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The developers of Colony Ridge, the controversial Texas community that has become a magnet for illegal immigrants, have used a powerful local government board to award more than $16 million in taxpayer funds to a private paving company
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 @ 12:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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Lawmakers return to Raleigh next week for the 2019 session of the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 11:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
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If you've ever been involved in political campaigns you know there comes a point when you have drained every ounce of energy and resources available and exhausted, you declare, "it's all over but the shouting."
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 @ 12:43 am
By: Tom Campbell
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If we learned one thing during the devastation and recovery from Hurricanes Florence and Michael, it’s that setting aside more than $2 billion in savings for a rainy day was a very good idea
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2018 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Environmental concerns are real and warranted, particularly when it comes to public health
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2018 @ 1:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state legislature adjourned the 2017 long session June 29. They were done, right? Expected back all afresh and new in spring of 2018 after a long break of doing nothing? Not exactly
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2018 @ 12:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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They are four words among many in the state constitution. But their meaning could invalidate all laws passed in a 2016 special session of the General Assembly if a three-judge Superior Court panel decides they enshrine fundamental right predating the American Revolution
Published: Friday, March 2nd, 2018 @ 1:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It feels like the 2017 session of the North Carolina General Assembly has lingered longer than grandma's Christmas fruitcake and the fruits and nuts have grown stale and distasteful
Published: Thursday, March 1st, 2018 @ 6:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina’s 2018 "short" legislative session will get into full swing later this spring – after the brief special sessions begun last week conclude
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 12:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina House and Senate convene today in Special Session at noon to take up a variety of topics. It was initially hoped that this would be a short session
Published: Thursday, January 11th, 2018 @ 12:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Earlier this week, a three-judge state Superior Court panel delivered what may be a body blow to part of Gov. Roy Cooper's goal of reclaiming power from the Republican-dominated General Assembly
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2017 @ 10:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If there were one theme that defined North Carolina's legislature this decade it would be that they are a body of reformers
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 11:04 am
By: Tom Campbell
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In fewer than 24 hours, the curtain fell on the political theater of a special redistricting session
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2017 @ 6:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper ordered the General Assembly to convene Thursday in a concurrent special session to redraw state electoral maps
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Perhaps the biggest task facing a Republican-controlled General Assembly when it returns from a two-week hiatus Wednesday is finding common ground with a new Democratic governor, and vice versa
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2017 @ 3:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Opening day of the 2017-18 General Assembly was filled with warm greetings, friendly exchanges, and promises of compromise. After a short break, lawmakers have returned to get down to the real work of the session
Published: Tuesday, January 24th, 2017 @ 3:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge Superior Court panel has blocked the overhaul of the State Board of Elections until the case can go to trial or unless a higher court overturns a preliminary injunction
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2017 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced his first two Cabinet selections
Published: Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following statement can be attributed to the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) Chairman Robin Hayes
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 2:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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About one-third of all freshmen are enrolled each year in a remedial class. Yet current remedial methods are not very effective. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, a mere 17 percent of four-year students enrolled in remedial reading and 27 percent of four-year students...
Published: Sunday, December 7th, 2014 @ 12:58 am
By: John William Pope Center
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But when the conversation turns to races like Secretary of State, Secretary of Labor, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, eyes glaze over, yawns break out, and looks of confusion take over.
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 4:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Don't look now, but North Carolina seems to have survived a significant reduction in the duration of the state's legislative sessions.
Published: Friday, August 17th, 2012 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Several years ago, North Carolina was almost breathlessly headed full speed into the world of technology with grants to Dell Corporation in support of a computer assembly plant near Winston Salem.
Published: Sunday, June 5th, 2011 @ 6:27 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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