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| 06/27/2008 |
| Low North Carolina June Revenue may Stymie State Budget Adjustment |
| WAKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- After receiving information from the State Budget Office, Governor Easley notified state legislators on the status of the state budget. The contents of the letter state that due to lower than normal June revenue collections, North Carolina's expected $151 million surplus will be cut in half. The legislature will have $70 million fewer dollars for the budget... READ MORE |
| 06/21/2008 |
| Beverly Purdue Declines Triad Debate |
| TRIAD NC NEWS -- NC Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Lieutenant Governor Beverly Purdue has once again declined another debate invitation, this time in the North Carolina Triad... READ MORE |
| 06/17/2008 |
| Perdue Still Refusing to Match McCrory Debates |
| NC ELECTION NEWS -- Beverly Perdue is still refusing to join Pat McCrory in a series of joint issue forums across North Carolina. Perdue has only agreed to just three regional debates and two regional forums. McCrory has committed to 10 debates including three with a statewide audience... READ MORE |
| 06/12/2008 |
| Special Needs Education Poll Compels Bill 388 Sponsors |
 NC NEWS -- Sponsors of House Bill 388 "Tax Credits for Children with Special Needs," felt compelled to move forward with the proposed legislation. Both State House and Senate members perceived a recent special needs education poll taken in North Carolina as a sign of support by the people for the bill's passage... READ MORE |
| 06/11/2008 |
| Pat McCrory Challenges Purdue For More Debates |
| NC NEWS -- The McCrory for Governor Campaign today responded to Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue's limited debate schedule and Pat McCrory called on Perdue to join him in a series of discussions on the issues in every part of the state... Purdue has a history of avoiding the public in general, and no doubt will continue this routine if elected Governor... READ MORE |
| 06/11/2008 |
| Bryant Double Homicide Remains a Mystery |
 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY NC NEWS -- John Davis Bryant and his wife, Irene went hiking in the Pisgah National Forest. What started as a search for a missing elderly couple, turned into a gruesome double homicide... READ MORE |
| 06/01/2008 |
| NC Senate Bill Introduced to Prohibit Illegal Aliens from Community Colleges |
| WAKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger actually had to introduce Senate Bill 2019, to resolve the ongoing debate about illegal aliens' eligibility to attend North Carolina's community colleges. According to Senator Phil Berger, some North Carolina politicians, led by Democrat Governor Mike Easley, are encouraging the community college system to ignore the legal opinion of the North Carolina Attorney General's office... READ MORE |
| 05/18/2008 |
| NC Republican House Leader Stam Summarizes Citizens Concerns |
| COUNTY NC NEWS -- At the opening of this year's General Assembly 2008 regular session, Representative Stam summarized the major concerns of most citizens living in North Carolina, our economy, taxation, Eminent Domain, mental health, the Death Penalty and the protection of Unborn Victims of Murder... READ MORE |
| 05/18/2008 |
| Tax Credits for Children with Special Needs |
| WAKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- House Bill 388 "Tax Credits for Children with Special Needs," allows an individual income tax credit for part of the expense of each eligible child with special needs who is educated in nonpublic schools or public schools where tuition is charged for the student's enrollment. This is wonderful bill that helps parents of children with special needs take control and participate in their child's education... READ MORE |
| 05/14/2008 |
| Governor's 2008 - 2009 Proposed State Budget Adjustments |
 NC NEWS -- Governor Easley has released his recommended budget adjustments for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, which will increase tax on cigarettes, beer, fortified wine and spirits. The proposed budget will provide $12.5 billion for education including a 7% increase in public school teachers pay... READ MORE |
| 05/11/2008 |
| Got to Be NC Festival Scheduled! |
 WAKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- The premier "Got to Be NC" festival is scheduled for June 5, 2008 through June 8, 2008! More than seventy-five North Carolina food service companies will showcase their products in the State Fairgrounds in the Exposition Building... READ MORE |
| 05/10/2008 |
| County NC News has Partnered with WNC Citizens Blog |
| NC NEWS -- In our never-ending effort to unite citizens of North Carolina, County NC News has partnered with West North Carolina (WNC) Citizens Blog to promote comment and discussion on news articles released in our magazine... READ MORE |
| 05/08/2008 |
| Senator Fred Smith Pledges His Support to Pat McCrory |
| NC NEWS -- May 6, 2008 10:37 PM. When I said I wanted to visit every one of North Carolina's 100 counties, talking to the citizens of this great state and finding out what they wanted in a governor, I was told that was not the way to run a statewide campaign. I was told it couldn't be done, but I decided that was the only way I would run for governor.... READ MORE |
| 05/07/2008 |
| NC GOP Candidate for Governor is Charlotte's Mayor Pat McCrory |
| NC NEWS -- Below are the Unofficial 2008 Primary Election results for NC GOP candidate for Governor. Of the 5,811,778 registered North Carolina voters, 2,116,439 cast ballots in the election... READ MORE |
| 05/06/2008 |
| Cabarrus County Country Club to Host First HorsePower Tee Shot Tour |
| CABARRUS COUNTY NC NEWS -- Cabarrus County Country Club will host the first Horse Power Tee Shot Tour on May 15, 2008. NASCAR drivers', Elliott Sadler, Kyle Petty, J.J. Yeley, Brian Vickers and Stephen Leicht, will compete in this newest Golf event... READ MORE |
| 05/02/2008 |
| Final NC GOP Gubernatorial Debate a Success! |
| BUNCOMBE COUNTY NC NEWS -- The final NC GOP gubernatorial debate was held May 1, 2008, at the YMI Cultural Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The Buncombe County Republican Party proudly hosted the event, which was said to have drawn more than 80 people in attendance... READ MORE |
| 05/01/2008 |
| IBM To Hire 600 Workers During Next Four Years |
| MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC NEWS -- IBM Lender Business Process Services, will open a mortgage processing center in Charlotte. The facility will include a "mortgage academy" to train people who will staff the processing centers. IBM will hire 600 workers during the next four years and invest $2.4 million on the expansion... READ MORE |
| 04/30/2008 |
| Safe Streets Task Force to Combat Gang Activity in NC Triad |
| TRIAD NC NEWS -- New Safe Streets Task Force will combat the growing problem of Street gangs threatening the safety of Alamance, Guilford and Rockingham counties' neighborhoods and communities... READ MORE |
| 04/29/2008 |
| NC GOP Chairman Challenges TV Stations Censorship |
| NC NEWS -- NC GOP Chairman Daves says, "Not one of the stations that have declined to run our ad citing its supposedly 'inflammatory' content have offered one shred of evidence or explanation about how it involves race... I challenge them to answer questions about what factors were involved in their determination..." (Watch AD) READ MORE |
| 04/27/2008 |
| Chairman Linda Daves Comments on NCGOP Ad |
 NC NEWS -- On April 26, 2008, during the NC 11th Congressional debate in Haywood County, Richard Bernier interviewed NCGOP Chairman Linda Daves who discussed the release of NC Republican Party's first ad of 2008, which opposes Richard Moore and Beverly Perdue for Governor. The ad labeled, "Extreme" by critics, including John McCain... READ MORE |
| 04/22/2008 |
| First State-held Pubic Hearing on Land Application of Sewage Sludge |
| ALAMANCE COUNTY NC NEWS -- The first state-held Public hearing on the permitting process of spreading of sewage sludge in North Carolina will be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. DENR/DWQ will hold the public hearing on the lto address the application process of sewage sludge on farmlands in Alamance, Orange, Chatham, Caswell, Randolph and Guilford counties... READ MORE |
| 04/20/2008 |
| Gates County Government Violating the U.S. Fair Housing Act |
| NC NEWS -- Gates County Board of Commissioners, knowingly adopted exclusionary zoning ordinance ignoring the U.S. Fair Housing Act, and discriminating against working class people with low income, which are also disproportionately black Americans (Video Included)... READ MORE |
| 04/17/2008 |
| McCrory Calls for Repeal of Death Penalty Moratorium |
| WAKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court upheld a Kentucky law as constitutional that allows execution by lethal injection without a physician present. Gubernatorial candidate Mayor Pat McCrory immediately called upon the North Carolina Governor and Council of State to rescind its directive that enacted the current moratorium on the use of the death penalty... READ MORE |
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