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Usually when we see rising wages, the economy is growing.
Published: Thursday, April 22nd, 2021 @ 10:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A pox on them both.
Published: Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 @ 5:30 pm
By: LifeZette
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A decade of fiscal responsibility and sustainable government could be squandered unless North Carolina taxpayers build some financial guardrails in the state constitution.
Published: Sunday, December 6th, 2020 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As Tears for Fears sang in the 1980s, everybody wants their taxes lower.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Eddie Scarry of the Washington Examiner highlights Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s testimony to Congress late last week.
Published: Friday, August 28th, 2020 @ 1:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eddie Scarry of the Washington Examiner highlights Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s testimony to Congress late last week.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2020 @ 1:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Months now into the COVID–19 quarantine, we’re still probably some time away from a new normal, however that looks.
Published: Sunday, May 17th, 2020 @ 10:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While Washington politicians bicker over a massive coronavirus rescue package, North Carolina businesses and nonprofits are scrambling to help patch the economy.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 @ 8:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Fears of a global economic slowdown, fueled in part by the coronavirus outbreak, took a $4.2 billion chunk out of North Carolina’s state pension plan.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 10:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After a brutal week, the stock market surged back Monday amid an increasing expectation from investors that the Federal Reserve and other major central banks will lower interest rates in response to coronavirus.
Published: Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 @ 7:19 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Family farm bankruptcies are on the rise in North Carolina, a signal the rest of the state’s farm economy could be in trouble.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2020 @ 4:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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President wants the process over and done with — wants the federal government to be able to get back to work for the American people
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2019 @ 10:57 am
By: LifeZette
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Road construction will begin to ramp up again early next year, but contractors say they will suffer in the meantime.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 8:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Trump and President Iohannis of Romania Before Bilateral Meeting
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 @ 10:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Trump at Signing of Safe Third Country Agreement with Guatemala
Published: Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 @ 11:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When it comes to public affairs, bad news is good and good news is bad. That is, political speeches and media pieces that describe a problem as big and getting worse tend to attract more attention, so more are produced.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2019 @ 7:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I have written several articles over the past few years addressing the financial viability of the Vidant Health System.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 1:01 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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In his proposed budget released on Wednesday, Gov. Roy Cooper has provided the tax and spending details for his vision of a North Carolina determined to spend a lot more on state government
Published: Thursday, March 28th, 2019 @ 4:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Missed you guys. Under President Trump's leadership, the United States economy is growing at record levels, putting the President in a strong position to fix longstanding trade concerns with China.
Published: Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2019 @ 1:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Few people seem to be noticing but property taxes for Wake County homeowners may be going up yet again
Published: Sunday, August 19th, 2018 @ 10:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The U.S. Patent Office Takes A Long Time To Approve A Patent But It Is About To Add Slow To Long
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2018 @ 10:31 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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America has always been a country on the move. Across the ocean, across the continent, and, for decades after the frontier officially closed, Americans have moved away from (and often with) family in search of a better life
Published: Sunday, May 20th, 2018 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative leaders removed some of the guesswork for the legislative short session starting May 16 by announcing they agreed to a $23.917 billion spending plan for the 2018-19 state budget
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The legislature comes to Raleigh Wednesday for the "short session" and opening day promises to be far more exciting than most years
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 8:04 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Charter schools have flourished in North Carolina since 2011, when the General Assembly removed the statewide cap of 100. Along with the rest of the country, though, that growth recently has started to slow
Published: Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's 2016-17 state budget responsibly limited the growth rate of state spending, wisely padded the state's Rainy Day Fund, cut taxes further and continued one of the most aggressive trends of teacher pay increases in the nation.
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2016 @ 5:01 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's 2016-17 state budget responsibly limited the growth rate of state spending, wisely padded the state's Rainy Day Fund, cut taxes further and continued one of the most aggressive trends of teacher pay increases in the nation.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 12:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Sixty-plus days past a July 1st deadline and North Carolina still has no state budget. One issue that many think is prolonging the current stalemate is what to do about teacher assistants (TAs). The best way to break the impasse is for the General Assembly to follow the state Senate's lead and...
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 8:13 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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By the middle of June, state Senate leaders have promised to pass a budget for the next two fiscal years, and they swear it will be a lot different from the one that got through the House just before Memorial Day - less spending, more saving, fewer deals for special interests, and (possibly) even mo
Published: Saturday, June 6th, 2015 @ 4:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Obamacare's original second enrollment period to #GetCovered has just about come to a close. (It was supposed to end on Sunday, but the administration announced this week that they will be opening a new special enrollment period during tax season.) The Obama Administration has been chirping...
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 7:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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