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Earlier this year (July/August), I had the opportunity to sit down with active duty military spouses, both Army and Marine Corps, to discuss the unemployment and underemployment in the Military Spouse Community.
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 12:11 pm
By: Eden Gordon Hill
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Two Part Series, featuring Marine Corps and Army spouses, Eden Gordon Hill interviews the home team captains to discover their disparate trials of coping with professional life while a military spouse.
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 @ 10:15 am
By: Eden Gordon Hill
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Today, on Military Spouse Appreciation Day, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, reintroduced the Jobs and Childcare for Military Families Act
Published: Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 @ 9:23 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Former state Rep. Roger Younts, R-Davidson, who was appointed to the General Assembly in July 2013, is running for his old seat. Current Rep. Sam Watford is not seeking re-election to run for the open Senate seat in District 29. Davidson County Commissioner Steve Jarvis is challenging Younts
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2018 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Saturday, The New York Times ran yet another execrable op-ed, this time from Professor Ekow Yankah of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 @ 8:45 am
By: Daily Wire
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On Monday, N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson announced and awarded this year's school infrastructure grants from the new Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund to four counties - two of which are in my district, Gates and Camden
Published: Friday, November 10th, 2017 @ 3:21 pm
By: Bill Cook
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John Locke was wrong. You might be surprised to see the chairman of the John Locke Foundation make that admission, but venerating a historical figure and applying his ideas to modern problems requires neither perfection in that human being (which is impossible) nor slavish devotion
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017 @ 12:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's labor market ended 2016 on a strong note. Total employment in the state hit 4,360,200 jobs in December, up two percent from the December 2015 figure
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2017 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The evidence is undeniable: North Carolina has outperformed regional and national averages in most standard measures of economic growth, including job creation, gross domestic product, and personal income, since conservatives took control of state government
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2016 @ 2:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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American college students have taken to saying that they need "safe spaces" on campus. They really don't, since all they're after is "safety" from ideas they dislike
Published: Thursday, November 24th, 2016 @ 10:02 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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If it seems like the campaign against Gov. Pat McCrory's re-election has been going on for years, you aren't imagining things
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 11:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Higher education reformers have long argued that colleges' admissions selectivity reveals little about their educational quality and how well they prepare students for the workforce and civic life
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2016 @ 10:13 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Democrats and liberal commentators have been loudly and gleefully attacking Donald Trump and his campaign operatives for getting their chronologies wrong
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2016 @ 9:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The title of a recent Raleigh News and Observer article — “Economy in North Carolina is a Mixed Bag” — gives away the story’s conclusion. Of course, this conclusion is a rather trivial one that probably could be reached for every state in the union at any period in history.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 4:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The American higher education establishment suffers from the same problem as ruling establishments everywhere-the inability to look objectively at itself
Published: Thursday, April 14th, 2016 @ 4:23 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Listen to mainstream education advocates, and you'll come away thinking that not enough people are going to college. But if you listen to higher education reformers, particularly political conservatives, you'll hear that too many are going to college.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 9:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Listen to members of the education establishment, and you will hear that not enough people are going to college. Listen to higher education reformers, particularly political conservatives, and you will hear that too many are going to college
Published: Monday, July 6th, 2015 @ 7:06 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Many in academia bemoan the increasing and overwhelming focus on graduates’ job prospects.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 9:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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According to a recent High Point University poll, North Carolinians feel better about the direction of the economy than they have in many years. According to just-released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, North Carolinians seem to have a pretty good grasp of what's going on in their jo
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2015 @ 6:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Every time a new study comes out regarding the "payoff" from college, I wonder: Will this finally be the one that takes note of widespread underemployment among recent grads and comprehends the impact of credential inflation?
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 6:48 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The Congressional Budget Office - long the target of much love and affection by liberals and mainstream media types - is now feeling their wrath.
Published: Thursday, February 6th, 2014 @ 9:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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State AARP officials Friday rolled out their 2014 legislative priorities, and among them were safeguarding Medicare from cost-cutting, expanding Medicaid, and helping more seniors not yet eligible for Medicare to enroll in the federal health exchange. At the Raleigh event, AARP leaders also...
Published: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 @ 7:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tax reform goes into effect in 2014, lowering tax rates for every individual and corporation in the state. Regular review and routine repeal of burdensome regulations will begin to loosen government's grip on businesses, signaling that North Carolina is again open for business and welcomes entrepren
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2014 @ 5:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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