April was not a disaster, but it was a weak month so thank God for May. We never promote BCN, and leave it to the Search engines and word-of-mouth as our only allure. Soon, as we begin selling access to our growing traffic, we will have promotion soon enough.
Published: Saturday, June 7th, 2014 @ 7:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When lawmakers return to Raleigh on Wednesday for the "short session" they will face their own high-stakes math text, one that could prove troublesome as they face budget numbers that don't add up.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 12:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Politicians don't get to choose the crises they face while in office but they can choose how they will react to them. Their responses often determine both their tenure in office and how history judges them.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Widespread, serious flaws in the state Department of Health and Human Services' long-suffering NCTracks Medicaid computer system might jeopardize more than $9 million in anticipated annual cost savings, according to a stinging state performance audit released late Monday afternoon.
Published: Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 @ 5:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative Democrats took a few jabs at state Auditor Beth Wood, a fellow Democrat, at a Tuesday meeting of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Before Obamacare, before individual mandates, before exchanges, there was Medicaid. Started in 1965 under President Johnson as part of his War on Poverty, Medicaid extended health insurance coverage to low-income Americans.
Published: Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medicaid reform is likely to end up with much better results in North Carolina than in Kentucky. A new joint Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and the Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability explains why.
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2013 @ 6:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory joined Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Aldona Wos and DHHS CIO Joe Cooper today to visit the NCTracks call center and command center.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 @ 10:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A national database created to collect and track confidential personal information from public school students from kindergarten through high school is drawing fire from parents and privacy experts.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2013 @ 12:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory is taking a hands-off approach to the Charlotte Douglas International Airport imbroglio and recommends lawmakers slow their fast-track...
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2013 @ 5:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last November North Carolina voted for change. We are certainly getting it. At the current pace and expectations state government will undergo the biggest changes most of us have seen.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 @ 8:14 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Whether they're taking a road less traveled or simply running late for class, students at East Carolina University now have an easier way to answer an important question: "When is the next bus coming?"
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 12:31 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The data comes straight from the State Board of Elections (SBOE) website, where it is refreshed each morning with the previous day's early voting activity.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 3:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This could be good news for the Beaufort County / Pitt County / Craven County region. Only hours earlier the storm's track would have put the eye passing just east of Belhaven in eastern Beaufort County, North Carolina .
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2011 @ 12:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On July 5, 2011, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a breaking and entering at a residence on Core Point Road in Blounts Creek, NC. On July 7, 2011, The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of breaking and entering and larceny at a residence on NC Highway 33...
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2011 @ 1:51 pm
By: Anna Deatherage
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Beaufort Regional Health Systems Board of Trustees narrowly approved a “sweetheart deal,” at yesterday’s regularly scheduled meeting, to bring in UHS as hospital management.
Published: Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 @ 11:06 pm
By: BCN
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