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On St. Patrick’s Day, Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order, and the biggest item in the order was shutting down all bars and sit-down rsestaurants effective 5 p.m. that same day.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 8:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bloomberg Energy this month issued an attention-grabbing report on a serious waste problem with wind turbines: Retired turbine blades are clogging up landfills.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 2:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While the health care debate has usually focused on questions of insurance coverage and finance, the composition and delivery of medical services have been changing significantly.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 @ 10:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Anyone who knows me knows how much I love history and how much time I spend reading and researching historical events.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 12:57 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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What is the difference between hemp and marijuana?
Published: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 @ 11:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This spring, the White House will open its gardens and grounds to visitors.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 @ 11:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On November 6, an amendment to the North Carolina constitution requiring voters to present a photo identification for voting in person (the "Voter ID" amendment) passed with 55 percent support.
Published: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 @ 12:37 am
By: Diane Rufino
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At least 79 teacher assistants and instructors at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill are threatening to withhold grades unless their demands in the Silent Sam controversy are met, local activists say
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here’s a simple illustration of the urban/rural population divide in North Carolina: The state’s two most-populous counties — Wake and Mecklenburg — are home to about as many people as the total number of residents in the 18 smallest counties
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2018 @ 12:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, nurse practitioners (NP) can't treat patients unless they establish a collaborative practice agreement with a supervising doctor - a written contract that outlines patient management, prescribing authorities, and how the NP and physician will communicate with each other
Published: Sunday, May 13th, 2018 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined a group of eight senators and two representatives to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral bill that will use revenues from energy production on federal lands to help pay for the over $11 billion maintenance backlog at our national parks
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2018 @ 8:14 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the Administration for requesting that the National Park Service (NPS) provide Swain County with funds to cover all outstanding financial obligations for the North Shore Road settlement as a part of the President's Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposals
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2018 @ 10:38 am
By: Thom Tillis
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North Carolina doesn't have a doctor shortage. Doctors just aren't choosing to practice medicine in sparsely populated towns
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2018 @ 10:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, while the nation awaited the outcome in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, which is to be decided by the Supreme Court, the Oregon Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a $135,000 fine against two Christian bakers who would not create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple
Published: Friday, December 29th, 2017 @ 7:26 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Utility contractor killed by falling tree during storm cleanup in Alexander County
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 8:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A state of emergency in Dare and Hyde counties puts into effect a state law protecting people from price gouging
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2017 @ 3:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In this age of cronyism and meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss partisan turnstile D.C. politics, maybe it really does take an "outsider" executive to give up power voluntarily
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 @ 12:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When universities institute things such as "safe spaces" and "trigger warnings," they often justify doing so in the name of protecting students' mental health
Published: Monday, December 19th, 2016 @ 4:50 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Today, Congressmen Walter B. Jones (NC-03) joined local citizens' group 'Fight For Cape Lookout' in pushing back on the National Park Service's draft Director's Order #100, a proposal that could have far-reaching implications for park management in Eastern North Carolina and across the country
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 10:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressmen Walter B. Jones (NC-03) is calling on the National Park Service to find long-term solutions to the flooding that has affected Buxton and Frisco in recent years
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2016 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Government regulation is a subject as dry as the desert sands to most people.
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 @ 11:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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American Democrats' first really cool president, Barack Hussein Obama, has now achieved near normalized relations with Communist, dictatorial Cuba.
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2016 @ 9:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is raising strong objections to the National Park Service's push for unprecedented new restrictions on public access to Cape Lookout National Seashore.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 7:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In most states, community colleges offer only associate degrees in nursing, which require two to three years of education. But in five states Florida, Indiana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Washington they offer a four-year nursing bachelor's degree.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 4:49 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The small businesses already would be qualified for the 39 percent tax credit, spread out over seven years, on their investments.
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 12:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is pleased to announce that three Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches will be staffed by lifeguards for the summer.
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 12:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), a central voice for patient safety since 1997, has announced the recipients of the 2014 Stand Up For Patient Safety Management Award.
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 6:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In March, 2010 and 2011, I spent a few wonderful afternoons on the National Mall in Washington, DC, and inside a few of the Smithsonian Museums along that storied strip of mostly treeless ground between the united States Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial.
Published: Wednesday, December 25th, 2013 @ 2:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the byproducts of social media is the rehashing of GIF-filled entertainment pages featuring cute animals, compilations of "photo bombs," and other time-wasters.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2013 @ 4:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I like field trips so much that my boys go not just on their regular school-organized trips but also on Hood Academy field trips of my own design. Over the years, we've visited the State Capitol and state museums of natural science and history in Raleigh, the Moore's Creek National Battlefield...
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 @ 4:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1792, Raleigh was established as the official capital city. A two-story brick statehouse was built on Union Square in 1792 and completed in 1796.
Published: Monday, July 8th, 2013 @ 11:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Josephus Daniels was a prominent journalist and newspaper editor from North Carolina. He purchased the Raleigh News and Observer in 1894 and became a leading "New South" political commentator.
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 @ 1:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's film tax incentive program is in the news again. The Fayetteville Observer recently carried a puff piece about how "Stars have aligned for North Carolina's film industry."
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 11:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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