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2511
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Jay M. Robinson, chairman of the State Board of Education, must implement processes critical to public education: restructuring of the state education bureaucracy and decentralization of control of local schools.
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3207
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Brownfields are underused or abandoned commercial or industrial sites that could be used profitably except for on-site contaminants. Several Charlotte redevelopment projects have overcome obstacles. State and federal governments foster such efforts.
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Bud Baker, president and CEO of Wachovia Corp., is the new chairman of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry (NCCBI).
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3493
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Because of the William S. Lee Quality Jobs and Business Expansion Act, the state is more competitive with other states in industrial development. The act includes tax credits for companies creating new jobs and engaging in product research.
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East Carolina University is the fastest-growing campus in the UNC System. The rapid expansion is the result increased enrollment over the past decade. Since 2000, six buildings have been constructed or renovated at a cost of $200 million. Projects under construction or on the drawing board will raise the total to $300 million. Tuttle discusses these projects as well as those that are unseen, such as wiring of existing buildings and technology upgrades for web-based and other computer-assisted modes of instruction.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2006,
p12-23, il
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Burke County is experiencing growing pains as a result of an economic boom in the 1990s.
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29166
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The business community has been engaged in helping to solve North Carolina's deepening fiscal crisis. Business leaders are actively involved in the search for solutions to state budget through conferences and assemblies that offer advice to legislative representatives.
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591
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James W. Johnston is CEO of RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company.
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3490
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To be attractive to new and expanding industries, Cabarrus County instituted a business incentives program in 1996. Several industries have built facilities, including a $300-million Corning fiber optic plant. Other counties have adopted the program.
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John Biggers of Gastonia is the state's premier African American muralist. A Texas resident since 1949, he helped found Texas Southern's art department and taught there until he retired in 1983.
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Although not all ECU football players have gone on to play professional football, some are still at the center of East Carolina sports today. Jimmy Creech, class of 73/74 has been a backbone of fundraising and community support in heralding in a future for ECU sports.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 1, Fall 2010,
p30-33
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3049
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The 1995 General Assembly passed legislation authorizing charter schools, or schools operated by a private, non-profit organization. The hard question that remains to be answered is how these schools are supposed to operate.
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James Baxter Hunt, Jr., has been governor of North Carolina for four terms. In an interview with Tuttle, Hunt looks back over his sixteen years as governor, the longest anyone has served in that position, and looks forward to his future after January 2001.
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There are fourteen coal-fired power plants in North Carolina, with Carolina Power and Light and Duke Power having seven each. Rules adopted in October 2000 require these plants to emit 69 percent less nitrogen oxide in five years than currently. The challenge in doing this is whether the aging plants can reduce ozone-causing gases and still keep the power flowing.
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3584
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Aggressive legislation improved water and air quality over the last twenty-five years so that it now exceeds or meets strict Federal standards. To achieve even greater results, more serious attention needs to be given to non-point source pollution.
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