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  Battle of Guilford Court House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Guilford Court House was a battle fought on March 15, 1781 inside the present-day city of Greensboro, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War.
Prior to the battle, the British appeared to have successfully reconquered Georgia and South Carolina with the aid of strong Loyalist factions, and that North Carolina might be within their grasp.
On the 15th of March, the two armies met at Guilford Court House, North Carolina (within the present Greensboro, North Carolina), and a virtually drawn battle was fought.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Guilford_Court_House   (941 words)

  
 North Carolina General Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina.
The General Assembly is a bicameral legislature located at the state capital of Raleigh, North Carolina, and consisting of the North Carolina House of Representatives (formerly the North Carolina House of Commons) and the North Carolina Senate.
The General Assembly met in the capitol building until 1963, when the legislature relocated to the new North Carolina State Legislative Building.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly   (264 words)

  
 NARA | The National Archives Experience
The University of North Carolina, of which he was the chief founder, stands as an enduring reminder of Davie's interest in education.
From 1773 to 1774 Martin served in the North Carolina House of Commons and in the second and third provincial congresses in 1775.
In addition, he was an original trustee of the University of North Carolina and later held trusteeships at the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the University of the State of New York.
www.archives.gov /national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_founding_fathers_north_carolina.html   (2829 words)

  
 Utah, In Census War, Fights North Carolina For House Seat (The New York Times)
The House has agreed to delay final certification of the seat - North Carolina's 13th, or Utah's 4th - until the Supreme Court can rule on any appeal of a decision by a panel of three federal judges that will hear the case next month.
North Carolina's population increased to 8 million, from 6.6 million in 1990, Utah's to 2.2 million, from 1.7 million.
That view is rejected by Roy Cooper, attorney general of North Carolina, which recently joined the court battle on the side of the federal government and is vowing to fight the suit vigorously.
jessejacksonjr.org /issues/i020801253.html   (850 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: North Carolina House kills lottery legislation
North Carolina is one of 12 states without a lottery -- the only one on the East Coast -- but residents have been playing the numbers game for more than a decade in surrounding states.
In the first House floor debate on the subject in recent history, opponents said running a lottery sends a bad signal to residents that the state supports gambling.
North Carolinians are projected to spend more than $200 million this year on lottery tickets in Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina, according to one study.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2002/sep/18/514004343.html   (677 words)

  
 North Carolina House Nears Vote on Moratorium Legislation
The North Carolina House of Representatives will soon vote on a two-year moratorium on executions in the state while the death penalty is studied.
The North Carolina House of Representatives will soon vote on a two-year moratorium on executions in the state while the death penalty is studied.  A moratorium bill passed the full Senate in 2003, but had been previously blocked from coming to a vote in the House.
House Speaker Jim Black and House Majority Leader Joe Hackney both support the bill to halt executions and form a study committee.  The committee would examine issues such as the adequacy of legal counsel, prosecutorial misconduct and racial bias.
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org /article.php?did=1460&scid=64   (287 words)

  
 State Politics & Policy | North Carolina House Votes To Repeal Law That Allows Involuntary Sterilization of Mentally ...
The North Carolina House on Wednesday voted 116-1 to approve a measure (HB 36) that would repeal a law that allows involuntary sterilization of people with mental illness -- the "last legal link" to the state's eugenic sterilization program, which led to the sterilization of more than 7,600 North Carolinians between 1929 and 1974, the
The program, administered by the five-member Eugenics Board of North Carolina, was part of the now-discredited eugenics movement, which claimed that sterilizations could lead to the elimination of mental illness and genetic defects.
North Carolina sterilized more than 2,000 state residents ages 18 and younger under the program, and by the late 1960s, fls accounted for more than 60% of the people who underwent sterilization (
www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=16856   (271 words)

  
 News 14 Carolina | 24 Hour Local News | Gaston
The speaker of the North Carolina House pledged this weekend to hold a vote on a bill that would create a lottery.
North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black says a vote on a possible state lottery will take place within the next five weeks.
North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black said he has assured Gov. Mike Easley, who is a longtime supporter of a lottery, that a vote will be held.
www.news14charlotte.com /content/local_news/gaston?ArID=88922&SecID=7   (545 words)

  
 North Carolina State House District 116 / Mountain Xpress / mountainx.com
And I say that because North Carolina has made a unique commitment to public education in the last hundred years or so, particularly since 1996 and the work that Governor Hunt did.
I think we have seen the population grown in North Carolina; we're the third largest-growing state in the nation.
The person who sponsored the bill in the Senate – which, the bill was never heard in the House, never introduced – said her agenda was to get rid of the death penalty, and this was one good start.
www.mountainx.com /news/2004/1027nchouse116.php   (4336 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: 98 Election - The North Carolina Report
North Carolina State professor Michael Dimock analyzes the race on election eve.
Currently, North Carolina's second district encompasses most of the city of Raleigh, and Sampson, Johnston and Harnett Counties.
Michael A. Dimock, professor of Political Science at North Carolina State, gives his views of how the race is shaping up.
www.pbs.org /newshour/election98/north_carolina.html   (368 words)

  
 NAMI Wake County North Carolina - DR House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Fountain House model is a social invention in community rehabilitation of the disabled psychiatric patient.
Fountain House itself is an intentional community designed to create a restorative environment within which individuals who have been socially and vocationally disabled by mental illness can be helped to achieve or regain the confidence and skills necessary to lead vocationally productive and socially satisfying lives.
Finally, Fountain House believes that a program is incomplete if it offers a full set of vocational opportunities and a rich offering of social and recreational opportunities and yet neglects the circumstances in which its members live.
www.nami-wake.org /nami_drhouse.html   (1467 words)

  
 NORTH CAROLINA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
For the laws to be changed in North Carolina, the action of the General Assembly is required.
Your role as an elected Official, does in fact place you in a fish bowl and allows the Media to probe and print mostly what they think while you may be hopeful that there is good press for you to share with your electors of your good work for and on their behalf.
House Bill 631 died in the House Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations but House Bill 65 is alive for possible consideration by the Senate when it convenes in May 2004.
www.ncaap.com /NORTHCAROLINA.html   (4698 words)

  
 Ballot Access News » Blog Archive » Degraded North Carolina Bill Passes House
In the middle of the night on August 23, 2005, the North Carolina House succeeded in passing a mutilated version of a bill whose original intent was to reform North Carolina’s reactionary and regressive ballot access laws.
By dawn, the NC House had succeeded in passing a version of the bill that in effect did exactly the opposite of what it was intended.
In 2004 a federal judge ruled that North Carolina imposes an unconstitutional burden on unaffiliated political candidates who want a spot on the ballot in a suit brought by NC resident Paul Delaney against the NC Board of Elections.
ballot-access.org /2005/08/24/north-carolina-bill-passes-house   (1107 words)

  
 North Carolina House Passes Surprise Tax Hike
The state House of Representatives voted mainly along party lines to pass a budget with an astonishing $290 million in new taxes and fee increases.
The 22,946 members of North Carolina FreedomWorks will be working tirelessly to ensure that these tax hikes never make it out of conference.
The budget bill introduces an alarming number of new taxes and fees, most noticeably a 500 percent increase in the North Carolina cigarette tax to 30 cents a pack.
www.freedomworks.org /newsroom/press_template.php?press_id=1305   (415 words)

  
 North Carolina House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The North Carolina House: The North Carolina House was built for the Jamestown Exposition in 1907.
The United States Navy bought the North Carolina House in 1917.
After a fire drastically altered the house, it was converted into Naval Senior Bachelor Officer's Quarters.
www.hrnm.navy.mil /Architectural/interactive/frameHTML/nc.html   (77 words)

  
 RINOS and Fishing In the North Carolina House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
This statement divides the Republican House pretty evenly between those who enjoy having nice offices and stand for very little and those normally stand on principle and thus are relegated to the back row and are often called “radicals” by the RINOs.
The House Democrats, on the other hand, seem to be having a jovial time sipping tea, basking in the afterglow of a warm November takeover of the majority and the comfort of watching the deadly battle with the arena of Republican politics since the 60-60 split of the House in 2002.
Again, the conservatives in the House might be using the right bait, but must be fishing in the murky end of the pond where the fish don’t see it.
www.theconservativevoice.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=1906   (715 words)

  
 North Carolina election results 2004 - washingtonpost.com
North Carolina has 15 out of 538 total electoral votes.
Bowles was the Democratic nominee for North Carolina's other Senate seat, vacated in 2002 by Republican Jesse Helms.
Ballenger had never lost an election, serving in local office and the North Carolina Legislature before winning his House seat in 1986.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/elections/2004/nc   (515 words)

  
 Districts - North Carolina House, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis acquired the voting districts shapefiles for the state of North Carolina from the General Assembly/Information Systems Division.
These data represent the boundaries of 2001 House districts in North Carolina (Sutton House Plan 3).
House districts shapefiles were acquired from the General Assembly, Information Systems Division.
cgia.cgia.state.nc.us /cgdb/dnchou02.html   (893 words)

  
 Fayetteville, North Carolina - Poe House
This was the land on which E.A. Poe began construction of his two-story frame house, along with a barn, woodhouse, smokehouse and wellhouse in 1897.
Poe, a successful businessman, politician and civic leader, was one of several person to settle in the Haymount area at the turn of the century.
Other architecturally significant elements of the house include the entrance bay, a wrap-around porch, exterior sawnwork, tongue-and-groove wainscoting and bullseye molding throughout the interior.
www.gofayetteville.com /sites/st_poehouse2.htm   (158 words)

  
 North Carolina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
North Carolina Department of Administration: Division of Purchase and Contract
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources: State Library
Institute of Government WWW (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
www.lexisone.com /legalresearch/legalguide/states/north_carolina.htm   (164 words)

  
 North Carolina State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
North Carolina New Homes and Builders - iNest guide to new homes and builders - 1% buyer rebate program.
That the flag of North Carolinashall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter N in gilt on the left and the letter C in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union.
The fly of the flag shall consist of two equally proportioned bars; the upper bar to be red, the lower bar to be white; that the length of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag shall be one-third more than its width.
www.50states.com /ncarolin.htm   (411 words)

  
 Committees - North Carolina Republicans
North Carolina House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Committee
North Carolina Senate Appropriations on Department of Transportation Committee
North Carolina Senate Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee
www.ncgop.com /docs.asp?ID=51   (420 words)

  
 North Carolina House Plans
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www.gwinnettdailyonline.com /gdp/archive/article9a2aaa07fd724492b8356a4d560699aa.asp   (1264 words)

  
 Guilford Courthouse: A Pivotal Battle in the War for Independence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
A light frost had disappeared under the first rays of the sun, but the ground underfoot was soft and spongy from long winter rains and snows.
In the damp woods of what had been an isolated farming community in the Piedmont on a major east-west road through North Carolina, some 4,400 American troops, in various uniforms and country clothes, waited for battle.
This backwoods county seat of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, was the site of a pivotal battle in the Revolutionary War’s decisive Southern Campaign.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/32guilford/32guilford.htm   (227 words)

  
 Headlines This Week in North Carolina - August 16, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The state House passed a $14.3 billion budget Tuesday that cuts state jobs and holds the line on education and health spending during one of the worst budget crises in state history.
In a marathon session, the state House approved a $14.3 billion budget Tuesday that avoided deeper cuts to health and human services and added Gov. Mike Easley's imprint by reducing class size and expanding a prekindergarten program.
At first glance, the spending plans produced by the state Senate and House appear similar -- at least on the bottom line, which adds up to $14 billion-plus.
www.nfib.com /object/3441918.html   (218 words)

  
 North Carolina House Evenly Split
Even as we go to press Wednesday evening, it appears the North Carolina state House will be split right down the middle: 60 Democrats and 60 Republicans.
Blust, who is usually a voracious campaigner, didn’t do nearly as much as he has done in the past, in part because the state House was in session during most of the campaign season.
A state House member can make a deal with anyone he or she wants, but there is an almost universally accepted agreement amongst the representatives to let the other caucus members know of plans for a leadership position.
www.rhinotimes.com /greensboro/archives/110702/story03.html   (1184 words)

  
 North Carolina Republican Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Sadly, it appears that the North Carolina House of Representatives is for sale.
The State Board of Elections hearings have revealed a series of unlawful campaign contributions from the North Carolina Optometrists PAC to Jim Black and Black’s “team” including Michael Decker.
This requirement which has been universally declared unnecessary substantially benefited the financial interests of the Optometrist PAC and its members to the detriment of every family with children in North Carolina.
www.ncgop.org /corruption/FBspeech.asp   (640 words)

  
 Headlines This Week in North Carolina - July 19, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Voters would go to the polls Sept. 10 under a truncated election schedule approved Monday by the N.C. House and expected to pass the N.C. Senate today.
North Carolina will have its long-delayed primary elections Sept. 10, but no second-place finishers would be able to call for a runoff under a schedule that could win the final approval of the General Assembly today.
North Carolina Budget Still Under Pressure; Tax Threats Loom
www.nfib.com /object/3412696.html   (254 words)

  
 North Carolina House Passes Crash Parts Bill
The North Carolina House of Representatives passed House Bill, 1152, the Motor Vehicle Parts Bill.
The legislation prohibits an insurer from authorizing or requiring the use of non-original crash parts for motor vehicle repairs without the consent of the insured or claimant.
ASA has contacted collision repairers across North Carolina asking that they call their state senators to support House Bill 1152.
www.collision-insight.com /news/20030512-ncarolina.htm   (219 words)

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