UNC-Chapel Hill has launched Carolina Conversations, an initiative designed to provide forums for students to discuss sensitive topics. UNC-CH will do this in three ways: sponsor regular large-scale town-hall-style forums called My Carolina Voice, smaller gatherings called Carolina Pulse, and...
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 10:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A bipartisan group in the N.C. House has introduced legislation that would transfer misdemeanor offenses by 16- and 17-year-olds from adult courts to the juvenile system.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 9:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory attended a graduation ceremony at the Executive Mansion for 11 participants of the North Carolina Contractors College. The college is conducted by the North Carolina Office of Small and Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB). This year's graduates were part of the...
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 9:52 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Attached for your reading please find the April, 2015 edition of Campus Connections.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 9:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week's Bad Bill has a title only George Orwell would love. Senate Bill 354, sponsored by Angela Bryant (D-Nash) and Ben Clark (D-Cumberland) is titled "North Carolina Healthcare Jobs Initiative."
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 9:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Barry Obama likes it. Renee Ellmers likes it. John Boehner LOVES IT. So does Nancy Pelosi. (We should ALL be worried.)
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 8:02 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory celebrated a living legend today at the Executive Mansion, proclaiming March 31, 2015 "Richard Petty Day" in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 4:48 pm
By: Chris Downey
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When Gov. Mike Easley announced in May 2008 that Wichita, Kan.-based Spirit AeroSystems would open an aircraft component manufacturing plant at the Global TransPark in Kinston, he said the company would create 1,031 jobs within six years, but as of December 2014 the company employed only 375 people.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 4:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recognition of National Public Health Week April 6 - 10, East Carolina University will present a series of events that will draw public health professionals from across North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 4:45 pm
By: ECU News Services
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There's an old saying that says "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." The phrase is used to emphasize the fact that simply making something easy to do does not guarantee anybody will do it.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 3:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Sunday is a special day of Easter where we recreate the events day by day of Holy Week. It culminates with the first Sunday after the full moon when we sing "Christ Arose. . ." There will be Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday---and then Easter.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 3:03 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for April, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 2:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory signed legislation that will immediately reduce North Carolina's gas tax as part of a finance plan that will stabilize revenue needed for the state’s transportation projects.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 2:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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