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Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. issued the following statement in response to the passage of Interior and Environment Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024:
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 1:51 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced its endorsement Wednesday afternoon of North Carolina’s Ted Budd for U.S. Senate.
Published: Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 @ 10:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Inflation hit another 40+ year high last month as the consumer price index jumped up 9.1% over the calendar year. The CPI is a broad measure of goods and prices related to the cost of living in the U.S. The June numbers are a 1.3% increase from May’s inflation numbers.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 7:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As a County Commissioner I will do everything I can to keep taxes low, and the government out of your business.
Published: Monday, February 3rd, 2020 @ 9:41 am
By: Tandy Oliver Dunn
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As a County Commissioner I will do everything I can to keep taxes low, and the government out of your business.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 1:51 pm
By: Tandy Oliver Dunn
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Today Joe Anne Jones, wife of former Congressman Walter Jones, joined Dr. Joan Perry, Republican candidate for Congress, at a press conference to discuss the Special Election to fill her husband's seat in Congress.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 3:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At the WDN /WBCCC Candidate's Forum, of October 15, 2018, its format limited participating candidates the time to fully conceptualize and deliver full explanations to the many significant issues that we face; however, that still did not hinder me.
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2018 @ 9:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If your taxable income is greater than $60,000, then you are at least a bit better off than the average North Carolinian. But does that make you wealthy?
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2018 @ 9:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Revenue Secretary Ronald Penny warns that some small municipalities in rural counties shedding residents and tax base might not survive
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 @ 9:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Our moral duty to the taxpayer requires us to make our government leaner and more accountable.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 12:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tourism is a major revenue generator in North Carolina, creating more than 200,000 jobs and contributing almost $23 billion to our economy
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 @ 5:13 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Members of our United States military are afforded very little input when it comes to decisions that significantly impact their lives and the lives of their family members
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 2:50 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina Republicans have gotten right what Republicans elsewhere have gotten very wrong: how to construct sensible tax cuts and honest, conservative budgets
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2017 @ 6:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, colleges and universities are rife with initiatives that have little to do with enhancing student learning. Extravagant recreation facilities and luxurious dormitories seem to grab headlines on a regular basis
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:46 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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As the nation's sub-par economic recovery continues, tax revenues to state coffers are not rising as rapidly as in past periods of robust economic growth. Some left-leaning groups in North Carolina have attempted to seize upon this as an opportunity to criticize the state's 2013 tax cuts as a...
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:13 am
By: McCrory Communications
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All kinds of deals are made during the legislative session. Whether a distillery can sell unlimited amounts or only one bottle to people taking tours; whether vehicle registration fees should increase 50 percent or 30 percent or at all; whether solar subsidies should be cut off now or extended...
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2015 @ 2:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government is far, far bigger than it used to be. Liberals generally cheer this development. Conservatives regret it. To understand the disagreement about this change, one must first understand the magnitude of the change.
Published: Saturday, November 8th, 2014 @ 10:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although it may not seem obvious at first, there is a common denominator between two separate dramas playing out in Washington and Raleigh right now. Nationally, the top story in domestic policy is the impending implementation of the Affordable Care Act a.k.a. Obamacare.
Published: Thursday, September 26th, 2013 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Federal programs to fight the Great Depression brought almost $440 million by 1938 to North Carolina. Conservative Democrats who had fought the reforms in the state, nonetheless, eagerly accepted the largesse from Washington, D.C.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 @ 10:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two committees headed by UNC officials have signed off on a strategic plan that is better than past plans.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 1:37 am
By: Jenna Ashley Robinson
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The Pentagon budget is a popular target of leftists when the whole concept of cutting spending gets raised. Stories from the 80s about alleged $2000 toilet seats are recycled.
Published: Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 @ 2:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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