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1.Governor McCrory Looks Back on First Year Challenges by Carolina Banker Vol. 92 Issue 3, Fall 2013
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In the January State of the State address, Governor Pat McCrory discussed how the state’s government and economy were broken. McCrory explained that fixing the economy, improving the education system, and increasing efficiency in government would be the administration’s top priorities.
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North Carolina governor, W. Kerr Scott was inaugurated on 7 January 1949. Scott initiated a \"Go-Forward\" program that reallocated $97,000,000 dollars for a permanent building program in the state. This article discusses some of the buildings constructed under Kerr's program as well as a discussion regarding use of state funds.
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Abernethy gives interesting facts about the state's governors. Only twenty-three of the state's one hundred counties have furnished governors. Wake County is the only to have three. Five others have sent two to the gubernatorial mansion in Raleigh.
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Redistricting and outside money have changed the outlook for Democratic Candidates running for spots in the House of Representatives. These changes greatly affect four specific districts, the seventh, eighth, eleventh, and thirteenth, where redistricting moved Democratic leaning voters into already majority Democratic districts. Organizations like Karl Rove's Crossroads have also funneled millions of dollars into these races, further strengthening the Republican candidates' races.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 38, Sept 2012,
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Since 1974 General Assembly members meet every numbered year to approve a biennial budget. The governor, state budget officer, advisory budget committee, lieutenant governor and chairman of the appropriations committee all convene to draft the state's budget. Further details of this process and the collaborative effort to draft the state's budget are discussed in detail.
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House Bill 2 mandates that bathrooms in North Carolina public buildings and schools be used by those who have the corresponding sex on their birth certificate. To revise the sex on their birth certificate, trans people must undergo expensive surgery not everyone needs or can afford.
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Part III of this series focuses on the author's personal commentary concerning redistricting in 1957, 1959, and 1961.
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In 1791, Nathaniel Macon entered the U.S. House of Representatives and began a 37 year career in Congress. During those years, he spent 24 in the House and 13 in the Senate, and demonstrated a strong degree of Anti-federalism throughout. Macon had a deep suspicion of overarching power and subsequent corruption, supported white male suffrage, desired to protect individual freedoms, feared unfair taxation and patronage, and wanted to protect state sovereignty through the strict interpretation of the Constitution.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 81 Issue 3, July 2004,
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H. Pat Taylor, Lt. Gov. of North Carolina discusses the upcoming session of the North Carolina General Assembly. Topics include reapportionment, local option for mixed drinks, and state government reorganization.
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Philip P. Godwin, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, discusses the upcoming session of the North Carolina General Assembly. Topics include redistricting, mixed drinks, and reorganizing state government.
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This article examines the relationship between social conservatives and the Republican Party in North Carolina during the 1960s. Social conservatives Walter Green, Jr. and James Gardner joined the Republican Party of North Carolina after observing a social liberal leaning in the national Democratic Party. With their support, the Republican run towards conservatism was successful in many North Carolina electoral campaigns.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 82 Issue 1, Jan 2005,
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Awarded North Carolina's politician of the year in 1962, Charles Raper Jonas earned his distinction by winning the senate race against Democratic candidate, A. Paul Kitchin. Expected to run for governor in 1964, Charles Raper Jonas, if elected, will become the first Republican governor in North Carolina this century.
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North Carolina was the twelfth state to ratify the Federal Constitution on November 21, 1789. Ratification was a contentious issue in the state due to a well-organized Anti-Federalist movement which blocked ratification at the Hillsboro Convention on July 21, 1788. The article reviews the politics of the era and the mollification of Anti-Federalists between conventions.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 4, Oct 1940,
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The North Carolina Democratic Convention, held in 1880 in Raleigh, was attended by more than three thousand individuals. Hosted outside due to the size of the crowd, the convention served as a venue for Thomas J. Jarvis, Daniel G. Fowle, and Alfred M. Scales, to debate and vie for gubernatorial candidacy.
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This article examines the political landscape of the Lower Cape Fear region of colonial North Carolina, comparing it to the rest of the colony. The Lower Cape Fear region developed quite distinctly from nearby regions as it contained a stable and wealthy ruling class and a large, unruly slave population. The differences between the Lower Cape Fear region and the rest of the colony emphasize the problem with generalizing North Carolina's political environment.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 81 Issue 1, Jan 2004,
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