North Carolina’s state and American flags are at half-staff Monday in honor of former state Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, who passed away Saturday at the age of 82.
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2023 @ 8:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly’s short session is almost over. Here’s a look at what happened this week
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2020 @ 12:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, has a reputation for being plain-spoken
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2017 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state Senate on Monday gave its initial approval to what Sen. Jerry Tillman called a "clean-up bill" for charter schools
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 @ 6:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Friday, December 18th, the North Carolina Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) tasked with providing recommendations to replace Common Core standards held their last meeting. All indications over the prior fourteen months of meetings pointed to substantial changes being recommended.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Legislation creating a state Office of Charter Schools and shifting management of those alternative public schools from the Department of Public Instruction to the State Board of Education has cleared the General Assembly and awaits Gov. Pat McCrory's signature.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015 @ 3:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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
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Tax reform advocates have found much to like in some key provisions to a broad tax package proposed by three state Senate leaders in March.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Significantly lower gas prices at the pump the last several months have put more money in the pockets of NC motorists. But because of the adjustable portion of the state gas tax, lower gas prices would also mean less money to state government coffers. Apparently, some state legislators can't...
Published: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 1:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Blinkin' Chris Fitzsimon and his partner-in-crime Scowlin' Rob Schofield recently lead a chorus of drive-bys in needling State senate president Phil Berger about alleged public school money woes in his home county of Rockingham.
Published: Friday, January 2nd, 2015 @ 8:06 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The commission that's charged with investigating a replacement for Common Core in North Carolina has a money problem. It doesn't have any. When a bill passed the General Assembly setting up the Academic Standards Review Commission, lawmakers left a funding source out of the legislation.
Published: Friday, November 21st, 2014 @ 10:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker, along with the Economic Development Partnership of N.C., announced today that 163 new jobs will be coming to Randolph County. Technimark, a provider of plastic injection molding services, will expand in Asheboro and is planning to...
Published: Friday, November 7th, 2014 @ 7:26 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Senator Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph), that chamber's majority whip and leading voice on education policy, has stepped up in defense of Core legislation he shepherded through the Senate.
Published: Friday, June 27th, 2014 @ 7:16 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Senator Jerry Tillman says getting accurate Medicaid budget numbers is like trying to nail Jell-O© to a tree. His statement, both accurate and amusing, doesn't reflect this week's entertainment in Raleigh.
Published: Thursday, June 26th, 2014 @ 6:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you like your teacher tenure plan, you can keep your teacher tenure plan, Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, told educators at a Wednesday press conference. Just don't expect a pay raise.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2013, the N.C. General Assembly established the North Carolina Educator Effectiveness and Compensation Task Force to "make recommendations on whether to create a statewide model of incentives to encourage the recruitment and retention of highly effective educators and to consider the transition t
Published: Friday, May 9th, 2014 @ 12:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've got an interesting dilemma here in Moore County. Our local paper is owned and operated by veteran Democrat Party fundraisers and strategists.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 2:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) announced Monday he plans to reappoint Sen. Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph) and Sen. Dan Soucek (R-Watauga) as co-chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education/Higher Education when the legislature convenes early next year.
Published: Monday, December 17th, 2012 @ 6:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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