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February 28, 2021

Month: June 2020

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Minor leagues cancel 2020 baseball seasons

June 30, 2020 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Baseball’s minor leagues canceled their seasons Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the head of their governing body said more than half of the 160 teams were in danger of failing […]

News

Gov. Roy Cooper will not announce school year plans at Wednesday briefing

June 30, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper will not announce his decision regarding the status of the 2020-21 school year on Wednesday. For weeks, Cooper had indicated he and his administration would make the announcement at the […]

Article

GOP lawmakers urge action after Russia-Afghanistan briefing

June 30, 2020 Zeke Miller, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eight Republican lawmakers attended a White House briefing about explosive allegations that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan — intelligence the White House insisted the […]

Article

Hurricanes finally back on ice; Staal notes ‘different feel’

June 30, 2020 Cory Lavalette

Jordan Staal and some of his Carolina Hurricanes’ teammates returned to the ice for the first team-organized skate in more than three months, the latest step in NHL’s attempt to return and finish the 2019-20 […]

Catherine Truitt
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DPI candidate Truitt calls for local control of the reopening of N.C. schools

June 30, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – Catherine Truitt, the Republican nominee for N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction, outlined her approach to reopening North Carolina’s schools on Tuesday. Truitt currently serves as chancellor of nonprofit Western Governors University North Carolina […]

Article

MATTHEWS: Sen. Tim Scott exposes why Democrats are playing Politics with police reform

June 30, 2020 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) took the lead in crafting the Senate’s police reform bill, because, as he told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), he understands in a way no other Senate Republican can what […]

Article

CLIMER: Can democracy survive an incompetent news media?

June 30, 2020 Jerry Climer

The existence of a democracy is dependent on an informed citizenry. Modern democracies have become even more reflective of public thinking due to advances in opinion polling, nearly instantaneous communications and a better-educated public. But, […]

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WILLIAMS: An underappreciated American scholar

June 30, 2020 Walter Williams

Dr. Thomas Sowell has been both a friend and a colleague of mine for over a half-century. On June 30, he will have completed his 90th year of life, and I want to highlight some […]

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MILLER: Hey, hey, ho, ho, Western Civ is about to go!

June 30, 2020 admin

In all the years I taught college English, I had only one experience that unnerved me. It happened Aug. 27, 2003, the first day of class for my American Lit survey, which included an introduction to […]

Article

HILL: President Calvin Coolidge on the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 5, 1926

June 30, 2020 Frank Hill

We meet to celebrate the birthday of America. Amid all the clash of conflicting interests, amid all the welter of partisan politics, every American can turn for solace and consolation to the Declaration of Independence […]

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