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In a state as purple as North Carolina, a congressional delegation featuring 10 Republicans and three Democrats offers proof of "extreme" partisan gerrymandering
Published: Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 @ 7:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate Education and Higher Education Committee on Tuesday took a step toward returning money to charter schools that got sidetracked when lawmakers changed the spending formula years ago.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2015 @ 2:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, R-Wake, is working with charter school operators and advocates on legislation proponents say would restore millions of dollars to charter schools previously stripped away by Democrats "in the dark of night" to benefit traditional public schools.
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina maintains one of the nation's most restrictive versions of the Map Act, which can freeze property development within proposed road corridors for years. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents one Forsyth County case in which Map Act restrictions have limited private...
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina maintains one of the nation's most restrictive versions of the Map Act, which can freeze property development within proposed road corridors for years.
Published: Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 @ 5:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has ordered all North Carolina state flags on state facilities to be lowered to half staff in honor of Senator Martin Nesbitt of Buncombe County, who passed this evening.
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 1:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The power of incumbency, gerrymandered election districts, and a growing national distaste for politics in general might be the causes of having voter ballots for the May 6 primary election showing more blanks than the responses to a pop quiz.
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 12:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Catawba Indian Nation's plan to build a $340 million casino/resort in Cleveland County would end the Eastern Band of Cherokees' gaming monopoly in North Carolina. First, the proposal must receive unprecedented federal approval in a case complicated by murky laws, allegations that campaign contri
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 @ 3:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Widespread, serious flaws in the state Department of Health and Human Services' long-suffering NCTracks Medicaid computer system might jeopardize more than $9 million in anticipated annual cost savings, according to a stinging state performance audit released late Monday afternoon.
Published: Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 @ 5:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative Democrats took a few jabs at state Auditor Beth Wood, a fellow Democrat, at a Tuesday meeting of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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WRAL's Mark "Binky" Binker - Cagney to Laura Leslie's Lacey - has had the North Carolina political world atwitter over his reporting about DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos' recent appearance before a legislative committee.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 2:26 am
By: Brant Clifton
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You've gotta love this civility, peace and love crowd. When they ran things into the ground in Raleigh, they frequently shut down GOP and conservative protests by lecturing about the need for "civility."
Published: Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 @ 2:46 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A Senate committee Tuesday lumped sweeping election law changes into a House-approved bill that would require voters to produce a photo ID in order to cast a ballot.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2013 @ 6:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $20.6 billion General Fund budget is on its way to Gov. Pat McCrory's desk. Both chambers of the General Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to...
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2013 @ 2:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic lawmakers and left-leaning activists are advancing a meritless argument that unemployment benefits are an economic stimulus, critics say.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 @ 5:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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McClatchy-Raleigh published a cutesy little item today about how Thom Tillis is not going to shave until the doggone legislative session ends. (Seriously.)
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 7:08 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Senate leaders used a Tuesday press conference to announce their long-awaited tax proposal, a proposal that would lower personal and corporate income tax...
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 @ 9:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory unveiled his first budget Wednesday that would spend $20.6 billion in the next fiscal year, an increase of about 2.2 percent over the current fiscal year's General Fund budget. The total state budget, including...
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 12:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers are ready to capitalize on what some are calling the "natural gas boom." A bill lifting the state's moratorium on fracking -- a method for releasing natural gas that environmentalists feel is controversial...
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 1:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Calling it a "hostile takeover" that sets a dangerous precedent of allowing the state to seize municipal assets, Senate Democrats unsuccessfully attempted to block a bill transferring ownership...
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 @ 12:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've got an interesting dilemma here in Moore County. Our local paper is owned and operated by veteran Democrat Party fundraisers and strategists.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 2:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina's mental health programs have faced fiscal challenges for several years, and the programs now are running a $35 million deficit.
Published: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 7:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An override of Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's budget veto highlighted a day of votes in which the Republican-controlled General Assembly shot down the governor's vetoes three times.
Published: Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 @ 3:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sparks flew during a Wednesday Senate committee meeting after a top aide to Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue said that he never intended to alter the opinion of a top Department of Transportation official when he changed a letter about the timing for money on two toll projects.
Published: Thursday, June 28th, 2012 @ 10:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today is the day that officials from the N.C. Department of Transportation are slated to give their story about how altered letters from the department's chief operating officer made into the hands of state legislators last week.
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 @ 6:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The three-quarter-cent sales tax centerpiece of Gov. Bev Perdue's $20.9 billion budget proposal would be used to hire more teachers and launch jobs programs, but is a "non-starter" for Republican leaders.
Published: Saturday, May 12th, 2012 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State officials are scrambling to close a Medicaid shortfall that could be as high as a quarter-billion dollars, or risk being unable to deliver services to recipients and make payments to providers.
Published: Thursday, April 26th, 2012 @ 9:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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