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July 8, 2025

Month: March 2021

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SAINE and BRYSON: Facebook should stop banning speech, but not the kind you think

March 3, 2021 State Rep. Jason Saine and Donald Bryson

Critical issues are being debated in North Carolina. The stakes are high as businesses like gyms and bars aren’t yet permitted to reopen fully, and parents continue to juggle jobs and their children’s schooling. However, […]

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Smokies sees more than 12M visitors despite virus closure

March 3, 2021 The Associated Press

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Despite closing for more than a month because of COVID-19, Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced its second busiest year on record last year. The park had a total of 12,095,720 visits […]

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Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID relief bill

March 3, 2021 Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats’ hopes of including a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead as the Senate prepared to debate its own version of the House-passed aid […]

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Boy Scouts submit reorganization plan to bankruptcy court

March 3, 2021 Randall Chase, Associated Press

DOVER, Del. — The Boy Scouts of America submitted a bankruptcy reorganization plan Monday that envisions continued operations of its local troops and national adventure camps but leaves many unanswered questions about how it will […]

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PRAGER: Questions to determine whether a friend or relative is a liberal or a leftist

March 3, 2021 Dennis Prager

The great tragedy of our time is that liberals vote left.  Virtually every value liberals have held for a century is now held by conservatives and scorned by leftists. Therefore, America, in serious jeopardy of […]

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FORD: Why is Big Tech pushing for a Texas-style energy grid in North Carolina?

March 3, 2021 Larry J. Ford

The recent electricity crisis in Texas was a national tragedy. It didn’t have to be. It’s become clear since the power outages began nearly two weeks ago that the disaster was almost entirely man-made. A […]

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BARONE: Partisan strife produces high voter turnout — and no big boost for either party

March 3, 2021 Michael Barone, Washington Examiner

The last decade has seen a boom in voter turnout — for both parties. Between the 2012 and 2020 presidential elections, total voter turnout rose 23%, with Democratic turnout up 23% and Republican turnout up […]

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MATTHEWS: Media outlets calling for censorship of other media outlets is not a good look

March 3, 2021 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

As is the case with any other industry, it’s natural for news outlets to compete with each other for viewers, readers, subscribers, Twitter followers, etc. It’s the nature of the beast to want to be […]

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HILL: When COVID relief is just plain pork spending

March 3, 2021 Frank Hill

I have seen a lot of gargantuan spending bills go through Congress in the form of budget reconciliation or omnibus appropriations at the end of a contentious session. I don’t think I have ever seen […]

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What is the North Carolina Education Corps? (Part 2)

March 3, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Earlier, North State Journal reviewed a program created to fill a staffing void created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is the North Carolina Education Corps (NCEC), which recruits and trains volunteers to […]

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