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Griffith Rutherford: Man of action
Griffith Rutherford was a civic and military leader from the North Carolina frontier who was involved in all aspects of the colony’s Revolutionary struggle. He lived just southwest of Salisbury…
Lincolnton
city in North Carolina, United States
Education
On This Day in NC | August 29 – September 2
August 29, 1882 A leading female doctor during her career, Connie Guion was born near Lincolnton. She was the first female professor of clinical medicine. She spent an almost fifty-year career…
Law & Public Safety
N.C. Supreme Court splits on entrapment claim from sexual predator suspect
In a 5-2 ruling, the N.C. Supreme Court is allowing a Lincoln County man to get a new trial on charges of online solicitation of sex from a teenage boy.…
Regulation
Local Elections Matter
Local Elections Matter
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Local Government Referenda
View in your browser. Today is Election Day for many local governments across North Carolina. While it is a big day, many of the races will be overlooked by major…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the campaign trail, October 7, 2014
• Tonight at 7:00, Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis meet in their second of three debates. It will air on WRAL-TV and wral.com.…
Charlotte regains top spot on annual N.C. tax-and-fee burden list
RALEIGH — After a one-year dip, Charlotte regains the top spot on the John Locke Foundation’s annual list of larger N.C. cities with the highest local government costs per person.…
Mooresville ends Charlotte’s 11-year run atop list of N.C. cities with top tax-and-fee burdens
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Mooresville has toppled Charlotte from the top spot on the John Locke Foundation’s annual…
Liberty
Mecklenburg County’s latest tax assessment issue
Per the Charlotte Observer, hiring a new revaluation manager with a questionable past: After months of complaints about Mecklenburg’s 2011 property reappraisal, questions have surfaced about the county’s choice for…
Liberty
Obviously She Didn’t Get The Word That N.C.’s Economy Has “Bounced Back”
Gov. Perdue recently told MSNBC that North Carolina’s economy has “bounced back.” Really? Let’s ask North Carolinian Kimberly White about that. Two weeks ago her unemployment benefits ran out. White…
Elections & Public Integrity
Becki Gray: Touring with AFP in Lincolnton, Gastonia, Hendersonville, Asheville, Hickory
Post updated at 9:15 p.m. Becki tells us Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips addresessed about 40 people in Lincolnton as AFP tours the state to discuss “Obama’s Failed Agenda.”…
Charlotte tops local tax-and-fee list for 11th straight year
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this report. RALEIGH — Charlotte continues to top the list of larger cities with the highest local…