NC 250
Pyle’s Defeat: More dreams of Tory support dashed
In addition to the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge and commemoration of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse that occurred in the last few…
Kings Mountain
NC 250
This weekend, remember the Battle of Guilford Courthouse
The anniversary of the American Revolution’s Battle of Guilford Courthouse is being honored this weekend in Greensboro. The battle was fought on March 15, 1781. After skirmishes and chases through…
Regulation
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online that a proposed casino in Kings Mountain is pitting two Indian tribes against each other. John Hood’s Daily Journal urges us to make…
Liberty
Legislators approve Guilford County legal notices bill
News & Record reports: The N.C. General Assembly approved a measure Thursday allowing local governments in Guilford County to publish required public notices on their own websites rather than on…
Liberty
A casino in Atlanta?
It’s way early in the process, but there’s talk that MGM Resorts International may be interested in building a casino in downtown Atlanta. Given how Charlotte wants what Atlanta has,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A casino in Kings Mountain? Voters should decide, not city council.
As a Gaston County native that frequently traveled to Kings Mountain, a casino is not something one would expect in the small town in Cleveland County. There are still towns…
Liberty
NC History: rich, interesting and worth celebrating!
Interested in NC history? And really, who isn’t. Many battles fought on NC soil determined the fate of freedom in the United States. A decisive battle was fought on Kings…
Catawba tumbles to No. 76 in annual tax-and-fee burden list
RALEIGH — Catawba County ranks No. 76 in the state in the amount of local taxes and fees residents pay, when that amount is expressed as a share of their…
Liberty
The casino bubble
From Business Week: The Harrah’s casino in Tunica, Miss., features a spa, three pools, a golf course, and a shooting range. But there’s one thing the 18-year-old facility, the largest…
Liberty
Catawbas May Land Casinos in Both Carolinas
My JLF colleague Dan Way offers up the latest on the Catawbas attempt to build a casino. Or, as Dan reports, two, one on each side of the state border.…
Liberty
NC’s 10 best places to Retire
According to a North Carolina based real-estate company, Movoto, they have compiled a ranking of the top ten places to retire in North Carolina. They only chose cities with a…
Health Care
If you sign up for Obamacare – You can’t get off
That is what has happened to this Gaston County resident. Read his story from the Gaston Gazette below: American taxpayers are essentially paying $875 a month to help insure David…