It’s budget season in the Tar Heel State. We have high hopes that this biennium budget can allow for substantial benefits to North Carolinians.
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2023 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joe Biden continues to tank in North Carolina, as a new High Point University poll revealed the President’s 35% approval rating among voters in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 1:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It’s March Madness and cheering on the Tar Heels against Marquette tonight is going to be a blast – too bad making the drive to Fort Worth is going to cost more than ever due to Biden’s gas hike.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2022 @ 10:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Tar Heel State’s budget for the new biennium includes $100 million in supplemental pay for public school teachers in some of the state’s smallest, poorest counties.
Published: Tuesday, December 21st, 2021 @ 2:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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NC—North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson will keynote the Reagan Republican Rally on Thursday, June 24, at the Tar Heel Variety Theater on Carrow Road in Chocowinity.
Published: Monday, May 24th, 2021 @ 3:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It’s hard to get away from an object that’s sticky.
Published: Thursday, May 6th, 2021 @ 3:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement on teams from North Carolina selected to play in this year's NCAA Basketball Tournament
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2016 @ 4:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you’re thinking North Carolina is getting a bit more crowded, then you’re right. State ranks ninth in population and is adding almost 300 new residents daily.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 1:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the Powerball jackpot soared over a billion dollars, much of the discussion in the Tar Heel State turned to the North Carolina Education Lottery and what that money does for public education.
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2016 @ 1:14 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Progressive critics of North Carolina's historic 2013 tax reforms are quick to seize on topline unemployment rate figures in an attempt to discredit the rate cuts. But a closer look shows that in fact our state has enjoyed stellar job growth since taxes were cut.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:54 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory is preparing to pay up after losing a football bet to South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley when the University of South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, 17-13, Thursday in the season opener for both schools.
Published: Sunday, September 6th, 2015 @ 11:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Take six minutes and have some fun listening to a NC native explain football. Thursday throw back as they say.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2015 @ 12:08 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Recently I was thumbing through my copy of Scoundrels, Rogues and Heroes of the Old North State, an anthology of collected essays by noted historian H. G. Jones. (He wrote a weekly column from 1969-1986.) The editors Randell Jones and Caitlin Jones, unrelated to the history columnist, write that...
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This year has been an eventful one for higher education in general and for North Carolina specifically. As Santa checks his list, the Pope Center has a few suggestions as to who's been naughty and nice this year.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 6:14 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A new study has found that new arrivals to North Carolina and the United States have been enjoying the most success in landing jobs in The Tar Heel State.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2014 @ 10:17 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Medicaid reform is likely to end up with much better results in North Carolina than in Kentucky. A new joint Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and the Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability explains why.
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2013 @ 6:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The modern-day conservatives who inhabit the General Assembly, the executive branch, and other institutions believe that the state's best days still lay ahead. But they recognize that North Carolina's traditional public policies have to change before progress is possible.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 @ 11:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In Raleigh, the conservatives are confidently progressive and the progressives are desperately conservative. The modern-day conservatives who inhabit the General Assembly, the executive branch...
Published: Monday, July 1st, 2013 @ 1:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the first things I remember about moving into UNC-Chapel Hill for my freshman year was the number of stereotypes thrown at me. I heard that only these types of people join this club, only these types of girls and guys join this sorority or fraternity, the only way to make...
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 10:55 am
By: John William Pope Center
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We can be surrounded by our past yet remain clueless. Street signs, for instance, help commuters and travelers find their final destinations. Those signs can...
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 11:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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That feisty bunch at Heritage Action has been shooting with both barrels at The Tar Heel State's US Senators.
Published: Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 @ 7:15 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Possibly the best football player to graduate from UNC and one of the best football players to play intercollegiate ball, Charlie Justice played for the Washington Redskins before recurring injuries prematurely ended his professional career.
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 @ 3:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here’s a shocker: The mainstream media is biased. The mainstream media here in North Carolina has taken a hit in recent years.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 @ 12:31 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The results from November's election for the General Assembly and the Council of State raise questions about the effectiveness of North Carolina's unusual practice of electing 10 executive branch officials.
Published: Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 @ 5:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the first time since records have been kept by the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners -- and possibly for the first time since the 19th century -- Republicans hold a majority of seats on county commissions in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 @ 2:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yep. That's the bill of goods wonderboy super-scribe Rob Christensen is trying to sell us in the pages of The N&O:
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2012 @ 4:52 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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