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Two of state government's most influential fiscal administrators overseeing budget and revenue operations are leaving their posts, and Thursday Gov. Pat McCrory called a news conference at the Executive Mansion to announce their successors.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 4:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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They're dancing in the streets in Carrboro. The Great Satan — Art Pope — is stepping away from his state government role. There is a new feeling of hope and optimism around the drum circles these days.
Published: Sunday, August 10th, 2014 @ 5:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Following the news of the death of Joyce Pope, State Budget Director Art Pope's mother, Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement...
Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 @ 9:55 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Gov. Pat McCrory's budget calls for teachers and state employees to get raises, the environmental police to add 19 positions to monitor coal ash, and budget authors to keep the state's spending plan structurally sound.
Published: Saturday, May 17th, 2014 @ 8:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory hosted staff members from the North Carolina Congressional Delegation at the Governor’s Mansion today for an open and bipartisan dialogue on how to work together better and more often for the betterment of the state.
Published: Friday, May 16th, 2014 @ 12:05 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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North Carolina's historic 2013 tax reform is once again under attack, and once again the critics are using misleading claims and false narratives to deceive the public.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Finally! After a long, brutal winter, North Carolina is seeing a sure sign of spring - the annual tussle over the UNC system budget.
Published: Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 @ 6:42 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory discussed new and ongoing initiatives to power the economy, improve education and increase state government efficiency in 2014 during a news conference Monday at the Executive Residence with his cabinet.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 4:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When state officials realized they had a clogged and inefficient criminal justice data system following the 2008 murder of former UNC-Chapel Hill Student Body President Eve Carson, they turned to the state controller's office for a solution to the problem.
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 9:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory approved releasing $750,000 from state funds today for the seven regional food banks that are part of the North Carolina Association of Feeding America's Food Banks. This early allocation of funds will help food banks stock up in the coming weeks.
Published: Friday, October 18th, 2013 @ 12:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory signed comprehensive tax reform into law today.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 5:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has requested the Office of State Budget and Management suspend dispersement of state grant money to the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center immediately.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 6:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Pat McCrory sounded an optimistic note while discussing tax reform during a Monday press conference marking his first six months in office. McCrory, a Republican, discussed a number of issues during the session with reporters.
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 @ 1:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The NCGOP has the governor AND the lieutenant governor. Yet, the legislature won't have a budget agreement in place by July 1 - the start of the fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2013 @ 3:27 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Both Governor McCrory and our General Assembly reached milestones this week and, as we pundits are prone to do, they warrant marking and remarking about.
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 3:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Gov. Pat McCrory unveiled his first budget Wednesday that would spend $20.6 billion in the next fiscal year, an increase of about 2.2 percent over the current fiscal year's General Fund budget. The total state budget, including...
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 12:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory took a stand against previous state government budget practices as the Medicaid liability continues to impact the entire budget.
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2013 @ 5:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's becoming increasingly clear that the state House leadership and the governor's office are working in tandem.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 11:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Gov. Pat McCrory's budget director distanced the Republican chief executive from a proposal to eliminate income taxes in North Carolina and expressed his own "great concerns" with the concept being floated by leading GOP lawmakers.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2013 @ 3:22 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Today, the Office of the Governor released the following pool report of Governor Pat McCrory's swearing-in ceremony, prepared by The Associated Press.
Published: Saturday, January 5th, 2013 @ 11:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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