U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said this week that an illegal alien was released back into the public after being arrested for alleged sexual crimes.
Published: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 8:38 am
By: Daily Wire
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This week, the Public Safety Officer Support Act, legislation introduced by U.S Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), was signed into law by President Biden.
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2022 @ 4:03 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Election officials should respond by emphasizing currently available bipartisan assistance for voters
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 11:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A federal judge has blocked North Carolina laws that greatly restrict who can help people with disabilities request absentee ballots, fill them out, and send them back, and that has experts concerned.
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 @ 1:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Senate and House bills propose full property tax waiver for permanently disabled veterans.
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 @ 7:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Nicholas Curry just wrapped up his first semester at Appalachian State University. It’s a moment to celebrate for any student, but for Nicholas, the victory is particularly meaningful.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 6:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Stabilizing braces on firearms are designed for disabled gun owners
Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2021 @ 5:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Recently, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers introduced Protecting America’s First Responders Act
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 12:35 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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In honor of brother with cerebral palsy, alumnus creates scholarship for disabled students
Published: Thursday, February 25th, 2021 @ 11:22 pm
By: ECU News Services
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For the disabled already on Medicaid, finding providers or in-home caregivers can be a nightmare.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 2:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, a women named Amanda Jean Braun posted a lengthy Facebook post detailing a troubling incident that reportedly took place at her local Outback Steakhouse restaurant in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2019 @ 10:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As warmer weather arrives in North Carolina, the Division of Aging and Adult Services is partnering with the N.C. Area Agencies on Aging and local service providers to distribute fans to eligible recipients through Operation Fan Heat Relief May 1 – Oct. 31.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 11:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressmen Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and Dan Lipinski (IL-3) have introduced legislation to honor Purple Heart recipients and other American heroes by giving them access to Department of Defense commissaries and recreation facilities
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 @ 12:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A state legislator is hoping to give disabled veterans and spouses of fallen first responders a break on their property tax bills
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2017 @ 5:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina General Assembly reconvened the 2017 Regular Session at noon on Wednesday January 25th
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 10:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory signed legislation today that allows disabled veterans to park in a handicapped parking space upon displaying a Partially Disabled Veteran special license plate which is administered by the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 @ 10:10 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, today spoke at the National Press Club to help announce the Department of Veterans Affairs’ new partnership with the PGA of America to support PGA HOPE, golf programming designed to assist with the disabled veterans
Published: Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 @ 12:52 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Lawmakers created "a pretty good fix" to a growing concern that school districts were bypassing the intent of a state law granting educational vouchers to disabled students to attend private schools, said House Budget Committee Vice Chairman Rep. Rob Bryan.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015 @ 1:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Critics questioned whether a recent state audit attributing a 9 percent savings in Medicaid costs to the nonprofit Community Care of North Carolina was a useful guide to policymakers weighing reforms in the government health insurance program covering 1.4 million poor, elderly, and disabled North Ca
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 9:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dozens of Triangle-area middle- and high-schoolers and their parents could be looking for another school next year if the State Board of Education closes the Dynamic Community Charter School — a school intended to fill a void for disabled children who have not fit in at traditional public...
Published: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 5:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has announced that the state's Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) will be accepting applications beginning Dec. 1, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 @ 11:58 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Not too long ago, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in tandem with the Urban Institute released a study assessing the economic consequences for a number of states that vetoed Obamacare's optional Medicaid expansion. According to that study, North Carolina is losing out on $40 billion of federal...
Published: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With a nationwide price tag of almost half a trillion dollars, Medicaid is the largest public health insurer in the United States.
Published: Friday, August 1st, 2014 @ 4:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University students responded to June's soaring temperatures by trading in their traditional classroom environment for a refreshing dip in the Pamlico River.
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 4:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Liberal activists may fume, and left-wing editorialists may grind their teeth, but legislative leaders are going to defend energetically their 2013 opportunity scholarship bill against lawsuits by the teacher union and other special interests.
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 12:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The director of state facilities for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled said his department will continue to offer annual voter registration and voting assistance for patients and residents.
Published: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cecil Pearson's daughter Darlene told him she voted for Barack Obama for president. President of what? Cecil says Darlene couldn't tell you. Darlene, 40, is developmentally disabled and functions cognitively at about the level of a 7-year old.
Published: Monday, December 3rd, 2012 @ 2:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Johnny Frank Woolard, age 85, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2011, to be with his Lord and Savior. He was born Oct. 12, 1925, in Washington, N.C., and was the son of the late J. F. and Daisy Woolard of Old Ford, N.C.
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 @ 12:11 pm
By: Announcements
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