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Bob Rucho, Vickie Sawyer, A.J. Daoud, and William Howell are packed into a primary race where points of view are vaguely similar - but backgrounds span from experienced to outsider
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 10:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: senate district 34 primary election republican party aj daoud william howell bob rucho vicki sawyer |
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Members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors on Jan. 26 tangled with their chairman, Lou Bissette, over a recent op-ed calling the body "too political."
Published: Sunday, January 28th, 2018 @ 11:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: bissette board of governors university of north carolina bob rucho |
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The Civitas Institute applauds Sen. Bob Rucho's tireless advocacy on behalf of North Carolina taxpayers. Rucho, who announced Thursday that the current term will be his last, spearheaded the fight for the most significant tax reform and relief in the state's history, passed in 2013...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 3:21 am
By: Civitas Insitute
Search Terms: civitas bob rucho north carolina taxpayers tax reform income tax |
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Legislative election law writers continue working toward having a combined primary on March 15, 2016, allowing voters to cast ballots for president and nominate their party favorites for other statewide and local offices.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2015 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: carolina journal barry smith march primary president bob rucho north carolina primaries david lewis |
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It sounds like something out of one of The Godfather movies, or the final days of Nixon. But the reports we're getting make that headline look like a real possibility.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 5:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
Search Terms: governor pat mccrory team mccrory nc senators tom apodaca bob rucho and harry brown jerry tillman |
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today North Carolina has paid off the unemployment insurance debt owed to the federal government. That debt was as high as $2.8 billion and stood at $2.5 billion when Governor McCrory took office in January 2013.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 @ 9:08 pm
By: Chris Downey
Search Terms: pat mccrory north carolina unemployment insurance debt employers jobs bob rucho julia howard federal unemployment tax act futa |
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New rules are in place at the Legislative Building, just in time for the short session's first Moral Monday protest. The Legislative Services Commission on Thursday adopted new rules seeking to clarify the definition of disruptive behavior. It's in an effort to address an opinion by a Wake County...
Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: moral monday legislative building bob rucho larry hall tim moore general assembly |
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Red Ventures will expand its operations in Mecklenburg County. The rapidly-growing technology and marketing company plans to create 580 new jobs in North Carolina over the next five years and invest more th
Published: Wednesday, April 30th, 2014 @ 7:28 pm
By: Chris Downey
Search Terms: pat mccrory charlotte red ventures employees jobs sharon decker ric elias thom tillis kelly alexander jdig bob rucho |
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North Carolina utility customers would face $100 million annual rate increases for 15 years if all renewable energy facilities now under consideration were online and complied fully with a 1978 federal law requiring utilities to buy electricity from those more expensive renewable sources, a...
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 9:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: duke bills energy federal law paul newton purpa mike hager ivan urlaub mike stone ronald rabin bob rucho |
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We're in the middle of the primary election season. These times are all about internal debates / discussions between party members as they chart the direction of and craft an agenda for their parties.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 12:35 am
By: Brant Clifton
Search Terms: north carolina gop chairman claude pope craven county gop william f. buckley bob rucho |
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I try to avoid the whole TMZ-reality show-Kardashian worship thing. But the recent crack-down on comments that "offend" certain approved victim groups has dragged me in.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2013 @ 2:55 am
By: Brant Clifton
Search Terms: speech police bob rucho duck dynasty phil robertson paula dean msnbc george carlin's seven dirty words glaad |
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It's doubtful that any of the participants in a recent legislative debate meant to offer a free advertisement for the John Locke Foundation's proposed Unlimited Savings Allowance, or USA, Consumption Tax.
Published: Friday, October 18th, 2013 @ 7:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: tax tax reform becky carney bob rucho floyd mckissick edgar starnes nc symphony tim moffitt dan clodfelter |
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The state Senate, amid a rift among the chamber's leadership, gave its initial approval Thursday to a tax reform bill that would establish a flat tax, lower personal income taxes, and phase out the corporate income tax.
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2013 @ 1:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: house bill 998 bob rucho phil berger thom tillis pat mccrory bill rabon harry brown |
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Senate leaders used a Tuesday press conference to announce their long-awaited tax proposal, a proposal that would lower personal and corporate income tax...
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 @ 9:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: corporate income tax rates sales tax rate tem phil berger bob rucho bill rabon |