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Posted June 14th, 2013 at 8:56 AM by Sam Hieb
North State Politics writes up the pseudo-controversy surrounding Gov. Pat McCrory’s game of catch: Liberal types made some noise today about Gov. Pat McCrory having a game of catch outside his office yesterday instead of meeting a group of children who showed up at his office with a bunch of petitions protesting Republican policies. Progress [...]
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Posted June 12th, 2013 at 9:29 AM by Sam Hieb
They’re pondering it over at Alamance-Burlington Schools. Looks like they rushed the vote back in April —- seemed like a good idea at the time, as do so many things — but now that the devil’s in the details…..
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Posted at 8:54 AM by Sam Hieb
High Point Enterprise reports the plan presented to the Guilford County Board Education to consolidate regions in order to save money in light of possible budget cuts (translation: not as much as they’re asking). The plan would eliminate the so-called Enrichment Region, with the schools in that region being absorbed into the system’s four other [...]
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Posted June 11th, 2013 at 6:56 AM by Sam Hieb
Jon Ham over a sister blog Right Angles knows Durham, which in case you haven’t heard is where UNC (and Dudley High School) basketball player P.J. Hairston was arrested and charged with misdemeanor possesion of marijuana: Anyone who has been a regular reader of the Durham police log in The Herald-Sun raised their eyebrows the [...]
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Posted June 6th, 2013 at 6:07 PM by Sam Hieb
The N&R dramatically sets the stage for Sen. Trudy Wade’s landfill bill: Grady McCallie, policy director for the N.C. Conservation Network, said the bill “radically weakens” current standards. He said he first saw the rewritten bill at 5 a.m. today. Senate staffers said the rewrite was completed about 8 or 9 p.m. Wednesday. Copies were [...]
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