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In the wake of Governor Perdue's surprise announcement that she will not run for re-election, Representative Bill Faison (D-Orange) announced his intention to run for governor January 28th in Greensboro, NC.
Published: Sunday, February 5th, 2012 @ 6:48 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This week, the Democratic Party suffered a string of losses that has left them in disarray.
Published: Sunday, February 5th, 2012 @ 6:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am announcing today that I have decided not to seek re-election.
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2012 @ 8:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Bev Perdue today announced key leadership changes and consolidation at the Department of Health and Human Services as part of her continued focus to provide the best service for the people of the state.
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 @ 12:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Beverly Perdue Tuesday proposed to raise the state sales tax rate by almost 16 percent in the midst of our state's worst recession in decades.
Published: Monday, January 23rd, 2012 @ 10:15 pm
By: Bill Cook
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When pressed to either make cuts in spending, and making better decisions to make wiser decisions in the allocation of our People's scarce resources, Democrats will evoke certain images to assuage any brief consideration of a more practical path.
Published: Saturday, January 21st, 2012 @ 3:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The data stands in stark contrast to Gov. Beverly Perdue's claims Republican state budget cuts have resulted in larger class sizes, and the loss of thousands of teacher and teacher assistant positions.
Published: Saturday, January 14th, 2012 @ 3:04 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Our Governess says she wants to streamline State government by merging 13 Agencies and Departments into 8 cabinet level offices according to press reports.
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2012 @ 4:22 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Yesterday Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed SB 9 "An Act to Reform the Racial Justic Act of 2009 to be consistent with the United State Supreme Court Ruling in McClaskey v. Kemp".
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2011 @ 10:11 am
By: Bill Cook
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Documents obtained by the Civitas Institute suggest Gov. Bev Perdue is attempting to strong-arm North Carolina's three major utility companies into supplying more expensive energy to their customers in the northeastern part of the state.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 @ 4:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Citing personal and family reasons, Second District State Representative Tim Spear told about 250 Democratic Party faithfuls today that he will not run for re-election next year.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2011 @ 11:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At a Rotary event in Cary, North Carolina, where Governor Beverly Perdue spoke, national news was certainly made.
Published: Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 @ 11:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Monday, August 29, 2011, two days in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, the Emergency Management team continued their exhaustive work, but took a break to meet with the politicians, who visited Beaufort County to witness the destructive power of the massive storm.
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2011 @ 12:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I was struck by how many people want to learn such topics but just don't know where to go to be educated or how to trust that they will be taught the right stuff. But one question that came up almost every class period and by every group was this: "Do the states have the right to secede?"
Published: Saturday, September 10th, 2011 @ 12:13 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Being a lawyer just doesn't seem to be quite as good a job as it used to be.
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2011 @ 3:54 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Next month the N.C. General Assembly will reconvene to consider putting several constitutional amendments before the voters of this great state.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 @ 12:45 pm
By: Bill Cook
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We in the Legislature have been busy overriding Beverly Perdue's vetoes. Yesterday we overrode her veto of SB 33, Medical Liability Reforms, SB 496, Medicaid and Health Choice Provider Requirements and SB 781, Regulatory Reform Act of 2011.
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2011 @ 10:36 am
By: Bill Cook
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In their July General Meeting, held July 5, 2011, Beaufort County Commissioners voted 5 to 2 in support of not asking our representatives in the General Assembly to override Governor Beverly Perdue's veto of the "Voter Photo ID Bill."
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 @ 10:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. This is the first general meeting post budget, where the county commissioners, by a vote of 5 to 2, raised your property taxes by 6%.
Published: Thursday, June 30th, 2011 @ 9:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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So, good 'ol Bev vetoed the Photo ID bill. The bill was clearly designed to disenfranchise a lot of voters, most of them minority, old, and poor.
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2011 @ 8:41 am
By: Jim Bispo
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