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The N.C. House will consider a bill Monday to allow mental health counselors to work across state lines.
Published: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 @ 10:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 6:31 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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We all want North Carolina to be an attractive place to live, work, create jobs, rear families, and build communities.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 @ 3:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two executive orders President Donald Trump signed Wednesday, April 10, could expedite completion of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and other interstate energy transmission projects that have been delayed by state regulators.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2019 @ 9:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After a natural disaster, most people strive to restore their normal lives. But, in some cases, the return to normal might not be the best option
Published: Friday, October 12th, 2018 @ 2:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Interstate 95 through North Carolina is now reopened to all traffic, Governor Roy Cooper announced Sunday night
Published: Monday, September 24th, 2018 @ 8:12 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Backroads, byways, boondoggles, and brouhahas is an occasional column - taken from news sources throughout North Carolina - highlighting how government spends our money and makes other questionable moves about which state residents may not be aware
Published: Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 @ 11:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is getting a new interstate, Governor Roy Cooper announced Thursday
Published: Sunday, February 18th, 2018 @ 4:18 pm
By: Governor's Office
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With all the furor and protests accompanying the launch of the Donald Trump administration, you might assume there's little room for bipartisan cooperation in Washington
Published: Thursday, February 2nd, 2017 @ 9:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The special session of the General Assembly that convened today is taking a harsh view of the controversial plan to add high-occupancy tolling lanes to the center corridor of Interstate 77 north of Charlotte
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2016 @ 4:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has announced that the Federal Highway Administration has today approved the state's application to add U.S. 264 between Zebulon and Greenville to the Interstate Highway System as Future Interstate 587
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 @ 11:34 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Last week, Congressmen G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and Walter Jones (NC-03) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx calling for the agency to approve North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) request to designate portions of U.S. Highway 264 as a Fut
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2016 @ 12:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina is seeking federal approval to designate U.S. 264 as a future interstate from the U.S. 264/64 split in Zebulon to Greenville
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2016 @ 10:50 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The state House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would put the brakes on the Interstate 77 high-occupancy or toll lanes project in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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CityLab.com, a website on urban policy published by The Atlantic Monthly, reports that the High-Occupancy Tolling project on Interstate 77 north of Charlotte won a dubious honor, making the list of 12 “highway boondoggles” identified by U.S. PIRG, a group founded by Ralph Nader.
Published: Saturday, March 26th, 2016 @ 4:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even though Gov. Pat McCrory has said the tolling project along the Interstate 77 corridor north of Charlotte will go forward, it faces a challenge to its constitutionality, as well as allegations the contractor did not meet full-disclosure requirements.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 4:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A 26-mile stretch of Interstate 77 in the Charlotte area soon could become the first highway in the state to use flexible toll pricing. Plans call for the state Department of Transportation to enter into a public-private partnership agreement with Cintra Infraestructuras, a company based in...
Published: Thursday, September 25th, 2014 @ 6:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new "public-private partnership" in North Carolina appears to put hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars at risk while guaranteeing profit for a company that has run into trouble in other states.
Published: Thursday, June 26th, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The "good roads" state is quickly turning into the "traffic congestion" state. Both rural and urban interstates are poorly maintained and congested.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 3:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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