A bill to end payroll dues deductions for all public employees In North Carolina was introduced earlier this week.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 3:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Indoctrinating instead of teaching
Published: Sunday, October 16th, 2022 @ 9:12 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced that Major General Greg Lusk, 40th adjutant general for the North Carolina National Guard, plans to retire this winter.
Published: Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 @ 4:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Thank you for your interest in the issue of "NO Ferry Tax". Because of your support, we won!
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2016 @ 11:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The NC General Assembly is moving quickly toward resolve its 2016 budget. The House & Senate have each passed its own version of House Bill #1030 (the budget bill).
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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To kick off the New Year, the Cato Institute hosted its 9th annual health policy conference, where I and other attendees were heavily briefed on the status and potential implications of King V Burwell - better known as one of the Obamacare "subsidy lawsuits."
Published: Saturday, January 17th, 2015 @ 5:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"My heart sank, like so many other people who admired Keith Crisco, when I learned of his sudden passing," said Governor McCrory.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 10:25 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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It was a great meeting with a great discovery = we get to direct our own show here. The DOT has changed it's whole approach. No longer are they wanting to cram things down our throats.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:48 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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If Beverly Perdue is not the worst governor in North Carolina's long history, she is at least the worst in recent memory. She even managed to surpass her predecessor, convicted felon Mike Easley.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 4:31 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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With a wink and a nod, the left-wing media continues to help push the deceptive agenda of the teachers union (NCAE) in the Tar Heel State. It is readily apparent that neither the NCAE nor the media support real educational reform in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2013 @ 4:38 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Governor Pat McCrory has reappointed Ed Finley as chairman of the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2013 @ 10:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We here at the Observer have contended for sometime now that care should be taken by government officials before they take risks with taxpayers' money.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 8:57 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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I don't understand. North Carolinians OVERWHELMINGLY approve of requiring photo ID in order to cast a vote in the state's elections.
Published: Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 @ 10:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Perdue was wrong on several levels to have committed the state to an agreement over the Dorothea Dix property, but so is the legislature wrong in reneging on the deal.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 7:57 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Congratulations to everyone who travelled to Raleigh for Monday night's Public Hearing on the ferry tax issue.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 12:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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NC DOT has added a third Public Hearing about proposed toll changes on its ferry routes.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 9:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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NC DOT has added a third Public Hearing about proposed toll changes on its ferry routes.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 @ 3:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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NC DOT announced today it will hold two public meetings about proposed toll changes on its ferry routes.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 @ 8:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Monday event in Whiteville honoring former state Sen. R.C. Soles, D-Columbus, has been canceled, Carolina Journal has learned. According to a man associated with the event who did not want to be identified, Soles decided...
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 11:25 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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Many scandals are about crimes and money, but equally destructive are scandals that corrode our sense of honor.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 9:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, the Office of the Governor released the following pool report of Governor Pat McCrory's swearing-in ceremony, prepared by The Associated Press.
Published: Saturday, January 5th, 2013 @ 11:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Amid growing sentiment by conservatives that states can derail Obamacare by refusing to create health care exchanges, Gov.-elect Pat McCrory says he has not decided whether to join other Republican governors in following that path.
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 12:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Inauguration Festivities will be held on Saturday, January 12 in Capitol Square, where Governor McCrory will participate and deliver his Inaugural Address.
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 @ 10:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Pat McCrory, fresh of his rout of Walter Dalton in the governor's race, is putting out the word that we shouldn't expect "major personnel changes right away."
Published: Monday, November 19th, 2012 @ 11:32 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Friday is the deadline for the states to let the Feds know if they will be setting up health exchanges -- Phase One in the implementation of ObamaCare.
Published: Saturday, November 17th, 2012 @ 1:16 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Beverly Perdue declares a State of Emergency in advance of Hurricane Sandy making landfall just north of the North Carolina coast.
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2012 @ 9:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For many of the unemployed, prosperous times are a cloudy memory. More than 46 million Americans now feed their families with the aid of government food stamps. Look around you right now.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 11:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Bev Perdue's campaign committee is considering using some of the money left over in her campaign account to compile and publish papers from her life in public service.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 4:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the national Democratic ticket is enjoying a modest lift in the polls after the convention in Charlotte, the party's gubernatorial nominee, Walter Dalton, remains significantly behind Republican Pat McCrory.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 11:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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