Every two months North Carolinians throw away enough trash to fill dumpsters, lined back to back, across the entire length of Interstate 40. Our 10 million residents generate some 12 million tons of trash each year
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 10:50 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The N.C. Division of Environmental Quality has fined Apple Computer's data center in Maiden more than $40,000 for violating the state's Solid Waste Management Act
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recognition of the crucial role played by whistleblowers in shining a light on fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2017 @ 1:45 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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You want a marble statue created of your favorite person. You hire a famous sculptor. He works for a year. You pay him every Friday for that year. The statue is finished. The sculptor says he won't let you put it on display and he destroys it. Does he owe you 52 paychecks back?
Published: Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 @ 8:10 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Gov. Roy Cooper ended the most recent session of the N.C. General Assembly much like he started it
Published: Thursday, July 6th, 2017 @ 3:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed House Bill 467, a measure limiting damages property owners can receive if they win nuisance lawsuits against nearby hog farms or other agricultural or forestry operations
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2017 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This Blog Posting Was First Published In August 2012. You might think this is old funny but, be honest, funny never grows old.
Published: Monday, April 24th, 2017 @ 11:35 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Rep. Jimmy Dixon, a retired Duplin County hog farmer, pleaded with fellow House members to remember the people who put food on the table
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2017 @ 2:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More than two years after releasing a scathing report alleging that a glut of investment fund managers are collecting fees that have plundered North Carolina’s state employee pension plan
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Million Is A Thousand Thousand. That Means 136,000,000 Is 136 Thousand Thousands. That's A Lot Of Money Everywhere Except Washington, D.C.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 1:26 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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A lawsuit filed by the president of a conservative policy organization says the North Carolina Constitution requires payments from a 2000 agreement between pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. and the North Carolina Department of Justice go to public schools
Published: Friday, October 28th, 2016 @ 4:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced $119 million in loans and grants that will help towns across North Carolina pay for 50 much-needed drinking water and wastewater projects.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 11:47 am
By: McCrory Communications
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On net, this year's final budget deal can be viewed positively by conservatives. Tipping the scales in favor of the spending plan include: a net tax cut of nearly $400 million over two years, allowing the renewable energy tax credit to expire, elimination of taxpayer support for the highly...
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 3:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Some Durham residents have raised alarms over what they view as a hidden, illegal tax imposed by city government in the yard waste removal program.
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2015 @ 2:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wikipedia defines "pork barrel" spending as "the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district."
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 2:38 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Call it North Carolina's money pit. The North Carolina Global Transpark (GTP) in Kinston describes itself as "a 2,500-acre industrial/airport site situated strategically in Eastern North Carolina."
Published: Thursday, February 5th, 2015 @ 9:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Fortify 40/440 project is an NC DOT effort to re-build the southern part of the I-40 beltline. Naturally, a major highway construction project like this means lane closures and major traffic jams for commuters. In this case, however, it also means a waste of NC taxpayers' money.
Published: Thursday, January 29th, 2015 @ 9:21 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A Goldsboro-based organization headed by the Rev. William Barber this year received nearly $350,000 of your tax dollars. Yes, that William Barber — the ringleader of highly partisan political protests against the General Assembly the past few years.
Published: Monday, January 19th, 2015 @ 8:04 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh excitedly touts that "General Admission to all facilities is FREE!"
Published: Monday, January 12th, 2015 @ 8:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's so-called Welcome Centers are indeed a welcome site for full-bladdered motorists in need of a pit stop. And the available maps and tourism brochures may come in handy for curious travelers as well.
Published: Saturday, January 10th, 2015 @ 11:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The doors to the Kannapolis Research Center opened in 2008, thanks to the funding of billionaire owner of Dole Foods David Murdock - and North Carolina taxpayers.
Published: Sunday, December 28th, 2014 @ 3:50 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Zoo, celebrating its 40th year, is located in Asheboro on 2,200 acres of land. The zoo attracts about 700,000 visitors annually from all 100 counties in the state.
Published: Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 @ 8:52 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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During this holiday season, do you plan on donating some used clothing or other items to a local charity? If so, don't be surprised to see a government bureaucrat with a ruler measuring the size of the writing on the side of the collection box.
Published: Monday, December 8th, 2014 @ 11:42 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Indiana Jones made it look cool to be an archaeologist. What's not cool, however, is for the State of North Carolina to force taxpayers to subsidize an office that attempts to centrally oversee the archaeological projects across the state.
Published: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 @ 6:12 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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About to retire, Oklahoma senator Tom Coburn, M.D., has just released his 107-page 2014 Wastebook, a tabloid-type listing of over a hundred wasteful government-funded projects. Coburn continues the tradition of the late William Proxmire, the Wisconsin senator who, more modestly, chose just...
Published: Monday, December 1st, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: John William Pope Center
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It wouldn't make much sense to buy beer for alcoholics in an effort to reduce alcoholism. So why is the state using tax dollars to mail garbage to suspected litterers?
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 8:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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"Grassroots" is a word commonly used in the political world to describe what happens when highly motivated supporters spontaneously form a group from the ground up to advance a political cause or candidate.
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 @ 7:12 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Symphony plays to audiences across the state. Shows vary in nature from holiday themes to child-friendly performances to movie scores.
Published: Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 @ 12:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory was in Concord for Alevo Energy's opening of its new facility today. Alevo Energy, an energy service provider that uses a combination of innovative battery technology and smart data analytics to reduce waste and inefficiencies in the grid delivery system, says it plans to...
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 10:52 pm
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina is home to a thriving and growing wine industry. Consumers support the industry every time they buy a bottle of North Carolina wine.
Published: Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 12:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Tryon Palace is a collection of historic buildings and museums that offer visitors a glimpse into North Carolina's past. The site's stated mission is to "engage present and future generations in the history of North Carolina from early settlement and development of statehood through the...
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 4:17 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Harvest Garden Pro, LLC a division of Harvest Power, Inc. is planning to locate its division headquarters in Iredell County, creating 33 jobs and investing approximately $120,000 over the next three years in Mooresvi
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 10:12 am
By: Chris Downey
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Now in its 30th year, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center uses taxpayer money in "support of biotechnology research, business, education and strategic policy statewide."
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Teacher pay. Medicaid. These are perhaps the two most contentious spending items in this year’s state budget. But continuing to fly under the radar is taxpayer-funded television programming.
Published: Monday, September 15th, 2014 @ 6:21 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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