Senate Approves Final Budget that Invests Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Public Education, Provides Major Tax Relief
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 3:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State employees rallied today for the annual North Carolina State Employees Combined Campaign (SECC) at a motivational volunteer training session at the State Employees' Credit Union headquarters office.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2015 @ 3:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina state government would boost its savings reserves and set aside more money for infrastructure, while still increasing starting teachers' pay, providing additional tax relief for families, and limiting government spending growth.
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2015 @ 9:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that an average decrease in workers' compensation insurance premium rates paid by North Carolina businesses will take effect in April 2015. The North Carolina Rate Bureau's request for a rate reduction was approved in late November 2014.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:33 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Civitas' annual poll of unaffiliated North Carolina voters provides insights into the views of this key voting bloc as the state heads into the election season.
Published: Friday, September 12th, 2014 @ 11:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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State government in NC is "cut to the bone" say progressive liberals.
Published: Monday, September 1st, 2014 @ 1:25 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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With $2 billion in cost overruns the past four years, Medicaid continues to be North Carolina’s most volatile political conundrum, and now unanswered questions about its spending and growth threaten to delay passage of 2014-15 state budget adjustments before next Monday’s deadline.
Published: Saturday, June 28th, 2014 @ 11:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Employees Association of North Carolina could receive significant monetary awards if it prevailed in a whistleblower complaint against those investing the state pension fund's money.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 3:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Budget Plan Includes Largest Teacher Pay Raise in State History North Carolina's state Senate last night released its proposed changes to the second year of the 2013-15 biennial budget.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 9:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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According to WRAL, Attorney General Roy Cooper is pressing Gov. Pat McCrory to roll back "special service charges" imposed on certain requests for public records.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The General Fund cost of operating the State Health Plan is expected to rise about $90 million from fiscal years 2013-14 to 2015-16, but that is a slower growth trend than in past years, and Obamacare will have little effect on it, officials say.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2013 @ 11:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory signed a major consumer protection bill into law today. House Bill 834 requires hospitals to provide public pricing information on 140 medical procedures and services. The new law also prevents hospitals, in certain situations, from putting
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 2:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Nearly a month into the 2013-14 fiscal year, Gov. Pat McCrory is set to sign the state budget into law today.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2013 @ 9:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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This is the final week 70,000 jobless workers in North Carolina will receive a federal emergency unemployment compensation check. But Dale Folwell, the state official in charge of jobless benefits, says reports claiming that as many as 170,000 unemployed state residents might lose federal...
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 @ 10:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rob "Mr. Politics" Christensen says North Carolina politics has gone from "polarized to paranoid."
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 9:06 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Recent stepped-up voter registration efforts at state mental hospitals and facilities for the developmentally disabled resulted in the registration of Wendell Justin Williamson, who in 1995 killed two people in Chapel Hill and was judged not guilty by reason of insanity.
Published: Sunday, November 4th, 2012 @ 3:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Privatization is an umbrella term to describe techniques that increase competition in the public sector. Private sector entrepreneurs must constantly look for ways to cut costs and improve efficiency to maintain a competitive advantage.
Published: Monday, October 29th, 2012 @ 10:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Imagine you get a new job with good pay and excellent benefits. In fact, the health insurance coverage is the most generous you've seen. You pay nothing for coverage while you are working, and after a set number of years, you can get free coverage in your retirement years as well.
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 @ 5:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Headlines across the nation have been sounding the alarm about state government pensions. Even very conservative estimates place the total amount of unfunded state pension liabilities to be approaching a trillion dollars nationally.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 4:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina is $37.6 billion short of the money it needs to pay its long-term bills, according to a June 25 report by the Institute for Truth in Accounting.
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2012 @ 8:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nearly two years ago, Gov. Bev Perdue started discussing a subject that in recent years had become taboo in Raleigh: downsizing state boards and commissions.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 6:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Is your family budget being pinched by the rising cost of living? Gas, food and utilities taking a bigger bite out of your wallet?
Published: Saturday, May 19th, 2012 @ 6:57 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The 2012 election season is officially under way. The filing period closed Feb. 29 with record numbers of concerned citizens throwing their hats in various rings, hoping to represent our interests in different levels of state government.
Published: Sunday, April 1st, 2012 @ 11:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some of the proposed budget cuts include a temporary halt on salary increases for state employees, including teachers; and a $253 million reduction in funds to the University of North Carolina system.
Published: Friday, February 18th, 2011 @ 12:56 pm
By: BCN
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