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North Carolina’s General Assembly recap
Published: Saturday, July 12th, 2025 @ 9:23 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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A new scholarship will help more North Carolina families attend university and offer them debt-free community college.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 2:50 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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The North Carolina House released its biennium budget proposal this week as scheduled, and the North Carolina Senate is scheduled to release its version next before the two chambers meet to establish a conference budget
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A recent study is demonstrating the way young people view different states as potential places to live, especially when they are doing well financially.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 @ 8:13 am
By: Daily Wire
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“Transformative and generous.”
Published: Thursday, February 10th, 2022 @ 11:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the President released his 2020 federal income tax return, continuing an almost uninterrupted tradition.
Published: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 @ 11:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 12-minute session "morphed into unconvincing theater..."
Published: Saturday, December 26th, 2020 @ 8:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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Manchin says $500-$1,200 checks could be part of compromise
Published: Thursday, December 17th, 2020 @ 2:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Lawmakers scramble to strike a deal before leaving Dec. 18
Published: Sunday, December 13th, 2020 @ 8:09 pm
By: Daily Wire
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hese figures are a strong indication of how North Carolina’s robust economy has attracted workers seeking opportunity.
Published: Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 @ 1:04 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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President Trump on Monday said the next stimulus package will be “very generous” and will be announced in “a couple of weeks.”
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2020 @ 10:26 am
By: Daily Wire
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President Trump said Sunday night that he is considering a second round of direct payments to Americans to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 9:21 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says Americans who qualify for federal assistance under the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill passed by Congress can expect to see $1,200 checks deposited into their bank accounts “within three weeks.”
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 5:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) reintroduced the Newborn Care Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation that would double the number of days veterans receive care for their newborns from 7 to 14.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 7:46 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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There is a significant demographic change occurring in North Carolina that virtually no one is talking about
Published: Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 @ 11:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Tax policy is as much about regulation as it is the efficiency and simplicity of raising revenues to pay for government activity
Published: Saturday, January 20th, 2018 @ 4:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a stark contrast: A person earning $1 million a year gets a tax break of $8,226
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 4:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced The Newborn Care Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation that would double the number of days veterans receive care for their newborns from seven to 14
Published: Friday, April 28th, 2017 @ 4:12 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The Savings for Servicemembers Act would align treatment of the National Guard and Reservists with federal workers who have a 50 mile minimum for travel compensation, and help reduce the cost of service to those in the Guard and Reserves
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 @ 5:45 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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It was a bad idea for the federal government ever to get into the business of financing college with its various grants and loans, but at least in the old days, most of the money loaned was eventually repaid
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2016 @ 2:10 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Before North Carolina considers Medicaid expansion, it should ensure its existing rolls are not bloated with ineligible recipients, and create a verification system to prevent adding even more unqualified beneficiaries, a national health policy analyst warns.
Published: Monday, February 16th, 2015 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the new General Assembly gets under way, there are lots of issues to be considered. Repaying the unemployment insurance debt owed to the federal government...
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 7:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As you may know, the John Locke Foundation has just published a new book - First in Freedom: Transforming Ideas into Consequences for North Carolina - that proposes a new tax system for our state.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 5:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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You would think we would have learned by now - but, alas, it doesn't seem so. Specifically, we have not learned to listen carefully to the Anointed One when he speaks and to carefully parse every word that he utters.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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The ninth Commandment says something like "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor".
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2012 @ 6:40 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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President Gerald Ford once quipped in the middle of a presidential debate, "It was my understanding that there would be no math."
Published: Thursday, October 18th, 2012 @ 5:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The US republic is unique. Government can pass no law or take no action unless the authority for such law or action is specifically granted in the Constitution.
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2012 @ 12:51 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The official name of the sweeping healthcare reform bill is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148). It passed the House of Congress narrowly, by a vote of 220 - 215.
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2012 @ 7:58 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Well, Mitt Romney has finally released his 2011 tax return, all 379 pages of it. Yes, 379 pages!! And now we are going to start hearing about all the "bad" things he did and "good" things he didn't do in his return.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 4:10 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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We are being told that some very large percentage (well over half) of the American population is partaking of (and presumably enjoying) the largess of government entitlement spending.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 4:06 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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The big debate about whether Obamacare imposes a "penalty" or a "tax" for not buying health insurance shouldn't blind us to a much more expensive problem: the half-a-trillion dollars Americans will be paying with 19 new or higher taxes in the health care takeover.
Published: Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 @ 2:33 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Reps. have managed to allow themselves to be out foxed at every turn when it comes to taxes.
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2012 @ 11:23 am
By: Jim Bispo
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