The Raleigh News & Observer clarifies why stepping away from the Electronic Registration Information Center is a good idea.
Published: Thursday, June 15th, 2023 @ 7:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the last week, the News & Observer and EdNC published articles about a modification to the principal compensation system included in this year’s state budget.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2022 @ 6:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper had an op-ed published today in the Raleigh News & Observer calling out the hospital lobby as an obstacle to Medicaid expansion in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 1:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last month, the Raleigh News & Observer laid out a series of articles questioning conservative leadership at the University of North Carolina System and General Assembly.
Published: Saturday, March 12th, 2022 @ 10:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The News & Observer of Raleigh last week scribbled an unsigned editorial that’s splattered with broken reasoning and is unapologetic in its pandering.
Published: Saturday, August 1st, 2020 @ 4:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N&O this weekend published an editorial declaring that North Carolina’s corporate income tax cuts are “not working.”
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 @ 4:31 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Journalists aren't the only ones who should learn a lesson from the Raleigh News & Observer's recent loss in a multimillion-dollar libel case.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 7:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N&O today lauded the announcement by Infosys that the Indian tech company is planning to open up a new technology hub in Wake County
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 11:51 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today’s N&O features this ridiculous editorial lambasting the NC General Assembly for being too financially responsible
Published: Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 @ 10:13 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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True, longtime Raleigh News & Observer political columnist Rob Christensen might have written his latest piece before reading last week’s Carolina Journal Daily Journal on recent progressive changes to North Carolina’s personal income tax
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2017 @ 11:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's flattering when the executive editor of the News & Observer calls to ask if he could meet me to discuss a column I'd written
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2016 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Amendment lawyer Bussian suggests case against N&O actually sought to block critical coverage of crime lab's failures.
Published: Sunday, October 16th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This N&O article takes a closer look at the financial challenges presented by the swelling ranks of senior citizens and the rising costs of long-term care
Published: Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 @ 3:28 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Board of Education Chairman Emeritus Phil Kirk set the record straight about education funding in North Carolina in a recent opinion piece.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2016 @ 10:35 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Former SBI agent claims reports on crime lab were malicious, ruined her career.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 12:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This morning, the Editorial Board of the News & Observer condemned a lawsuit brought by the Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) on behalf of two individuals as “suspicious” and nothing more than “political interference.”
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2016 @ 1:01 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The News & Observer is doing its darnedest to ignore the growing criticism of Common Core standards. The paper's recent editorial "Defending Common Core" was an exercise in putting lipstick on a pig.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Republican Party today delivered in-kind campaign contribution forms to the Raleigh News & Observer after its editorial board endorsed Attorney General Roy Cooper in a bizarre editorial over the weekend. Remarkably, the paper's endorsement came before Cooper answered a single...
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 8:01 pm
By: Chris Downey
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"Do you have any interest in reporting the facts?" That's the question I'd like to ask News & Observer editors after reading the recent editorial, "Time for Wake Schools to Build Back."
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 9:44 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Freedom of speech is one of the core values of a free society. It ought to be appreciated and protected by Americans across the political spectrum. Unfortunately, it is not.
Published: Monday, January 26th, 2015 @ 11:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement today
Published: Friday, August 15th, 2014 @ 4:21 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Opponents say a tax on plastic bags being explored by the Raleigh City Council would be "extraordinarily regressive," could cost consumers $1.8 million annually, would not help the environment, and may be unconstitutional.
Published: Wednesday, July 16th, 2014 @ 4:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The News and Observer has come up with another delusion about Common Core State Standards: that the only explanation for opposition to the standards "is that [NC] GOP leaders are being led around by tea party extremists."
Published: Wednesday, July 9th, 2014 @ 10:58 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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We've got a unique situation here in Moore County. We are one of the most reliably Republican counties in the state. Yet, our only local paper is owned and operated by the same Democrat operatives who owned and operated The Raleigh News & Observer for years.
Published: Friday, September 13th, 2013 @ 3:13 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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When the July jobs report for North Carolina came out last week, showing an uptick in the unemployment rate, all the usual suspects said all the usual things.
Published: Monday, August 26th, 2013 @ 11:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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These are issues that must be addressed by the entire board to fulfill our fiduciary and legal duties to every taxpayer in our state. The board should immediately hire an independent forensic auditor to begin a review process.
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 5:08 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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