Here’s my parting message for the year: “23 skidoo.” Readers “of a certain age,” know this early 20th century slang expression.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 5:19 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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State Still Collected $3 Billion in Surplus Revenue
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 10:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The old aphorism was never truer, “laws are like sausages. It’s best not to see them being made.” The big news this week has been the state budget and why, almost three months late, it hasn’t passed.
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 1:39 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Amid facing a recall for his “pro-criminal agenda,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s office told prosecutors on Tuesday his administration plans to dissolve a unit that contacts victims and their family members when authorities either schedule a parole hearing for the attacker
Published: Tuesday, July 26th, 2022 @ 12:31 am
By: Daily Wire
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With state revenue for the current fiscal year now projected to be $4.2 billion higher than originally predicted, state budget writers are sitting on a sizeable stack of funds.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beasley's Refusal To Concede Only Benefits Her Legal team
Published: Friday, December 4th, 2020 @ 3:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Trump administration and congressional leaders are at loggerheads over another COVID-19 relief package that may effectively provide state and local governments with another bailout.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2020 @ 9:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Is 2020 not bad enough yet?
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 @ 6:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday sent a letter to North Carolina’s Congressional delegates asking the federal government for more financial help.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2020 @ 11:13 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a rule banning religious private schools from participating in scholarship programs.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 11:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers blasted the N.C. Department of Transportation for careless overspending, suggesting the DOT is using the coronavirus to “cover up” irresponsible cash management.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 3:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In late March, I wrote about how North Carolina state government is likely better financially prepared than most states for the coronavirus shutdown, and certainly more prepared than it was prior to the Great Recession.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 8:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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NCACC staff continues to work with local, state, and federal partners this week as counties maintain critical efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and work to ensure continuation of county operations and services
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2020 @ 11:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Senate on Wednesday evening passed by a 48-0 vote a $1.2-billion bill distributing money for COVID-19 relief statewide.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 12:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Thanks to fiscally responsible measures over the past 10 years, North Carolina is on far better financial footing to combat the coronavirus outbreak and to weather its economic fallout.
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2020 @ 10:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Rep. Deb Butler’s epic September 11 outburst on the floor of the General Assembly is a reminder— to some at least—that North Carolina is governed in a perpetual state of chaos.
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2019 @ 6:50 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Roy Cooper toured St. Pauls Elementary in Robeson County to push for a school construction bond that will allow voters to guarantee funding for new school buildings and renovations across the state.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 4:10 am
By: Governor's Office
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The Senate passed Senate Bill 622 Thursday, May 16, and Republicans project it will reduce individual and corporate taxes by $800 million over the next five years.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 8:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Health Plan provides health care coverage to more than 720,000 teachers, state employees, retirees, and their dependents.
Published: Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 @ 11:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Five years ago, Senate Republicans made a promise to dramatically raise teacher pay in North Carolina. We've kept that promise. Moreover, the numbers speak for themselves
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 9:35 am
By: Bill Cook
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If you've ever put together a jigsaw puzzle you can understand the task of assembling a state budget. Like a puzzle, one piece of the spending and tax plan builds upon another as lawmakers construct a two-year budget that spends more than $23 billion a year
Published: Tuesday, March 28th, 2017 @ 10:12 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Senate leaders are proposing a $1 billion middle class tax reduction plan that would lower personal and corporate income taxes, increase mortgage interest deductions, and allow for unlimited medical and charitable tax deductions
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2017 @ 8:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The number of non-academic administrators at colleges and universities has more than doubled in the last 25 years, far outpacing the growth in students and faculty
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2016 @ 3:21 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory applauded North Carolina's strong revenue growth during the first quarter of the fiscal year, which is largely driven by strong wage growth and employment gains.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 2:57 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory has received the highest grade on the nonpartisan Cato Institute's Fiscal Responsibility Report Card of America's governors for cutting taxes and controlling state spending.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2016 @ 1:10 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The McCrory campaign today launched a new TV ad, "Economy," highlighting the progress made since 2013 to create jobs, lower taxes and turn budget deficits into surpluses.
Published: Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 @ 12:00 am
By: McCrory Communications
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It is fascinating that foreign policy, defense, healthcare, tax reform, government gridlock, human rights, the national debt or even violence and terrorism issues have taken a back seat to the topic of immigration in this election
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2016 @ 7:25 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The following statement is released on behalf of the North Carolina Republican Party in response to the recent announcement of Governor McAuliffe of Virginia's irresponsible $1.5 billion budget shortfall.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2016 @ 4:18 am
By: Russell Allen
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Cecil P. Staton, interim president of Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia, has been named the 11th chancellor of East Carolina University by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
Published: Sunday, May 1st, 2016 @ 2:10 am
By: ECU News Services
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Likely North Carolina voters overwhelmingly favor a measure to restrain the growth rate of state spending. According to the April 2011 Civitas Institute poll, 67 percent of respondents support the ideas contained in HB 188 - which would limit the growth rate of the state budget to a formula based...
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2015 @ 1:56 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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News accounts of the recently-passed $21.1 billion General Fund budget focus primarily on the teacher pay raise provided by budget writers.
Published: Monday, August 11th, 2014 @ 10:50 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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All our lives we've heard aphorisms about money. Truisms like, "the love of money is the root of all evil," "a penny saved is a penny earned," "a fool and his money are soon parted," and "you can't spend the same dollar twice."
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 2:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The proposed N.C. Senate budget plan would shift money away from lower priorities to meet the goal of raising public school teacher pay across the state. John Locke Foundation experts reviewing the $21.2 billion plan for 2014-15 like the Senate's focus on spending existing revenue more efficiently.
Published: Sunday, June 1st, 2014 @ 9:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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