North Carolina utility customers would face $100 million annual rate increases for 15 years if all renewable energy facilities now under consideration were online and complied fully with a 1978 federal law requiring utilities to buy electricity from those more expensive renewable sources, a...
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 9:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) is scheduled to hold a town hall meeting in Washington N.C., on Monday, Feb. 03, at 6:30 p.m.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 3:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Representative Paul Tine announced his re-election bid for the North Carolina General Assembly today. Tine will run for re-election in House District 6, which covers Dare, Hyde, Washington, and parts of Beaufort County.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 6:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since Jim Hunt's final term as governor, North Carolina policymakers and education activists have been fixated on raising the salaries of K-12 public school teachers to a "national average" compiled by the nation's largest teachers union, the National Education Association.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 1:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 1:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Daniel Joseph McNew, age 99, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, January 11, 2014.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 1:26 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Mary Alligood Smith Toler, age 83, a resident of 742 Tripp Road, Blounts Creek, NC died Tuesday morning, January 14, 2014.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 1:21 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Shirley Johnson Brown, 72, formerly of Aurora, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 1:15 am
By: Announcements
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Robert S. "Budd" Rogers Sr., age 88 died January 11, 2014 at his home with his wife, Lois, of 24 years by his side.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 1:12 am
By: Announcements
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The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles issued photo IDs to 99 voters during the first nine days of the new year, a move that could indicate voters are preparing for the new requirement even though it does not take effect until 2016.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 12:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2009, the Pope Center produced a report on the UNC School of the Arts. The report's author, Max Borders, showed that on a per-student basis, UNCSA is North Carolina's most expensive publicly funded university. He concluded that, because of the expense and the school's uncertain economic...
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 12:45 am
By: John William Pope Center
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We're in the middle of the primary election season. These times are all about internal debates / discussions between party members as they chart the direction of and craft an agenda for their parties.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 12:35 am
By: Brant Clifton
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