think it would be absolutely great if everyone who wanted a job could get one at a wage of $10 or $15 an hour...
Published: Sunday, November 16th, 2014 @ 9:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The push is on, both nationally and in several states, to raise the minimum wage from its current $7.25 an hour to $10.30 nationally and as high as $15 in specific cities and states. And let me say that I think it would be absolutely great if everyone who wanted a job could get one at a wage of $10
Published: Saturday, November 1st, 2014 @ 9:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When governors and state legislatures make their economies freer - through tax relief, regulatory relief, and labor-market reforms - who stands to benefit?
Published: Monday, September 15th, 2014 @ 1:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have been part of seemingly countless curriculum committees over the past six years, and I have read hundreds of course syllabi. It seems there are two competing trends in academia when it comes to syllabi.
Published: Friday, September 5th, 2014 @ 4:21 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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BCCC students and faculty have been away from campus this week enjoying Spring Break while staff members have taken the opportunity to catch up on their work while the campus is less busy than usual.
Published: Monday, April 28th, 2014 @ 1:00 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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