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New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on the impact of this year’s N.C. State Fair cancellation. John Hood’s Daily Journal highlights a former slave who blazed a trail for…
State fair
annual competitive and recreational gathering of a U.S. state's population
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on the state auditor’s finding that Wake County sheriff’s deputies engaged in employment double-dipping while working at the State Fair. John Hood’s Daily…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Price of Fright
View in your browser. Everything has a price, so how much do Americans spend on the spookiest day of the year? Since 2005, the National Retail Federation has conducted a…
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Washington babies and State Fair Baby Ruths – recipe for a Friday afternoon
Great conversation again with my friend Carl Lamm and all my WTSB friends this afternoon. Talking about the two big events this week – the federal government shutdown and the…
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I was premature in praising Shuler
I was premature in praising Heath Shuler for saying he would begin carrying a concealed handgun in the wake of the Tucson shootings for self-defense. Because, you see, doing so…
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Say It Isn’t So: State Fair Chicks Euthenized
With myriad ways to show kids what baby chickens look like, North Carolinians prefer the convenience of making googly eyes at the chicks at a State Fair display. But guess…
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Magazine Pulled From Fair Over Letter Critical of Perdue
In case you’re wondering whether or not the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is an overtly political body, today’s News & Observer story puts to rest any doubt. The October…
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Field trip
I realize this isn’t the time to take a break, but some things have to be done, weather be damned— I’m off to the State Fair. I’m going to eat…
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Is North Carolina next?
I thought the concept of a fried Three Musketeers bar was about as decadent a notion as I’d encountered. Then I tried one at the State Fair and decided there…
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Wasted effort
The Raleigh media has reported high numbers of political signs disappearing around the Triangle. A certain amount of this can be chalked up as simple election-year prank, observing a certain…