As a multi term county commissioner and a media journalist-by-default seer, I have been at the tip of the spear for decades regarding the direction of our community, our state, our nation, and our current demise did not begin with the Biden "election."
Published: Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 @ 10:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a previous blogpost I reported on cancellations at two North Carolina educational institutions. Today I’m sorry to have to report on another.
Published: Saturday, October 7th, 2023 @ 9:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Three major American medical institutions wrote a letter to the Biden administration this week urging it to go after major figures online who are promoting content that exposes some of the radical gender surgeries that are being offered at some places across the country.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 4:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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New Gallup Poll reveals faith in most American institutions at all time low, with the exception of small businesses and military
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 @ 11:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2022 @ 9:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina families need educational options as much right now as ever, if not more.
Published: Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 @ 7:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Editors at the Washington Examiner question Democrats’ strategy for pursuing political power.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced grants through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program.
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 10:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The federal CARES Act set aside $2,953,230,000 for governors to use to support educational institutions affected by COVID-19 closures.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2020 @ 2:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What distinguishes government from the other social institutions that make up a society isn’t public spiritedness or organizational flowcharts or periodic elections.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2019 @ 2:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The institution 'is and always has been incredibly important to both individual and societal health,' noted evangelical leader Dr. Richard Land about a new study
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2019 @ 1:53 pm
By: LifeZette
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The Department of Public Instruction has unveiled a new tool for shedding light on state education funding.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 11:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Government programs such as welfare and other social means-tested programs characterize very well the government's general policy towards poverty: Make individuals "comfortable" in their poverty rather than incentivize them to become self-sufficient.
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2018 @ 9:41 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Gov. Roy Cooper shared the following statement on the deaths of employees at Pasquotank Correctional Institution
Published: Sunday, October 15th, 2017 @ 11:00 am
By: Governor's Office
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After a glorious Easter we took a few days of vacation, turned off the television, unplugged (mostly) the Internet and cell phone and got away to more peaceful environs.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: Tom Campbell
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MDC representatives Stephanie Saunders and Jenna Braun visited Beaufort County Community College on Tuesday, March 15 to review the progress made by the College's Beau-Fitt program.
Published: Sunday, March 20th, 2016 @ 6:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week's newsletter takes a look at renewable energy facilities in the news. For example, a new study from the Carnegie Institution for Science and Stanford University found a surprising (to researchers) ecological cost of solar installations in California, which has a much more aggressive...
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An academic institution cannot be all things to all people; it is a particular institution that fills particular needs and has particular limitations. Too expansive a mission can easily be turned toward wasteful means and political ends.
Published: Saturday, April 25th, 2015 @ 11:06 am
By: John William Pope Center
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What are the limits of the partnerships that a public institution of higher education may form? A growing number of critics, including university officials and faculty, argue that accepting funding and academic influence from the communist Chinese government crosses a line.
Published: Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 @ 8:00 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Here is a story of the big Mars Hill Church out in California. Like Vidant, it is a 501(c)3 Tax-exempt / Non-profit institution.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 3:51 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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An AP article in the Jan. 20 Tampa Tribune informs us that the Affordable Care Act helps narrow the income gap between rich and poor.
Published: Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 @ 3:57 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that approximately 6,700 pounds of fresh turnip greens harvested at the state prison farm at Caledonia Correctional Institution are being delivered to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 7:00 pm
By: David Winstead
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Almost unheard of before 1966, mass shootings like the Newtown massacre have become more and more frequent in modern American life.
Published: Friday, October 18th, 2013 @ 6:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While gathering some performance metrics for North Carolina policy nonprofits, I noticed an interesting trend in the data from the microblogging site Twitter. While you might think that the most-followed Twitter accounts on...
Published: Monday, March 18th, 2013 @ 1:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the aftermath of the Blueprint NC imbroglio, there has a new wave of political and media attention devoted to North Carolina think tanks, policy centers, and activist groups.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 @ 4:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In late August, Duke University received approval from the Chinese government to start a branch campus in Kunshan, China.
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2012 @ 8:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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