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A new report shows that 33% of major roads in North Carolina are in poor or mediocre condition.
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2023 @ 3:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO) has voted to authorize the NCDOT to conduct a study which seeks to improve traffic congestion along the I-77 corridor.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 10:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Federal Aviation Administration announced that air traffic operations are gradually resuming in the U.S. after all flights were grounded due to a system failure.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 12:46 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Cooper Announces $100 Million Federal Grant for I-85 Corridor in Cleveland, Gaston CountiesGrants from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden to widen lanes on I-85, provide safe pedestrian access and increase highspeed internet and electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 11:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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Members Also Vote to Approve Series of Infrastructure, Building Projects
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Local Government Commission to Vote On Other Infrastructure, Building Projects
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 1:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework
Published: Thursday, July 15th, 2021 @ 3:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, Locke’s Jon Sanders participated in a Davidson College virtual forum that brought together diverse views on how to address the need for affordable housing.
Published: Thursday, April 8th, 2021 @ 12:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the American Rescue Plan is changing the course of the pandemic and delivering relief for working families, this is no time to build back to the way things were.
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 12:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When will North Carolina’s economy return to normal, or at least to a “new normal”?
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 @ 8:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Outdated zoning, rent controls, and other regulations are preventing people in high-demand urban settings from providing affordable housing arrangements, such as adding accessory dwelling units (ADUs) like granny flats and garages converted into living spaces.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2019 @ 12:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Let me be clear, before I get too far into this piece, that I’m a big fan of good health. I try to eat right, I work out or run about every day, and, even at my advanced age, consider myself physically fit.
Published: Monday, October 14th, 2019 @ 8:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In 2012, 92 percent of North Carolina workers commuted to their place of employment by automobile. By 2018, that share had dipped to 90 percent.
Published: Monday, October 14th, 2019 @ 2:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At almost the same moment our state was boasting of a $900 million cash surplus, one important sector of state government was encountering serious shortfalls.
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 @ 12:45 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Last week, the Senate passed the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to fund our military and national defense next year.
Published: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 @ 11:53 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Proponents of the Durham-Orange Light Rail Project were issued a crushing blow by the GoTriangle Board of Trustees, which terminated the project in early April.
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 @ 4:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We will build gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways all across our land. And we will do it with American heart, and American hands, and American grit.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2019 @ 10:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Imagine travelling from Raleigh to Charlotte in about 22 minutes; not by train, plane or car, but instead in a pod, transported through an almost friction-free tunnel. This concept is under experimentation right now, as nearly 1,000 learned last week at the NC Transportation Summit.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 11:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Democrats achieved significant victories this year in the "inner suburbs" of Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, and North Carolina's other major cities - tossing out GOP incumbents in the General Assembly, county commissions, and other offices
Published: Friday, November 30th, 2018 @ 10:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If North Carolina Democrats hoped - and North Carolina Republicans feared - that a Roy Cooper administration would represent a clean break from the administration of former Gov. Pat McCrory, both sides have good reason to revise their expectations
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2018 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I published the bit of Foolishness below to my Wildly Popular (Or is It?) Foolishness...Or Is It? Blog Site (forii.blogspot.com) in October 2011. If it was Funny back then, it is still Funny today because Silliness is Never Outdated.
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 8:47 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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It's rare to see North Carolina lawmakers vote overwhelmingly against a bill. It's especially noteworthy when that "no" vote helps preserve one of state government's most valuable reforms
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 10:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Do you want to know why the Left has tried to make North Carolina politics into an "all House Bill 2, all the time" zone? Here are some reasons
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 9:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and Transportation Secretary Nick Tennyson toured the 10th Street Connector project in Greenville today to survey progress of construction currently underway
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 5:21 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory was joined by Department of Transportation Secretary Nick Tennyson, Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz and local representatives today to celebrate the groundbreaking of the U.S. 64 Asheboro Bypass. The bypass will relieve heavy traffic congestion, improve loc
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 @ 5:36 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Opponents of the proposed high-occupancy-or-toll lane project along Interstate 77 sense a bit of momentum after a bill ordering the N.C. Department of Transportation to cancel the project's contract overwhelmingly passed the House
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2016 @ 4:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Department of Transportation Secretary Nick Tennyson joined state and local representatives Friday morning to open the completed U.S. 70 Goldsboro Bypass.
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 5:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When you ask North Carolina voters to name the top election issue in state politics, the most common answer - unless we are in the midst of a recession - is education.
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My first year as North Carolina's U.S. Senator has been eventful and productive to say the least.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 2:00 am
By: Thom Tillis
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That noisy bunch of grassroots folks in Widen I-77 have been creating quite a fuss in recent months.
Published: Monday, August 24th, 2015 @ 12:51 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Today, the Senate passed a six-year highway bill that includes provisions previously introduced by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC)
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 12:46 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced The Road to Opportunity and Development (ROAD) Act of 2015.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2015 @ 10:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Tillis (R-NC) introduced The Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act of 2015, a bipartisan bill that amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991.
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 @ 4:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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