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Each Year NC Ranks Among the Top States in the Nation for Human Trafficking
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 3:17 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina’s hospitals are being called out in a new report from the state treasurer’s office that shows a wide range in hospital pricing, huge price markups from Medicare rates, and a lack of price transparency.
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 10:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina was in the top 10 states with the highest average hospital Medicare profit margins for five years.
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 @ 6:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina is among states that have taken a rightward shift in policy outcomes since 2010.
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2022 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina ranks just outside of the top 10 states, at No. 11, in the latest Tax Foundation State Business Tax Climate Index.
Published: Monday, December 27th, 2021 @ 10:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Eddie Scarry of the Washington Examiner ponders the dubious science behind the push for continued lockdowns.
Published: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 @ 5:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After a slow start, North Carolina is ramping up its COVID-19 vaccinations.
Published: Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 @ 9:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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EdChoice released its rankings of states based on Educational Choice Share, the proportion of all K–12 students who are enrolled in an education savings account, school voucher, or tax-credit scholarship program.
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2020 @ 11:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the Education Law Center published "Making the Grade 2019," a report that focuses exclusively on three categories of public school inputs: funding levels, distribution, and effort using data from the 2016-17 school year.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 4:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Cato Institute gave Gov. Roy Cooper an F on its Fiscal Policy Report Card
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2018 @ 3:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State and federal leaders are rightly taking steps to rescue victims of human trafficking, but unless lawmakers increase support for survivors' care and rehabilitation, those efforts will be thwarted, a group of North Carolina experts say
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 5:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The American Character is reflected in Those we Elect or Don't Elect
Published: Monday, December 18th, 2017 @ 2:24 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Anderson was introduced to drugs and became addicted. She was trafficked in Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and many other U.S. cities
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2017 @ 8:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the phone rings at 3 a.m. it's a safe bet it's not good news, especially when a police officer is on the other end of the call
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 @ 9:40 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Although North Carolina encompasses many islands, our state is certainly not an island when it comes to economic growth and social development
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2016 @ 12:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Spindale Town Councilman Ben Edwards said he was agitated when he learned House Majority Leader Mike Hager was running unopposed in House District 112, which the Republican had represented since 2011
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 1:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Burr campaign today launched a new microsite that features Deborah Ross' top 10 anti-sex offender registry quotes from her time with the ACLU.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2016 @ 2:37 am
By: jonah
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) will invest more than $1.5 million in support for aviation and automotive career pathways at two North Carolina community colleges
Published: Saturday, September 17th, 2016 @ 12:22 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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In his first television ad, Roy Cooper had to resort to dated headlines, falsehoods and exaggerations to reintroduce himself to voters because he hasn’t been doing his job as attorney general over the past 16 years
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2016 @ 1:27 am
By: McCrory Communications
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In 2013, Governor Pat McCrory and the General Assembly instituted historic tax reform by reducing the personal income tax for all North Carolinians, reducing the corporate tax rate, and eliminating the death tax
Published: Monday, April 18th, 2016 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's public schools are currently producing better results than you might think, according to a recent analysis of independent testing data
Published: Saturday, March 12th, 2016 @ 3:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tax Reform In North Carolina: John Locke Foundation Principles Move The State In The Right DirectionThe Tax Foundation estimates that, once all reforms are fully phased in, North Carolina's overall business tax climate ranking will be 13th best in the country. According to the 2016 index, North Carolina is now ranked as the 15th most attractive business tax climate. Given where we started...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Every year the Tax Foundation publishes the State Business Tax Climate Index, which allows taxpayers, businesses, and policy makers an easy comparison of how their states' tax systems relate. This ranking of the states is based on tax policy has been very important in North Carolina over the last...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is a top 10 state for job creation in 2015, according to analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics by Professor Lee McPheters at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:32 am
By: Chris Downey
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Gov. Pat McCrory on Tuesday credited reforms in North Carolina's tax code and regulatory environment as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation recognized the state for moving into the top 10 nationally in a Chamber ranking of high-tech performance and innovation and entrepreneurship.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 3:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina was recognized as one of the nation's leading tech states by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation during a press conference today in the Old House Chamber of the North Carolina State Capitol.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 1:37 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Over the past 12 months, the nation as a whole has added nearly three million net new jobs
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 1:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Existing businesses in North Carolina are taxed at rates below the national average, and new firms generally benefit from tax rates beneath national norms, making the Tar Heel State an attractive place to do business, a new study concluded.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 12:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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JLF unveiled FFI in connection with its 25th anniversary celebration Feb. 7 in Research Triangle Park.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 8:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Caterpillar announced recently that it has chosen Athens, Ga., as the site for a new manufacturing plant. Several states were considered for the facilities, including a North Carolina site in Brunswick County.
Published: Friday, March 2nd, 2012 @ 10:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Caterpillar announced recently that it has chosen Athens, Ga., as the site for a new manufacturing plant. Several states were considered for the facilities, including a site in Brunswick County, N.C.
Published: Friday, February 24th, 2012 @ 7:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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