Unemployment fell in March as the number of new jobs aligned with expectations, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.
Published: Saturday, May 6th, 2023 @ 4:45 am
By: Daily Wire
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The new proposed tax cut schedule would lower the personal income tax rate to 2.49% after 2026.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Small businesses impacted by the current economic tumult are filing for bankruptcy at levels last witnessed at the outset of the lockdown-induced recession, even as President Joe Biden touts an uptick in new business ventures.
Published: Thursday, April 20th, 2023 @ 2:27 am
By: Daily Wire
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced on Monday that lawmakers would soon vote to raise the debt ceiling for one year and seek to slow spending increases for federal agencies.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. House's proposed budget would raise the mandatory retirement age from 72 to 76 for members of the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 12:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper toured the Irene Wortham Early Learning Center in Asheville to highlight recommended budget investments to support children, families and businesses.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 5:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The NC Senate signaled their intentions Wednesday to aggressively lower the state’s personal income tax rate.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 2:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee addressed the state on Tuesday evening after six individuals were killed in the massacre at The Covenant School in Nashville.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 3:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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House Republicans sent letters to protect faith-based entities from discrimination in the federal budget due to their views on traditional marriage.
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2023 @ 2:07 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Last Wednesday, North Carolina House leadership released a biennial budget proposal that over the next two years would, among other things, increase spending on public schools, raise average teacher pay by more than 10%, and expand school choice.
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2023 @ 7:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper toured Lollipop Child Development Center in Charlotte to highlight recommended budget investments that will support children, families and businesses.
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2023 @ 1:47 am
By: Governor's Office
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Higher spending and lower revenue intake produced a $1.1 trillion budget deficit in the first six months of fiscal year 2023, according to a report released Monday by the Congressional Budget Office.
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 @ 8:02 am
By: Daily Wire
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Did politicians learn their lesson from the Great Recession? It’s a question I pose in my latest piece at RealClearPolicy.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 10:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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My latest piece at the American Institute for Economic Research discusses the particularly harmful impact progressive income taxes have on productivity and the poor.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 8:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled what he called his “First in Opportunity” budget at a press conference Wednesday, proposing to spend $32.95 billion in the first year of the biennium and $34.23 billion in the second year.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 7:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The White House responded to a budget cut proposal from the House Freedom Caucus with a series of criticisms that the group’s senior lawmaker calls “preposterous.”
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 4:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Some Republican-led states, including Tennessee, are joining Democrats in actively resisting school choice policies after dozens of red states have already begun implementing such changes.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 9:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled his plan Wednesday that will put $1 billion into addressing North Carolina’s mental health and substance use crisis.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 12:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted in a Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve might not guarantee large deposits at small community banks like they did for a failed California bank.
Published: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 @ 11:32 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told members of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday morning that the American financial system “remains sound” despite two recent bank failures.
Published: Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 @ 1:43 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper gave his fourth and final State of the State address Monday night to what appeared to be, at times, a divided room between Democrats and Republicans.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 6:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The showdown over the future of the federal budget is taking shape as President Joe Biden releases his fiscal year 2024 spending proposal and House Republicans prepare to leverage their new majority to block the plan.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 5:51 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The budget proposal submitted by the White House on Thursday would add roughly $43 billion in funding to the Internal Revenue Service, also known as the IRS, months after the tax enforcement agency received $80 billion through the Inflation Reduction Act.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 9:53 am
By: Daily Wire
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Republican lawmakers denounced the fiscal year 2024 budget proposal released by President Joe Biden on Thursday.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 9:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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President Joe Biden unveiled record spending and several new tax increases on Thursday in his budget proposal for fiscal year 2024.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 5:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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The White House intends to cut the federal budget deficit by a total of $3 trillion over the next decade, a reduction that falls short of the $20 trillion in cuts required to balance the budget.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 12:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Some individuals can expect a Medicare tax increase under the new budget proposal scheduled to be unveiled this week by the Biden administration.
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 @ 7:13 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is advocating for breaking up the federal government’s heavy presence in Washington, D.C., by moving agencies across the country.
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2023 @ 8:55 pm
By: Daily Wire
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White House officials took an adversarial posture toward House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) ahead of his Wednesday meeting with President Joe Biden about the debt ceiling and possible spending cuts.
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2023 @ 11:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) and other House Democrats strongly objected to the renaming of a subcommittee because the new name contained the term “welfare.”
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2023 @ 9:31 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announced that the state of Florida would scrap diversity, equity, and inclusion funding from public universities and increase scrutiny toward underperforming professors.
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2023 @ 2:10 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Presidents of the Florida College System issued a statement vowing to nix diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, also known as DEI, and prioritize academic freedom after Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) launched an overhaul of the state’s universities.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 2:16 pm
By: Daily Wire
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