Defenders of the public education status quo like to claim that kids from low-income communities in North Carolina get the short end of the funding stick when compared with kids who live in higher-income areas.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The new children's emergency department is located next to the main emergency department at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 5:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Every policy and decision by government has economic costs, and more so when the policy interferes with or, worse, prevents some market choices. Such negative economic effects are what make even more pernicious the practice of cronyism.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 12:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Socialism has never worked but it is easy to sell to those who refuse to study history which is why progressives use academia as their base of operations. I'm willing to bet that "Animal Farm" and "1984" are no longer recommended reading in today's high schools.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 11:46 am
By: Alicia Colon
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Less than a month after North Carolina legislators approved more money for the state's film tax incentives program, a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight Report pans film incentives as a clear example of cronyism.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Surgeons and cardiologists at the East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center and East Carolina University achieved a first in North and South Carolina.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 7:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The friendliest city to food trucks in North Carolina may kick food trucks off its streets, or at least streets where there are restaurants nearby.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 7:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Families in rural North Carolina will soon get healthier smiles, thanks to a new class of 52 dental students committing to practice dentistry in underserved communities.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 7:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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G.W. Walker, Jr., co-founder of G.W. Walker & Sons in Downtown Washington, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at his home. He was 85.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 6:07 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Mary Clark Wall, a resident of Carolina Ave., Chocowinity, NC, passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2012 surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 5:53 am
By: Announcements
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