The Biden administration’s Department of Education announced millions of dollars in funding for colleges that train more minority teachers.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 11:26 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Lawmakers are considering a $20.6 billion General Fund budget deal that incorporates tax and education reforms with long-term positive impacts for North Carolina. That's according to the author of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2013 @ 12:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While North Carolina's elected leaders prepare to tackle tax reform, the John Locke Foundation's new book urges them to take on the related issue of government overspending through a state Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 @ 9:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's time for North Carolina and federal leaders to develop healthy skepticism about large-scale government-run pre-kindergarten education in schools - because there's mounting evidence that the programs do little or no good.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 @ 10:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The 2011-12 North Carolina General Assembly faced a barrage of attacks for bold moves during the first session under Republican leadership in more than a century. Republican lawmakers have been accused of decimating education, which has not happened.
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 @ 5:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The "good roads" state is quickly turning into the "traffic congestion" state. Both rural and urban interstates are poorly maintained and congested.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 3:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In March 2012, a new survey of the state line separating North and South Carolina resulted in 93 property owners being sent, as it were, into the other state.
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 @ 7:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Pentagon budget is a popular target of leftists when the whole concept of cutting spending gets raised. Stories from the 80s about alleged $2000 toilet seats are recycled.
Published: Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 @ 2:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Defenders of the public education status quo like to claim that kids from low-income communities in North Carolina get the short end of the funding stick when compared with kids who live in higher-income areas.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The liberal Gang of Five Beaufort County Commissioners declared victory at the County Commissioner meeting on June 4th with the passing of the 2012/2013 budget.
Published: Sunday, June 17th, 2012 @ 11:40 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Here is some information about the 2012 Budget we in the House passed last Wednesday night. I voted for this budget after enduring 9 or 10 hours of listening to the Democrats whine.
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 @ 10:05 am
By: Bill Cook
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North Carolina's courts have ruled it is legal for local governments to use taxpayer resources to lobby the General Assembly on legislation, and that's exactly what nearly two dozen cities and counties are registered to do as the May 16 legislative short session nears.
Published: Friday, April 20th, 2012 @ 6:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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, September 6, 2011.
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2011 @ 11:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have come across a copy of an e mail which appears to have been sent to the members of the EDC and Committee of 100. It is dated June 17, 2011 and represents itself to be a prep sheet sent on the authority of the Executive Director of the EDC and the Chairwoman of the EDC to rehearse supporters.
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2011 @ 4:25 pm
By: Warren Smith
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In the present economy all of us should acknowledge that budget cutting is necessary. We can't afford the proposed 2011-2012 budget. You have done straw voting and made miniscule changes.
Published: Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 @ 9:40 pm
By: Velma Hickman
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners met at the the Community College from 5:00 pm to 12:21 am to decide the budget of Beaufort County's Government.
Published: Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 @ 1:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Another "Dear Commissioner" letter from Warren Smith is worth publishing again.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2011 @ 9:47 am
By: Warren Smith
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Since July 2003, Spruill has been a steadying force in the county, amidst equally constant disturbances.
Published: Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 @ 1:08 pm
By: BCN
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