Tax-free online shopping may be at risk under a bill currently under consideration by the United States Senate. The bill would allow states to collect state and local sales taxes on all Internet purchases. The taxes would go to the state in which the consumer lives. The current law allows states to collect sales taxes [...]
As the North Carolina State Board of Elections prepared to investigate allegedly illicit donations to members of the North Carolina General Assembly and Governor Pat McCrory, McCrory replaced all five members of the board. However, some officials on the state board do not believe the replacement was part of an attempt to suppress the investigation. [...]
As North Carolina’s new General Assembly has been getting more and more attention both in and outside of the state, the Elon Poll surveyed North Carolinians to see how citizens feel about their new legislature. The poll, which conducted 770 live-interview calls April 5-9, found 37 percent of interviewees approved of the assembly’s job, while [...]
In his State of the Union address on Feb. 12, President Barack Obama promised to make the cost of universities across the nation more transparent. That same night, the White House revealed the College Scorecard. The website allows anyone to view the collective cost of attending colleges across the country, rather than the cost of [...]
Four years ago, it was the stimulus package and the health care bill. Now, it’s immigration reform. Recent proposals from the Senate and the president may make immigration reform the first big legislative push of Barack Obama’s next four years. A bipartisan committee of eight senators put out a framework for an immigration reform bill [...]
On Dec. 30, 2012, at a concert venue in Atlantic City, N.J., Kanye West made an announcement. He said, “Stop the music for a second. Can we make some noise for my baby mama?” Meanwhile, the United States economy was scheduled to fall off a cliff. “Fiscal cliff” is a term coined by Ben Bernanke, [...]
Thousands of handheld flags rippled from the Capitol Lawn to the Washington Monument as Barack Obama was publicly sworn in to his second term as the 44th President of the United States Jan. 21. He centered his second inaugural address on the pursuit of both equality and the American dream, two ideals preserved and protected [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A collective scream rose above the rafters of the National Convention Center as Michelle Obama, Jill Biden and their children opened the Kids’ Inaugural Concert Jan. 19. The concert, themed “Joining Forces,” honored military veterans and their families on the weekend of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. As the Obamas and Bidens [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The service fair tent on the National Mall swelled with energy Jan. 19 as volunteers young and old convened to participate in the National Day of Service, an inauguration weekend tradition President Barack Obama initiated to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. The tent housed more than 100 charities and nonprofit organizations that [...]
In the weeks following President Barack Obama’s re-election, conservative citizens across the country upset with Obama’s victory have been looking for alternatives rather than en buy cialis online no prescription dure another term under a Democratic administration. But a radical petition originating from Texas to secede from the United States has led to the spread [...]
Younger generations have historically voted in fewer numbers, but the recent elections have witnessed a climb in young voter turnout. President Barack Obama executed a campaign that swallowed voters into the political sphere, and young voter turnout has increased in 2008 and 2012. Young voters are characterized as voters in the 18-29 age group. “We [...]
Florida was considered an imperative state to win, but it wasn’t until four full days afte buy cialis r the election that the state finally announced its results. President Barack Obama carried 50 percent of the popular vote, while Republican candidate Mitt Romney took 49.1 percent. Obama’s margin of victory over Romney in the electoral [...]