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Governor Pat McCrory was joined by Department of Public Safety Secretary Frank Perry, sheriffs, police chiefs, capitol police, highway patrol troopers, and legislators today to sign legislation that promotes transparency while protecting law enforcement officers, victims and the community
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2016 @ 11:37 am
By: McCrory Communications
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A bill that would increase access to information about the costs, benefits, and consequences of college degrees available in North Carolina passed the state House on Wednesday by a vote of 101-16 and has been placed on Monday's Senate calendar
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 3:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A House committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would require the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority to inform college applicants about the possible outcomes of a degree at any of the state's public or private colleges and universities
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2016 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last night, Congressman Jones voted for H.R. 3662, The Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act. The bill passed the House 246 to 181 and now awaits further consideration in the Senate.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 2:37 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Regulation costs already reach at least $3.1 billion annually in North Carolina and might stretch to as much as $25 billion. A new John Locke Foundation Policy Report focuses on a tool designed to "rein in" state regulatory overreach.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) joined his colleague Congressman Don Young of Alaska in cosponsoring H.R. 330, the Marine Access and State Transparency (MAST) Act.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 @ 7:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After an 80-day extension costing taxpayers well over $1 million, the North Carolina House and Senate chambers have finally reached a tentative budget agreement with a price tag of roughly $22 billion - a fiscally conservative budget considering that spending increased by only 3.1 percent which...
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2015 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2008-2009, a legal battle took place in Guildford County Superior Court over whether third-party investigations into city police department are subject to our state's public records law. The issue is one of great importance for advocates of government transparency, as citizens have a right to...
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2015 @ 12:12 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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There are some really good things on the table as the budget conferees discuss, debate, compromise, and finalize North Carolina's government spending for the next two years
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 8:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. counties entered into incentives contracts totaling nearly $284 million from 2009 to 2014, according to a first-of-its-kind John Locke Foundation Policy Report compiling statewide local incentives data. The report shows actual incentives payments totaled $144 million over the same five-year per
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2015 @ 2:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This administration is a champion of transparency and fair and legitimate news gathering. Fulfilling records requests is vital part of meeting those goals.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 4:30 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Concerns about the costs of a fiscal transparency measure in the Senate budget raised by local governments and some McCrory administration officials are misplaced, says Sen. Andrew Brock, R-Davie, who introduced the plan.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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UNC Board of Governors meetings are hard to navigate for the uninitiated, such as a member of the public.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2015 @ 5:17 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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While Obamacare continues to flood the health care sector with more taxes and mandates, it's simultaneously driving insurers and health care providers to increase price transparency. Because the law's pricey regulations are either driving employers to push more benefit cost sharing onto employees...
Published: Monday, February 16th, 2015 @ 4:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a pleasure to announce that Jenna A. Robinson, currently director of outreach for the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, is about to become our new president. I am retiring, and my last day will be Friday, Feb. 13. I am joining the board of the Pope Center as vice-chairman.
Published: Thursday, February 12th, 2015 @ 4:16 am
By: John William Pope Center
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It's now been one month since Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina went public with its health care cost estimator tool. Regardless of whether you have a BCBS card, anyone can now compare average costs for more than 1,200 procedures in just about any zip code across the state...
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after signing charter school legislation into law.
Published: Saturday, August 9th, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory signed 33 bills today.
Published: Sunday, August 25th, 2013 @ 5:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am beginning to wonder if I am the only person in the countryside who abhors having someone look me right in the eye and lie to me.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 12:56 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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It's been weeks since children developed their wish lists, and they are about to find out if Santa has brought what they asked for. We here at the Pope Center have put together our own wish list...
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 @ 7:09 am
By: Duke Cheston
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You said that you would have the most transparent presidency in the history of the United States.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 12:43 am
By: Marvin Sparks
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The Prez is reported to have taken his wife and kids to church last Sunday (8/19) at a church near the WH. (I would guess it had to be a "Christian" church.) That would make the second or third (or maybe even fourth) time he has gone to church since he was anointed.
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2012 @ 10:36 am
By: Jim Bispo
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