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North Carolina won’t fully open anytime soon.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2021 @ 10:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Assigning infallibility to government action is a fool’s errand.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2021 @ 10:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As of November, North Carolina’s state government has some $4 billion in unreserved cash in its General Fund, plus well north of $1 billion in its rainy-day account and other reserves.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 12:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Trouble is coming, downtown Raleigh business owners say. It’s a certainty.
Published: Monday, November 2nd, 2020 @ 2:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In the final days of September, protests in Raleigh turned destructive as downtown businesses and government buildings suffered multiple nights of window-breaking and property damage.
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 @ 11:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Though Gov. Roy Cooper will ease some coronavirus restrictions in September, bars and private clubs may remain shuttered, Carolina Journal has learned.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 4:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mob violence seems to be the rule across the nation’s historic landmarks, indiscriminately tearing down or vandalizing everything from Gen. U.S. Grant to Cervantes to monuments to the “Greatest Generation.”
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2020 @ 8:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Raleigh City Council once again has changed the rules of outdoor seating for downtown diners, but some business owners say they were never consulted before the changes were made
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2018 @ 8:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Wayne Garland Barr, age 87, a resident of Chocowinity, NC died Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Beaufort Vidant Hospital
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2018 @ 3:13 pm
By: Announcements
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Today, Gov. Cooper issued Executive Order No. 16, establishing the Governor's Teacher Advisory Committee
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 3:30 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Raleigh Appearance Commission's recommendation for outdoor dining regulations, approved unanimously March 17 for city council review in April, could turn some of the city's previous rules upside down
Published: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 @ 11:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Downtown restaurant and bar owners could see sidewalk-dining restrictions eased yet again this year if the city council adopts recommendations being discussed by the Raleigh Appearance Commission
Published: Sunday, January 17th, 2016 @ 3:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh's city council on Tuesday loosened sidewalk-dining restrictions it imposed in August, but downtown restaurant and bar owners say the regulations still are too complicated and must be simplified.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 4:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane cruised to a third term in Tuesday's municipal elections, and Charlotte Democrats voted to end the brief tenure of appointed Mayor Dan Clodfelter in favor of former four-term Mecklenburg County commissioner Jennifer Roberts.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 10:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After nearly two months of debate over crowd control, safety issues, and noise downtown, on Aug. 4, the Raleigh City Council approved a three-month pilot program placing curfews and maximum capacity rules on sidewalk patios.
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2015 @ 11:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Raleigh City Council has halted discussion about its outdoor seating ordinance until August, but overcrowding and public safety issues must be addressed, Assistant City Manager Marchell Adams David told a June 18 meeting of the city's hospitality committee.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Amid from restaurant owners and patrons of downtown dining establishments, a committee of the Raleigh City Council seems poised to ease proposed restrictions on patio dining and outdoor imbibing in taverns and eating establishments along the Fayetteville Street corridor downtown.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2015 @ 7:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A discussion Tuesday of alternative plans to regulate outdoor dining at Raleigh's Law and Public Safety Committee saw city staffers agree that safety and "vibrancy" concerns with the Outdoor Dining Ordinance exist largely because of weak enforcement of rules.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2015 @ 1:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory will host the State Capitol Tree Lighting Ceremony Thursday, December 12.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Sissipahaw and Occaneechi lived and inhabited what is present-day Wake County, and English and Scotch-Irish settlers from northern states moved into the area during the seventeenth century.
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2013 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1792, Raleigh was established as the official capital city. A two-story brick statehouse was built on Union Square in 1792 and completed in 1796.
Published: Monday, July 8th, 2013 @ 11:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Let's say you're an ordinary citizen and you trespass on someone's property. You come back the next day anyway.
Published: Thursday, June 13th, 2013 @ 9:01 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Created by the State of North Carolina in 1792 as a planned capital city, the area encompassing present-day Raleigh, North Carolina had a handful of sparse colonial settlements as early as the 1760s.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2013 @ 2:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Executive Mansion was completed in 1891 and remains one of the state's finest examples of the Queen Anne style of Victorian architecture.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina State Bar expects to complete its $18 million office in downtown Raleigh by March.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2013 @ 9:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the clouds broke and the overnight dense fog lifted from downtown Raleigh Saturday morning, North Carolina ushered in a new political era with the inauguration of Pat McCrory as the state's 74th governor.
Published: Monday, January 14th, 2013 @ 3:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory, in conjunction with the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, released the participants in the 2013 Inaugural parade. This year's parade will be held on Saturday, January 12, in downtown Raleigh and will include participants from around the state.
Published: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 12:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Court of Appeals recently delivered a mixed verdict to Charlotte in its dispute with Cedar Greene Apartments over garbage collection.
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the John Locke Foundation predicted when the doors opened in 2008, Raleigh's city-subsidized Mint restaurant is closing its doors after a net loss of $400,000.
Published: Sunday, April 15th, 2012 @ 5:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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