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Ron Heiniger just wanted to be a farmer. He encouraged research to avoid solar industry encroachment on North Carolina's prime farmlands
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2017 @ 10:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joined by North Carolina teachers and citing concerns that the conference budget passed by the legislature shortchanges North Carolina's public schools and economy, Governor Cooper announced today that he will veto the budget
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 4:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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At a Monday news conference, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced he would veto the state budget
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ron Heiniger isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. He has spent years as a crop and soil scientist helping hard-pressed farmers to get maximum yield and quality from their crops
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to regulations, it’s an invisible tax. Such taxes are especially onerous when unnecessary and over-burdensome
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 @ 9:17 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Governor Roy Cooper today released his recommended budget for 2017-2019, Common Ground Solutions for NC, to invest in a better educated, healthier and more prosperous North Carolina without raising taxes or fees
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 10:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued final approval to move forward with construction of a new permanent bridge for N.C. 12 in northern Rodanthe on Thursday
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 3:22 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Despite the 4th Circuit decision striking down the NC Voter ID law, there are options that our Governor, Pat McCrory, and our state legislature can take to provide reasonable and common-sense measures at polling places next month.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 5:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Governor McCrory Warns North Carolinians to be Prepared for Historic Flooding from Hurricane MatthewAs the latest storm track for Hurricane Matthew shifts further north and west, Governor Pat McCrory is warning North Carolinians to be prepared for historic flooding.
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2016 @ 8:04 am
By: McCrory Communications
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As Tropical Storm Hermine moves quickly through North Carolina, Governor Pat McCrory is reminding the public not to let its guard down just yet.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 @ 1:57 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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State Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, said the Senate will push again in the next legislative session to pass a constitutional amendment lowering the cap on the personal income tax rate from 10 percent to 5.5 percent.
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2016 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State of Emergency declared to assist with storm preparation and response.
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2016 @ 5:53 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory was at the Emergency Operations Center this morning to provide updates on Tropical Storm Hermine preparations.
Published: Friday, September 2nd, 2016 @ 3:56 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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An absurd observation on why profiling is a possible solution to identifying terrorist or rocks or shrimp.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2016 @ 10:24 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Obama's legacy will be his disastrous foreign policy, his rejection of Christianity, and his disassociation from traditional American values.
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 7:31 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Once again, liberals are using a terrorist attack to justify gun control and the erosion of the Second Amendment's guarantee of the right of self-protection
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 2:56 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Several years ago, the La Voz de Aztlan, a radical left-wing supplement to Fresno State University's student newspaper, published a poem steeped in anti-American sentiment
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 4:50 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Diane Rufino writes an open letter to Governor Pat McCrory to thank him for his support and defense of HB2 ("Public Facilities Privacy & Safety Act")
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2016 @ 8:00 am
By: Diane Rufino
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If we think of balance at all, most of us think of work-life balance and the never-ending struggle to make time for work, family and even, selfishly, ourselves
Published: Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 @ 9:18 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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One of the best-known houses in one of Raleigh's older neighborhoods is also among its newest
Published: Wednesday, March 30th, 2016 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We lost a great man this weekend. He was one of the few souls left in our nation's capital who still believed our Constitution is worth respecting and paying attention to.
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2016 @ 4:35 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The ENC Tea Party announces their upcoming events for this year.
Published: Thursday, February 11th, 2016 @ 5:29 am
By: Diane Rufino
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In Great Britain, as in the United States, a growing moral consensus and a lack of political diversity among faculty and administrators is moving higher education away from the pursuit and transmission of knowledge in favour of the promotion of politically correct values
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 9:56 am
By: John William Pope Center
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For decades, energy costs have been manipulated by state government subsidies. Just like other subsidies, whether for the film industry, automobile manufacturers, or even specific companies, special treatments transfer the tax burden from the recipients of the subsidies to others, creating unfair...
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 4:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's hard not to sympathize with the plight of the young musician who, despite or perhaps rather because of his passion, is destined to scrape together his living in "the real world" outside the towering ivory walls of our traditional institutions of classical music
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 7:09 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The higher education establishment is growing worried about privatization. Should the rest of us do the same
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 10:10 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Apart from its compliance costs (which can be massive) and opportunity costs (which can be unfathomable), another cost of overregulation can be difficult in a different way to quantify: overcriminalization.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 3:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor McCrory today lifted the State of Emergency that was declared October 1 for all 100 counties
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 @ 5:43 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Three areas designed to hold stormwater runoff back from Greens Mill Run on the campus of East Carolina University are helping improve the water quality in the urban waterway.
Published: Monday, October 5th, 2015 @ 11:17 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Wind and Wind gust are successfully flooding many areas along both sides of Pungo and Pamlico Rivers.
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 10:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory said flooding and damage to the state's agricultural sector continue to be among the major challenges facing North Carolina in the aftermath of drenching rains that have covered every county in the state during the past 24 to 48 hours
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 8:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory urged North Carolinians to stay on alert as a variety of weather systems continue to produce heavy rains and gusty winds across the state.
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 @ 4:32 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Senate Approves Final Budget that Invests Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Public Education, Provides Major Tax Relief
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 3:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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First, a prominent NC Democrat openly questioned her handling of the growing email scandal... then The Washington Post honored her with its "Worst Week in Washington" last week for the fifth time in 2015.
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 @ 5:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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