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May 09, 2008
Friday Interview: U.S. Coastal Policy
By CJ Staff
RALEIGH — Dr. Rob Young, professor of geosciences at Western Carolina University, recently addressed the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society on the topic of “U.S. Coastal Policy: Fiscally Irresponsible and Environmentally Damaging.” Today he discusses the issue with Carolina Journal Radio’s Mitch Kokai
5.09.08 - Easley supports college for illegal aliens
RALEIGH — In a statement that defied the legal advice of the state’s attorney general, Gov. Mike Easley told community colleges Thursday that they can set their own admission standards, which currently welcome students regardless of their immigration status. “The Community College board should continue its current policy, which is consistent with other states,” Easley's statement said.
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5.09.08 - ‘Delete’ could remain option
RALEIGH — Members of a panel formed by Gov. Mike Easley appear headed toward approval of a plan that would require training on the public records law for most state employees and improvements to government e-mail servers that would archive messages for a number of years.
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5.09.08 - Agriculture research station plan debated
RALEIGH – Efforts to root out government waste ran up against support for popular programs Thursday. First, nonpartisan researchers made the case to lawmakers for standardizing regional job-creation efforts. Then the Program Evaluation Division staff moved on to a more controversial plan that drew an overflow crowd of mostly opponents: consolidating the state’s agricultural research stations.
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5.09.08 - Good things came to state that waited
WASHINGTON — North Carolina’s presidential primary held an important lesson for states that rushed to move up their contests this year: Sometimes, it pays to be patient. As Barack Obama’s grip on the Democratic nomination solidifies, political analysts point to three pivotal moments in the long campaign. One is the apparent knockout blow he dealt Hillary Clinton in North Carolina.
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5.09.08 - Thorp named next UNC chief
CHAPEL HILL — UNC’s next chancellor already knows the alma mater by heart. H. Holden Thorp, currently dean of the UNC College of Arts and Sciences and Kenan Professor of Chemistry, said Thursday that when he was growing up in Fayetteville, his father Herbert would sing “Hark the Sound” to him at bedtime. Years later — after earning a degree in chemistry from UNC in 1986 — Thorp returned to his beloved university as an assistant professor.
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5.09.08 - Housing slump deepens in Charlotte area
CHARLOTTE — Charlotte-area home sales and construction plunged during the first quarter, outpacing national declines as the local housing slump deepens. The eight-county region has now seen four straight quarters of worsening declines, and the current period may be even more painful.
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5.09.08 - Triad ABC official will be fired
WINSTON-SALEM — The chief of Triad Municipal ABC Law Enforcement will be fired today, Jim Waddell, the ABC administrator, said yesterday. Danny Burton, the agency’s chief, has been on paid suspension since Tuesday, when FBI agents searched his office as part of an investigation into allegations that he stole money seized during ABC investigations.
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5.09.08 - Speedier Durham project reviews eyed
DURHAM — In response to prodding from Mayor Bill Bell, city officials may try to speed development reviews by conducting annexations more often and eliminating the Durham Planning Commission’s power to postpone votes on zoning applications. The ideas were part of a package of potential streamlining efforts Deputy City Manager Ted Voorhees presented this week.
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5.09.08 - Council has questions about storm-water
WINSTON-SALEM — The Winston-Salem City Council is giving itself more time to work out the details on a proposed storm-water ordinance, mostly because council members say they still do not understand portions of it. The city has been working for about two years to draft an ordinance to reduce pollution in storm-water runoff and to prevent flooding downstream.
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5.09.08 - Gilmore to run Roanoke Rapids Theatre
ROANOKE RAPIDS — In November, Roanoke Rapids leaders talked with Calvin Gilmore about taking over a struggling theater that the city built to boost the area’s ailing economy. “It seemed almost impossible,” said Gilmore. But he’s no stranger to challenge. Almost a quarter century ago, Gilmore took a gamble on creating a live music venue in Myrtle Beach.
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 5.09.08
Fair Housing Fascism
There’s no more accurate way to describe government’s rules and regulations restricting the freedom of contract between housing buyers and sellers.
5.09.08
Tuesday’s messages
What did Tuesday’s primary election mean? It meant that voters will flock to the polls when political parties give them good choices says the Charlotte Observer.
5.09.08
Governor to be
The Raleigh News & Observer says that in Pat McCrory and Beverly Perdue, voters have the choice of two strong candidates to succeed Mike Easley as governor.
5.09.08
Aliens and college
The attorney general’s office may be legally correct that illegal immigrants aren’t entitled to go to our state colleges. Every rule should have a few exception says the Wilmington Star-News.
5.08.08
Wide-open state races
Barry Smith says that Tuesday’s primary set up a classic East vs. West battle for the Executive Mansion.
5.08.08
Fall preview
North Carolina’s exciting primaries were probably just a preview of what will be a competitive general election campaign in the fall writes the Winston-Salem Journal.
4.07.08
No. 963 Is It Easy To Measure Progress?
With talk of recession in the air, we’re seeing more stories about whether households have really gotten ahead, economically speaking, in recent years. Some analysis shows the average household’s wages and income have actually retreated this decade. Some say this has been the situation for longer than three decades.
2.21.08
Young journalists unto the breach
As I looked out on a sea of shining faces at the University of North Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Tuesday, I couldn’t help thinking to myself: “Man, I’d hate to be you guys.”
11.30.07
Is the MSM depressing the hell out of us?
RALEIGH — Extrapolating from recent polling research, I think it’s fair to conclude that journalists are depressing the hell out of us.
10.26.07
Regulations good for the economy? Wait just a minute
The News & Observer didn't look far enough when it did a story a study that says new taxes and regulations meant to fight global warming will generate more than 300,000 jobs for the state.
Monday, May 12, 2008 at 12:00 Noon
A meeting of the Shaftesbury Society
with our special guest Sam A. Hieb
Piedmont Triad’s New (Government-based) Economy
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 12:00 noon
Headliner Luncheon in Raleigh, NC
with our special guest Fred Barnes
The 2008 Election: A Washington Perspective
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5.08.08
Voters Send Message in Rejecting Tax Hikes
5.07.08
Critics: Be Wary of Smart Grid Technology
5.06.08
Are Great Books Making a Comeback?
5.05.08
JLF Survey: Residents Object to Greenways
A meeting of the Shaftesbury Society with our special guest Sam A. Hieb
Headliner Luncheon in Raleigh, NC with our special guest Fred Barnes
2007 Legislature
Air Quality in NC
Amendment One
America's Founding Principles
Center for Climate Strategies
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Climate Change
Covering the 2004 Elections
Covering the 2006 Elections
Covering the 2008 Elections
Covering the State Courts
DFI/Ethanol Affair
Early Childhood Programs
Economic Incentives
Frank Ballance's Foundation
Friday Interviews
Golden LEAF
Gov. Easley / Marina / Cannonsgate
Governor's School of NC
Legislative Slush Funds
Mass Transit
NASCAR
Natural Gas in Northeast NC
Northeast Partnership
Privaris Incentives
Randy Parton Theatre
Redistricting
Six Simple Tools
Spotlight on Speaker Black
The Currituck Ferry
The Global TransPark
Who's Who at the Board of Elections Hearings
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2.02.05
No. 163: Cracking the Code: Hoping for a Libertarian Outcome on Income Tax
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