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worst since Jimmy Carter
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2024 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Steed
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The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), along with Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, just released their 2023 annual report of Rich States, Poor States.
Published: Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 @ 8:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Elon Musk rebuked the White House for announcing newly protected natural resources and touting efforts to fight climate change as the nation contends with a banking crisis.
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 12:28 am
By: Daily Wire
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President Joe Biden witnessed some of the lowest approval ratings of his administration despite moderating price levels and the Democratic Party avoiding severe midterm losses, according to a new poll from Reuters.
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 3:15 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Pennsylvania Democrats successfully flipped the commonwealth’s House of Representatives by a single seat and plan to advance a “center-left” agenda, marking another significant midterm election loss for the Republican Party.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 1:37 am
By: Daily Wire
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Until the last weeks of the election, polls consistently showed Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd and Democrat former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley in a dead heat for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat
Published: Thursday, December 1st, 2022 @ 11:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Investors watching the midterm election results from Wall Street were uneasy as many races still have not been called and control of Congress remains uncertain.
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 @ 2:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to release Consumer Price Index data Thursday morning that will indicate whether rate hikes from the Federal Reserve have had a meaningful impact on inflation.
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 @ 1:10 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As economic data indicate that the United States is heading for a recession, the White House published a blog post last week that appeared to dismiss the rule-of-thumb recession definition.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 10:41 am
By: Daily Wire
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A meager 30% of Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s economic performance — a level far lower than the worst reading under his recent predecessors, according to a new poll released Monday.
Published: Saturday, July 30th, 2022 @ 2:31 am
By: Daily Wire
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The stock market has experienced its worst first half of the year in more than 50 years.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The American Legislative Exchange Council just released its 2022 “Rich States, Poor States” report.
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2022 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell is drawing attention to North Carolina’s No. 2 ranking in a new assessment of states’ economic outlook. The Tar Heel State trails only Utah in the ranking from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2021 governors’ report was released by the free-market-focused American Legislative Exchange Council in late March, and many conservatives were surprised that Democratic N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper received a better-than-average rating on his performance.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 11:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a huge blow at the economies of many states, with North Carolina falling about the middle of the pack; better than most, but worse than others.
Published: Friday, February 18th, 2022 @ 12:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At the close of the Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule instituting a periodic review process with a sunset provision for all agency regulations that affect small businesses.
Published: Friday, December 17th, 2021 @ 11:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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WRAL reporter Tyler Dukes has examined job creation promises from North Carolina economic-development incentives programs and found them falling far, far short.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 4:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report out by Pew Research shows that 94 of 100 North Carolina counties saw their per capita incomes grow between 2016 and 2018 (adjusted for inflation).
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2019 @ 10:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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During 2018, North Carolina lost some 338,000 private-sector jobs, or 9.1 percent of the total. Did you happen to notice this economic catastrophe?
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 9:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the 2020 election season gathers momentum, North Carolina's tax reforms and demands for higher spending on any number of government programs will be front and center.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2019 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N&O this weekend published an editorial declaring that North Carolina’s corporate income tax cuts are “not working.”
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 @ 4:31 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Progressives and conservatives argue about economic policy all the time. At government’s current size and scope, would it better promote long-term growth to raise taxes and spend more or to lower taxes and spend less?
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 3:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Since 2005, North Carolina has provided over $404 million in subsidies (tax credits and grant payments) to film production companies.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 6:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With a headline unemployment rate of 4 percent and a healthy 2.8 percent jump in inflation-adjusted median household income last year, North Carolinians are better off economically than they have been in many years.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 @ 1:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a report outlining the limitations of traditional wage measures and how they understate compensation growth among American workers.
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 10:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Five years ago, Senate Republicans made a promise to dramatically raise teacher pay in North Carolina. We've kept that promise. Moreover, the numbers speak for themselves
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 9:35 am
By: Bill Cook
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When pollsters ask voters to list the issues they care about most, economic concerns usually rank high on the list - even when unemployment rates are relatively low
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2018 @ 5:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the City of Washington (Beaufort County) received a $30,000 grant from the State to help InterMarket Technology expand its business by acquiring a generator to insure against interruption of power
Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 @ 7:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina was seventh-best among states for its economic outlook, says the 2018 edition of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Rich States, Poor States
Published: Thursday, April 26th, 2018 @ 1:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What's the matter with kids today? What makes them such noisy, crazy, dirty, lazy loafers? You can talk and talk until your face is blue, but they still just do what they want to do
Published: Monday, April 2nd, 2018 @ 4:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After years of trying but failing to block the implementation of conservative policies in Raleigh, the state's progressive movement has a new rhetorical theme: North Carolina's recent economic performance has been lagging behind that of our neighbors
Published: Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 @ 9:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has become a national leader in implementing supply-side economics - but that doesn't mean what you think it means
Published: Monday, February 5th, 2018 @ 12:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Roy Cooper is an experienced and capable politician. So far, his approval ratings are fine
Published: Monday, January 29th, 2018 @ 10:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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