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The rain fell most of the night on the rabbit patch. It was falling this morning, when I awakened.
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2016 @ 9:10 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Rain has fallen the last few days at the rabbit patch-and everywhere around it. The sidewalks end a long ways from the rabbit patch and the yard is muddy.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 10:07 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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The rain fell most of the night on the rabbit patch. It was falling this morning, when I awakened. It has fallen all day and is doing so now, as well.
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2016 @ 2:31 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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The North Carolina Republican Party issues the following statement in response to Bill Clinton's latest remarks on the layered failures of Obamacare.
Published: Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 @ 9:14 pm
By: jonah
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Sunday dinner is over and I am at the morning table, watching it rain through the morning window.
Published: Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 @ 11:31 am
By: Michele Rhem
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I have a beautiful drive home from work. Past fields and through woodlands, under big sky, I journey on to get back to the rabbit patch.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 @ 7:20 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Today did not start out like any other day at the rabbit patch. My internal alarm is usually quite reliable, still I set an alarm just in case. Neither did their job this morning.
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 @ 12:28 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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Roy Cooper's campaign launched another dishonest TV ad in defense of his inexcusable crime lab delays, backlogs and failures. He again falsely claims he fixed problems in the crime lab...
Published: Saturday, September 17th, 2016 @ 8:09 pm
By: Russell Allen
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) released the following statement ahead of Tim Kaine's campaign stop in Wilmington and Bill Clinton's campaign stop in Durham.
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 @ 8:43 pm
By: Russell Allen
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today released the following statement on Hillary Clinton's national security speech...
Published: Saturday, June 4th, 2016 @ 9:55 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today released the following statement in honor of Memorial Day...
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2016 @ 9:19 am
By: Chris Downey
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NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes criticized Roy Cooper for refusing to sign on to the multi-state lawsuit challenging the Obama administration over its directive mandating school-aged boys and girls be allowed to share the same showers, locker rooms and restrooms. The lawsuit also seeks to preserve...
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 3:16 am
By: Chris Downey
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Where Does Roy Cooper Stand On President Obama's Nationwide School Bathroom And Locker Room Mandate?In an aggressive effort to hold Roy Cooper accountable, the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today launched a website to track Roy Cooper's positions on the issues facing North Carolinians. The tracker will also identify the many issues he has purposely dodged since launching his campaign...
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2016 @ 3:57 am
By: Chris Downey
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As professional activists prepare for another Moral Monday protest at the General Assembly, the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today called on Roy Cooper to denounce Moral Mondays and the tactics used by their activists to push for their pro-union agenda.
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2016 @ 3:05 pm
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina Republicans have tapped Former Congressman and Party Chairman Robin Hayes to lead the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) through the 2016 elections.
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2016 @ 11:50 am
By: Christopher Maye
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On Saturday, the NCGOPe tossed out the party's first black chairman and replaced him with a, um, "intellectually-challenged" white man who documentary evidence clearly demonstrates was clearly outperformed by said ousted black man.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 @ 8:06 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that an expansion by Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. will bring 275 new R&D and pharma-manufacturing jobs to Durham. The New Jersey-based...
Published: Thursday, April 28th, 2016 @ 12:01 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Uptown Greenville Umbrella Market is coming back to Five Points Plaza for eighteen glorious weeks of fresh, creative, local fun, and is recruiting vendors for the 2016 season. This annual open-air market is held each Wednesday evening from May 4 through August 31 and is located at Five Points...
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 @ 2:39 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Last week, a new finding about ideological imbalance made headlines all over the country. According to Matt Woessner, an associate professor of political science and public policy at Penn State Harrisburg, liberal professors now outnumber their conservative counterparts by a ratio of roughly 5 to 1.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The average annual income in North Carolina is just over $40,000. But in September, senior-level bureaucrats in the University of North Carolina system's General Administration — who take home six-figure salaries — said they needed raises, and they got them. The system's Board of...
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2015 @ 6:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ten years ago, the University of North Carolina began raising minimum admission requirements for all schools in the system. Those changes worked, helping to raise retention and graduation rates since their implementation. Thirty-five percent of 2005 freshmen graduated four years later. By 2010...
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2015 @ 12:22 am
By: John William Pope Center
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"'Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out," comedian George Carlin once quipped. Perhaps, then, North Carolinians should be suspicious about the fact that the University of North Carolina system's president, a Democrat, and its Board of Governors...
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 11:57 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The average annual income in North Carolina is just over $40,000. But senior-level bureaucrats in the University of North Carolina system's General Administration (GA)-who take home six-figure salaries-say they need a raise. This Friday, the system's Board of Governors will vote on a proposed...
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 5:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Student loan debt in North Carolina is not a good news-bad news story. It is a bad news-worse news story. Student debt, with a couple of exceptions, has been rising across the board at University of North Carolina schools, both in the percentage of students who need loans and the amount of their...
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2015 @ 2:05 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Mr. Robin Houston Perkins, age 86, a resident of Washington, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Friday, August 7th, 2015 @ 11:24 am
By: Announcements
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Higher education is by definition a place for advanced learning; it is not intended to be the place to learn basic skills such as the "three R's."
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2015 @ 3:00 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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On this Fourth of July Week, North Carolina is unveiling a new state license plate that recognizes the state's historic role in the creation of the United States. Beginning today, North Carolina motorists can choose a new "First in Freedom" standard state license plate for the first time since 1982.
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 @ 5:19 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Academia is notoriously resistant to major changes. Whereas private sector firms rise, fall, merge, reorganize, acquire, and cast off unprofitable divisions with amazing speed, colleges and universities are hampered by unwieldy systems of governance, iron-bound traditions, and intense resistance...
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 5:35 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's leading think tank devoted to colleges and universities is ushering in a new era in its history. Dr. Jenna Robinson recently took the job of president and executive director of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. Robinson discussed her new role with...
Published: Monday, June 8th, 2015 @ 9:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos, MD, announced today that Robin Gary Cummings, MD, Deputy Secretary for Health Services and Medicaid Director, will step down from his position to accept the role of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at...
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2015 @ 11:45 am
By: Chris Downey
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Mrs. Robin Christina Gunning Clarke, age 59, a resident of 122 N. Brown St., Washington, N.C. died Thursday, May 14, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer, at her home surrounded by her loving family.
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2015 @ 4:30 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Mary Elaine Lewis "Robin" Vaught, age 68, of Chocowinity, NC died Monday May 11, 2015 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice of Greenville.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 @ 4:56 pm
By: Announcements
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The higher education establishment attacks traditional American values in many ways. The head of the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy outlined 10 of them during a presentation Friday for the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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