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Stay in your lanes and keep pushing forward, the outgoing chairman of the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors said during an unusually emotional meeting to elect new board officers
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 1:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, President Trump abruptly pulled out of the proposed June 12 summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un set for Singapore. He issued a fully Trumpian letter, replete with superlatives and near-expletives.
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 1:19 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Bickering over the state education budget opened the floodgates to a red sea in downtown Raleigh
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 4:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Grant of Clemency (Full Pardon) posthumously to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the World, for a Mann Act conviction that occurred during a period of racial tension more than a century ago.
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 4:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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For better and for worse, imperfect human beings fill government roles and make government decisions.
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 4:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, voted to pass the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 4:00 am
By: Thom Tillis
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About a year ago, some North Carolina craft brewers took on a couple behemoths in the state ABC system and a well-funded and entrenched network of wholesalers and distributors
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 3:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to emails obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, first reported by The Baltimore Post, advisors to then-President Barack Obama immediately strategized how to exploit the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary school to push their gun control agenda.
Published: Sunday, May 27th, 2018 @ 6:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The minimum wage for state employees will rise to $15 an hour if the budget proposed by legislative leaders becomes law
Published: Sunday, May 27th, 2018 @ 12:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Imagine you are a middle school student called on stage in front of 75 of your friends and peers
Published: Sunday, May 27th, 2018 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I am calling on the Congress to finally close the deadly loopholes that have allowed MS-13, and other criminals, to break into our country.
Published: Sunday, May 27th, 2018 @ 12:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state Utility Commission will weigh whether the GenX compound that has polluted the Cape Fear River Basin could contaminate the Wilkinson Solar Plant in the Terra Ceia community of Beaufort County
Published: Saturday, May 26th, 2018 @ 6:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 25 as National Missing Children’s Day in North Carolina
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 9:13 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Continuing further development of the State’s growing shellfish industry, Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1), Senator Harry Brown (R-District 6), and Senator Norman W. Sanderson (R-District 2) filed SB 738 (Support Shellfish Industry) in the North Carolina Senate yesterday, Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 9:08 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, applauded the House's passage of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to improve our nation's financial regulatory framework and promote economic growth
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 9:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The House Select Committee on School Safety has announced plans to appropriate $35 million for a bevy of school safety measures in the upcoming budget
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Aging and Adult Services is partnering with the N.C. Area Agencies on Aging and local service providers to distribute fans through Operation Fan Heat Relief until Oct. 31.
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 8:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today nominated three people to serve the state as Special Superior Court judges
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 1:11 pm
By: Governor's Office
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This time, we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint. We will establish a foundation for an eventual mission to Mars.
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 1:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the state's largest health insurance provider, is giving $159,000 to five counties to cut debt in their school lunch programs
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 7:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Once again, I woke to the sound of rain . . .and once again, it was wonderful. I could put off the process of cleaning the biggest barn without a bit of guilt.
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 7:28 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Dave's book is the manual for "How To" and "How to Avoid" School Shootings. After scanning the book, page 404 mentioned the FBI manual and also one by the Secret Service. I am a Cliff Note kind of reader and maybe this will help us both.
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 7:26 am
By: Ted McDonald
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North Carolina continues to be a popular destination for people across the country - and around the world - who are looking for a great place to live, work, invest, rear families, and retire
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 2:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class.
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 2:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging people to speak with their physician or local health department about hepatitis A and B vaccine, viral hepatitis screenings and treatment options
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 2:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Letter to Chairman Kim Jong Un
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 11:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Try as I might, I can't see the wisdom behind this proposed "transformative" projects expansion. I can't. It's terrible
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 11:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, Trump advisor Jared Kushner's top secret clearance was restored. That approval came just a few months after Kushner's temporary top secret security clearance had been downgraded after delays in completing his background check.
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 11:13 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A House committee has proposed a $3 billion transportation bond, but state Treasurer Dale Folwell urges lawmakers to put the massive borrowing to a voter referendum if they proceed
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Five years ago, Senate Republicans made a promise to dramatically raise teacher pay in North Carolina. We've kept that promise. Moreover, the numbers speak for themselves
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 9:35 am
By: Bill Cook
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The Department of Justice responded to President Donald Trump's Twitter message on Sunday, demanding an investigation into whether the FBI and DOJ infiltrated his campaign during the 2016 election for "political purposes."
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 9:28 am
By: Daily Wire
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Democrats and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials are claiming a bill allowing municipalities to create charter schools would only lead to financial complications and legal conundrums
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 9:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, chaired an open hearing on the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 8:36 am
By: Thom Tillis
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