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How much do you need to retire in North Carolina?
(WGHP) — Retirement seems like a distant goal for many people as costs steadily rise across the board in almost all aspects of life. GoBankingRates broke down just how much someone in each state needs to retire based on the cost of living. The lowest cost of retirement is in West Virginia, where someone could […]
Grand Funk Railroad headlines Watermelon Jam
Winterville is getting ready for its 39th annual Watermelon Festival and announced tickets are now on sale for the Watermelon Jam featuring the rock legends Grand Funk Railroad. The four-day festival that wraps up summer for many folks around Pitt County runs Aug. 22-25 at the Winterville Recreation Park, 324 Sylvania St., south of A.G. Cox Middle School. One of the highlights is the Watermelon Jam, which this year features...
Patrick's First Warning Forecast: Falling temps, more flooding downpours
Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey's First Warning Forecast. The end is in sight! Our stretch of dangerously hot and muggy weather will be coming to an end, replaced by below-normal temperatures and above-normal rainfall. Tuesday will likely be our hottest feeling day of the week. Expect intense sunshine that will send...
Where do education lottery funds go?
I have been asked many times how I am enjoying myself since retiring as Yadkin County Schools superintendent March 1st of this year. I can honestly say that I am loving it! However, I am not one that retired to sit around the house. I am still working to support our students, educators, and schools, albeit in a different way than I was before. In April I began working for the Shallow Ford Foundation to raise funds for the Yadkin County Education Foundation fund. This...
Medicaid expansion over quarter-million since first-day automatics
(The Center Square) – Medicaid expansion has brought an additional 503,967 enrollments in North Carolina since the Dec. 1 implementation. For context, however, those by genuine choice is 231,030. On the first day, an automatic increase of 272,937 happened as part of the family population moved to full coverage. The half-million number was “celebrated” in a release from the Department of Health and Human Services, led by Secretary Kody Kinsley, and the office of Gov. Roy Cooper. ...
Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling on what voters are thinking about the nation’s top races
For the last 17 years, one of the nation’s most knowledgeable and accurate political pollsters has been based right here in North Carolina. Over the course of numerous primary and general elections during that period, Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling has dissected and accurately forecast literally hundreds of races across the country. And with […] The post Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling on what voters are thinking about the nation’s top races appeared first on NC Newsline.
Lt. Gov. Robinson’s chief of staff invokes ‘some folks need killing’ comment after a body is carried away from Trump assassination attempt
Brian LiVecchi, the chief of staff and general counsel for Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, invoked a controversial comment from his boss following the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.
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