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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>CMS assignment poll opens; here's what you need to know</title>
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<title>CATS to explore mobile tool for bus riders </title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Transportation priorities for North Carolina</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Facts on fracking</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Catch shares could help fight problem of declining N.C. fish stocks</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: What government costs cities and counties</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>5 things to know from Wilmington mayor's state of the city</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Professor questions claims that Voter ID law aimed to prevent fraud</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Wake County schools consider protections for gay employees </title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Charlotte City Council adds $13M to Lynx Blue Line contracts</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE  -  Charlotte City Council on Monday approved pouring an additional $13 million into three contracts for construction on the Lynx Blue Line  -  a step transit officials said was crucial to keeping the $1.1 billion project on schedule. Republican Kenny Smith was the only council member to vote against adding money to a more than $28 million contract for a five-level parking garage on J.W....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.carolinajournal.com/headlines/83005</link>
<title>JLF: Transportation priorities for North Carolina</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>NC voter ID trial opens in Winston-Salem</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Improving juvenile justice</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>UNC system sets enrollment record</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>DSCC backs Ross for US Senate in rare primary endorsement</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE  -  Deborah Ross has picked up a big endorsement in her campaign for the U.S. Senate  -  from the campaign arm of the national Democratic Party. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has thrown its weight behind the former Wake County lawmaker. It's rare for the DSCC to back a candidate in a Democratic primary, and could steer donors her...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Reining In Regulation</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Facts on fracking</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Judge refuses to halt voter ID requirement in March</title>
<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH  -  A federal judge refused Friday to block North Carolina's photo identification requirement to vote in person from taking effect with the March 15 primary elections. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroder's ruling denying the preliminary injunction motion of the state NAACP and allied voters likely ensures that voter ID will be implemented for the first time on...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: The Case Against CON</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Perry: Threats thwarted at US Open</title>
<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH  -  North Carolina fended off dozens of threats during the U.S. Open golf tournaments in Pinehurst in 2014, Public Safety Secretary Frank Perry told lawmakers Thursday. Speaking before an oversight committee, Perry said that some 42 "incidents" of various sorts were prevented by a task force of more than 475 state and local law enforcement officers run by his department during the men&amp;#039;s and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Transportation priorities for North Carolina</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Rethinking Common Core state standards</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: N.C. film incentives are good old-fashioned corporate welfare</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: What government costs cities and counties</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Road projects delayed by wet weather</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>McCrory addresses gains, challenges in talk show format at GTCC</title>
<description><![CDATA[COLFAX  -  Attendees at a small business forum hosted by Guilford Technical Community College got a dose of the "Pat and John Show" on Friday, offering insights into North Carolina's economic past, present and a future that might include mega-site manufacturing just south of Greensboro. Gov. Pat McCrory and his commerce secretary, John Skvarla, spoke to the 7th annual Small Business Summit in a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>McCrory says meetings with companies not uncommon</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Budget, revenue chiefs leaving McCrory cabinet</title>
<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH  -  Gov. Pat McCrory quickly plugged two holes in his cabinet Thursday following the departures of his budget chief and revenue secretary. Lee Roberts, who became McCrory's budget director in September 2014, plans to return to the private sector, while McCrory is moving Revenue Secretary Lyons Gray to an open slot on the state Utilities...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>New arguments emerge in the debate over I-77 toll lanes</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Voter ID case will go to trial in January</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Transportation priorities for North Carolina</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Facts on fracking</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>McCrory says 'skills gap' among challenges facing NC economy</title>
<description><![CDATA[DURHAM  -  Don't buy into fears that China's economic issues will inflict major pain on the U.S. economy. That was one of the admonitions that economist Brian Wesbury delivered Wednesday to a crowd of about 800 business executives at the 14th annual Economic Forecast Forum sponsored by the N.C. Chamber and N.C. Bankers...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Wake County magnet school application period opens amid changes</title>
<description><![CDATA[CARY  -  Thousands of Wake County parents will spend the next two weeks trying to get into magnet schools that they think will best meet their children's needs for next school year. The application period for Wake's 42 magnet schools  -  which offer programs that might not be available at a neighborhood school  -  starts at 9 a.m. Thursday and runs to Jan. 22. The link for the online application will...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Eastern NC's lottery bug</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 6 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Political, academic leaders give bond push a kick-start</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 6 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLF: Rethinking Common Core state standards</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Belk, Family Dollar deals underscore shifting Charlotte business landscape</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE  -  The Charlotte business scene in 2015 featured more apartments, new skyscrapers and a continuing recovery at the big banks. But perhaps the most memorable business events were the sales of two iconic, homegrown retailers: Belk and Family Dollar. Both are major employers with deep community ties that some worry might wane under new...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 4 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2016 will bring steep increase in North Carolina DMV fees</title>
<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH  -  If you're looking for a different kind of year-end bargain, you might save a few bucks Thursday at the state Division of Motor Vehicles. Prices will never be this low again!  -  for driver's licenses, ID cards, car registrations and other documents. That's because legislators have ordered a hefty hike in DMV fees to take effect Friday, the first day of 2016, in the biggest revenue...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 4 Jan 2016 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>State says most coal ash ponds need to be excavated, not covered</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2015 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Triangle jobless rate ticked up to 5.2% in November</title>
<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH  -  The Triangle's jobless rate inched up to 5.2 percent in November, but as the year draws to a close the region's unemployment rate seems unable to break into the 4-percent range as economists had expected. The jobs data was issued Wednesday by the N.C. Department of Commerce and was seasonally adjusted by Wells Fargo Securities in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>NC Congressman Rouzer: 'Trump is probably going to be president' </title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Help wanted in WNC  -  until next month</title>
<description><![CDATA[ASHEVILLE  -  Buncombe County had North Carolina's lowest unemployment rate in October, the latest month for which local rates are available. But history and job listings suggest January will be a colder month for job seekers no matter what the thermometer says. Most Western North Carolina counties typically see a big jump in unemployment from December to January as holiday-related retail work...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Raleigh proposal calls for new sports and entertainment center </title>
<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH  -  Imagine driving up South Saunders Street and, as you close in on downtown Raleigh, being greeted by a shiny, new athletic stadium. Imagine renting a bike from the city and riding it on a trail connecting downtown to the North Carolina Museum of Art, six miles away on Blue Ridge Road. Downtown has no rivers or bodies of water of note. But what if you could live just one block from...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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