Eastern North Carolina has lots of history, beautiful nature, and different cultures. There are cute towns by the coast and lively cities. Anyone visiting can find lots of interesting things to see and do in this pretty part of...
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 11:48 am
By: Francesca
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He's "potentially dangerous," POLITICO says.
Published: Thursday, June 22nd, 2023 @ 12:18 am
By: Daily Wire
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Yesterday kicked off the new two-year state legislative session, and many politicos have stars in their eyes at the possibilities inherent with the new beginning.
Published: Monday, January 18th, 2021 @ 11:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Baseball fans learn early how to read the most important part of a box score. It’s a skill some N.C. electoral reformers have yet to master.
Published: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020 @ 6:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In politics, at some point, you have to have ideas that appeal to the voting public.
Published: Monday, November 9th, 2020 @ 10:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Angela Rachidi of the American Enterprise Institute offers ideas for Congress to consider in the COVID-19 relief debate.
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2020 @ 10:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Greenville Area Pitch Competition provides an open venue to pitch your business idea for cash prizes, and network with other entrepreneurs and resources.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 9:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The science fiction pioneer H.G. Wells once observed that "human history is, in essence, a history of ideas."
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 @ 10:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Try something new? I'm all for it. But whether you are talking about changing your diet, changing your career, or changing your government's public policy, it's often a good idea to proceed in stages.
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2016 @ 3:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory was at Dixon Elementary School this morning to congratulate teachers on receiving grants as part of the Bright Ideas program of the Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), one of North Carolina's electric cooperatives.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:24 am
By: McCrory Communications
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A thought occurred to me as I was traveling in and around the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. The notion didn't have to do with my location but was instead prompted by the lecture I was listening to on the way.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 12:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Throughout the month of March, in recognition of National Nutrition Month, the East Carolina University Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center and Pitt Partners for Health are offering free grocery store tours aimed at teaching community members how to eat healthy on a limited...
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 2:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina will lead a National Innovation Community, a coalition of 25 states and counting that will collaborate to bring innovative ideas and practices to government technology. The Community was established as a resource for technology leaders...
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 1:44 pm
By: Chris Downey
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There has been tremendous buzz about online higher education in recent years, both from insiders and reformers. Much of it is deserved - obviously, there's a lot of new technology out there with great potential for teaching and learning. But there is also a lot of confusion.
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2013 @ 1:19 am
By: John William Pope Center
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While North Carolina's elected leaders prepare to tackle tax reform, the John Locke Foundation's new book urges them to take on the related issue of government overspending through a state Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 @ 9:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Change is inevitable; whether it will come from deliberate policy changes or as an inevitable collapse remains to be seen.
Published: Monday, February 25th, 2013 @ 12:08 am
By: Jay Schalin
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It's been weeks since children developed their wish lists, and they are about to find out if Santa has brought what they asked for. We here at the Pope Center have put together our own wish list...
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 @ 7:09 am
By: Duke Cheston
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As you may know, the John Locke Foundation has just published a new book - First in Freedom: Transforming Ideas into Consequences for North Carolina - that proposes a new tax system for our state.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 5:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1948, the University of Chicago Press published one of the foundational texts of the modern conservative movement: Ideas Have Consequences.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 6:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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