An attorney who represented the Bladen County Improvement Association during a 2016 investigation into potential absentee ballot voting misbehavior says the organization was cleared of any wrongdoing
Published: Monday, December 24th, 2018 @ 7:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We need our 9% Approval Rated Congress to give us the tools to save our economy.
Published: Monday, September 24th, 2018 @ 1:48 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Isn't "modern conservatism" a contradiction in terms? That's one of the questions I received after teaching a seminar at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy entitled "Modern Conservatism and Policy."
Published: Sunday, March 18th, 2018 @ 11:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wake County voters will have more choices in the 2018 state election. Thirteen Wake County Libertarians are running in 13 of 16 General Assembly districts
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2018 @ 11:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm a conservative without a conversion story. Plenty of others have such a tale - they read a certain book, had a certain teacher, or somehow became disenchanted with their previous, left-leaning views
Published: Saturday, November 25th, 2017 @ 3:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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You might expect Libertarians to feel protective of the spot they've won as the only third party on North Carolina's election ballot
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 9:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Third parties would face a lower hurdle in seeking a spot on North Carolina's election ballot, under a bill that cleared a state House committee this morning.
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Suzan "Sue" Boyd Mason, age 79, a resident of Pinetown, NC died Sunday April 16, 2017 at River Trace Nursing Center of Washington
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2017 @ 4:28 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Irving Bonner Litchfield, Sr., age 92, a resident of 400 Riverside Road, Washington, died Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington
Published: Friday, April 7th, 2017 @ 2:00 pm
By: Announcements
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Even with so many legislative races already decided and so many others that appear to be sure things, Democrats believe they can make inroads into the Republican majorities in the North Carolina General Assembly this year.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 1:05 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed the extradition papers necessary to bring a suspect back to North Carolina following the arrest in the shooting death of Shelby Police Officer Timothy J. Brackeen.
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 8:52 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is working to bring a suspect back to North Carolina following an arrest in the shooting death of Shelby Police Officer Timothy J. Brackeen
Published: Saturday, September 17th, 2016 @ 4:53 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the State is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the shooting of Shelby Police Officer Tim Brackeen. Officer Brackeen is a 12-year veteran of the department and form
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2016 @ 10:53 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Attorneys representing the state of North Carolina in the Harris v. McCrory lawsuit - in which earlier this month a three-judge federal district court panel threw out the congressional districts drawn in 2011
Published: Saturday, February 27th, 2016 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The answer is probably both. And that should scare you, but not because Trump is a terrible person; he's not, just a terrible politician; however, the surreal and frightening aspect of Donald J. Trump is that he is a very good mirror, a high definition mirror.
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 @ 6:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"Diversity" is the new slogan under which academics and their institutions march. But what is it? What does it mean? How will we know when we have achieved a sufficient amount?
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 5:42 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Ms. Betty Jo (B. J.) Shook age 54, a resident of Washington, N.C., died Saturday, January 2, 2016 at PruittHealth - Trent Nursing Home in New Bern.
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 11:30 am
By: Announcements
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List ten books that have stayed with you; don't take more than a few minutes; don't think too hard.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 11:10 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Sylvia Harrington Cook, age 64, a resident of Deer Track Drive in Washington, NC passed away on May 3, 2015 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2015 @ 3:53 pm
By: Announcements
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The struggle to preserve donor intent in college gifts is often a melancholy tale of schools using every tool they have to reduce or ignore the wishes of donors.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 8:11 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Mr. Roger Irving Gayton, age 83, a resident of 136 Sunset Drive, Chocowinity, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice.
Published: Thursday, February 5th, 2015 @ 4:18 pm
By: Announcements
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This week's CommenTerry is an election wrap-up with a focus on education issues. I mean, seriously, what else did you expect?
Published: Sunday, December 28th, 2014 @ 9:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Edward David Bailey, age 69, a resident of Washington, NC died Friday, December 19, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Monday, December 22nd, 2014 @ 9:35 am
By: Announcements
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As early voting opens for the 2014 general election, an attorney representing the state in the lawsuit fighting state election law reforms is seeking further information regarding statements made earlier this month by the Rev. William Barber at the state NAACP convention.
Published: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 @ 2:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A legal challenge to the General Assembly’s new rules on public use and behavior at the legislative complex could reshape public access and speech rights on public property all the way down to local governments.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 6:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Nancy Carol Rose Waters, age 76, a resident of 107 Jackson Street, Washington, died Saturday, August 30, 2014 at Vidant Service League Inpatient Hospice in Greenville.
Published: Monday, September 1st, 2014 @ 8:58 am
By: Announcements
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The Advancement Project, in a press release dated August 21, announced that the North Carolina NAACP was appealing U.S. District Judge Thomas D. Schroeder’s decision earlier this month to deny a preliminary injunction to block certain provisions of VIVA in the November 2014 election.
Published: Thursday, August 28th, 2014 @ 5:11 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Supporters of North Carolina's sweeping election law reforms are hailing a federal judge's decision not to block the changes from taking effect before this year's general election.
Published: Thursday, August 14th, 2014 @ 9:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much has been written about the attorneys the Governor and the legislative leaders have hired to defend the Voter Information Verification Act (VIVA) against lawsuits brought by the NC-NAACP, the ACLU and the U.S. Justice Department. In contrast, to date, there have been no stories spotlighting the
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 2:57 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Mr. Guy Adrian Peed Jr., age 58, a resident of 131 Langley Road, Chocowinity, NC, died Sunday, December 29, 2013 at the Veterans Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 10:52 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Guy Adrian Peed Jr., age 58, a resident of 131 Langley Road, Chocowinity, NC, died Sunday, December 29, 2013 at the Veterans Hospital in Houston, Texas
Published: Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 @ 10:21 pm
By: Announcements
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On October 1, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of fraud from a Fayetteville, NC resident.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 @ 11:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gurganus, Muriel Ruth, 88, passed away on October 23, 2013, during heart surgery, in Winter Park, Florida.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 @ 1:08 am
By: Announcements
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For months, we've been subjected to stories from our state's dwindling, money-bleeding mainstream media fawning over Big Bill Barber's Traveling Circus & Freak Show.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2013 @ 5:59 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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