The small town of Robersonville, population 1,249, in Martin County, is once again in charge of its finances, as the state restored financial control to the town at Tuesday’s Local Government Commission meeting.
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2023 @ 4:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the nation’s oldest and largest insurance companies had its incentives package terminated by the North Carolina Economic Investment Committee Tuesday for failing to add thousands of jobs to its operations center in Charlotte.
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s recent executive order to remove the college degree requirement for most state jobs comes at a time when recruitment for some state offices is desperately low.
Published: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 @ 11:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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TikTok users are fascinated by “Bare Minimum Mondays,” a trend which encourages employees to exert as little effort as possible on the first day of the work week.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 7:38 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Months after a handful of ministers visited their libraries with Pastor Story Hour events meant to oppose the Drag Queen Story Hour trend, similar initiatives are appearing across the country.
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2023 @ 8:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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Magic mushrooms have long been considered a serious drug — the federal government puts it in the same class as heroin — but it’s catching on in the oddest place: suburbia.
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2022 @ 6:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Jonathan Davis writes for Trending Politics about a major problem for mainstream media.
Published: Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 @ 11:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today updated the COVID-19 County Alert System, which shows one red county — an increase from zero on the previous April 1 County Alert System.
Published: Saturday, April 17th, 2021 @ 12:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Key indicators used to guide decisions throughout pandemic show state’s trends are moving in the right direction
Published: Thursday, February 25th, 2021 @ 4:42 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Our analysis shows that student cohorts in the charter sector made greater gains from 2005 to 2017 than did cohorts in the district sector.
Published: Sunday, September 13th, 2020 @ 12:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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COVID-19 has brought a wave of new trends, from fashion masks to Tik Tok challenges.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2020 @ 1:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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COVID-19 trends are headed in the right direction, Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday, April 30, but North Carolinians are going to be at home at least a week longer — and most shuttered businesses won’t be up-and-running again anytime soon.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 4:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Testing, Tracing and Trends will help determine when to loosen restrictions
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 @ 10:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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In 1940, some 3.6 million people lived in North Carolina, ranking the state 11th in the nation in population and first in the Southeast. Across the South as a whole, only Texas (6.4 million) was more populous.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2019 @ 9:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We have accomplished an economic turnaround of historic proportions.
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 4:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This post is presented as a piece of humor and contains no (Well perhaps some) political comments or innuendos. I have finally achieved Facebook FB-NIRVANA. There are no personal feeds on my time line, only advertisements and suggested links.
Published: Thursday, August 31st, 2017 @ 5:11 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Looking back at all that happened in higher education this year is enough to make your head spin. One minute, state politicians are finally making good policies; the next, university officials are caving to irrational demands
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 10:04 am
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's economic and budget pictures look much better today than they did a few years ago.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Community College Foundation is sponsoring a nine-day trip to Arizona and Utah that will include visits to some of the most scenic areas of the southwestern United States.
Published: Tuesday, January 6th, 2015 @ 6:59 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Governor Pat McCrory has named Tom Adams of Brunswick County the next chairman of the North Carolina State Ports Authority Board of Directors.
Published: Thursday, December 11th, 2014 @ 5:19 pm
By: Chris Downey
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A distance-education professor recognized by the University of North Carolina system for teaching excellence will deliver the commencement address at East Carolina University on Dec. 19.
Published: Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 @ 7:04 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Everything has a price, so how much do Americans spend on the spookiest day of the year? Since 2005, the National Retail Federation has conducted a Halloween Consumer Spending Survey to gauge consumer behavior and shopping trends related to Halloween spending. Overall, 162 million people are...
Published: Wednesday, October 29th, 2014 @ 5:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Instead of predicting what will occur in 2014, let us focus instead on 10 Tar Heel Megatrends that will shape the coming decade in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 @ 10:33 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In K-12 education, nothing matters more than ensuring that schools -- and the children within -- are safe. The recent heartrending shooting at a Connecticut elementary school serves as a tragic reminder that violence is real. And it compels us to act.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 2:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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