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Members of a state legislative panel are concerned that a new federal education law could keep in place controversial Common Core educational standards that dictate to states how students are taught and what they must learn.
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 11:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's not unusual for the media to be unintentionally insensitive. Sometimes in the rush of a deadline we write a headline or put something in a story that has effects we never predicted or anticipated.
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2015 @ 3:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Larry Pittman (R-Cabarrus) has introduced a bill that ought to get some tongues wagging.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 12:51 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The N.C. House of Representatives has approved a proposal to amend the state constitution by adding the following language: Private property shall not be taken by eminent domain except for a public use. Just compensation shall be paid and shall be determined by a jury at the request of either party.
Published: Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 @ 1:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two of the more reliable conservative legislators in the state House are urging voters in their districts — and those outside — to vote down the proposed amendment to the state constitution on the November ballot.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:55 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I know we call ourselves "daily," but we're only human. Sometimes we need to stop and smell the roses. The staff and I did just that for the Memorial Day weekend.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 11:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Big Barry in DC and Speaker Thom are getting a real taste of what Tricky Dick Nixon went through in 1974. * It sure blows when people start raising a stink about your heavy-handed iron-fisted management style.*
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 11:34 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Think back to 2006 with me. We had a conservative firebrand GOP legislator, representing a district near Charlotte, who was making headlines by criticizing the leadership of the state House (at the time, Democrat Jim Black and "Republican" Richard Morgan).
Published: Saturday, May 11th, 2013 @ 9:46 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In the run-up to the 2010 elections, we heard a lot of sob stories from NCGA Republicans about how heavy-handed and unfair the Democrats were to them when they ran the legislature.
Published: Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 @ 12:36 am
By: Brant Clifton
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