One of the top issues for any board of county commissioners is the manner in which these public servants handle the policy on the disposing of the solid waste (garbage and other unwanted matter) of its citizens.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 12:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Thanks to fiscally conservative policies of spending restraint and saving, state debt continues to trend downward as highlighted in the Debt Affordability Advisory Committee’s (the Committee) annual report submitted to the Governor and General Assembly last week.
Published: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Each month, Beaufort County's governing board convenes to do the People's business, and each month Commissioner Hood Richardson has a plethora of issues.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 4:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Each month, Beaufort County's governing board convenes to do the People's business, and each month Commissioner Hood Richardson has a plethora of issues.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 10:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Patrick Gleason of Americans for Tax Reform cites North Carolina in his latest Forbes column.
Published: Thursday, June 10th, 2021 @ 5:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Consensus revenue forecast shows revenues will exceed May 2020 projections by $4.1 billion
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 5:59 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
For almost a decade, North Carolina has benefited from the fiscal conservatism of our General Assembly.
Published: Friday, November 13th, 2020 @ 6:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
As Tears for Fears sang in the 1980s, everybody wants their taxes lower.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
North Carolina received a “C” for poor fiscal management from the national nonprofit Truth in Accounting.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 12:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
North Carolina’s state government began its 2020-21 fiscal year with $1.5 billion in cash left over from last year plus another $1.8 billion in rainy-day funds and other earmarked reserves.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 3:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
This notice extends the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program application submission deadline from May 29, 2020 to June 17, 2020.
Published: Saturday, May 16th, 2020 @ 1:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Today, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf announced the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Notices of Funding Opportunity for eight DHS preparedness grant programs totaling nearly $1.8 billion.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2020 @ 6:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
All sequestrations shall be made in strict accordance with the requirements of section 251A of the Act and the specifications of the Office of Management and Budget’s report of February 10, 2020
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2020 @ 12:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
The government funding bills I just signed into law contain big victories for my Administration and the American people.
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2019 @ 2:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword and the other is by debt."
Published: Wednesday, August 7th, 2019 @ 4:36 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
The General Assembly’s nonpartisan Fiscal Research Division said the state collected nearly $900 million more than anticipated for the fiscal year which ended June 30.
Published: Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 @ 9:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
A $470-million surge in April tax collections could push the state budget surplus to more than $700 million.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 9:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
Text of a Letter From the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Regarding Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Amendments
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 11:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Tomorrow, Gov. Cooper is set to release his budget proposal for the next two fiscal years. At a news conference today, Cooper previewed his budget by revealing the highlights of the education section.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 7:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
The Beaufort County Commissioners must deliver a budget for Fiscal Year 2019 /2020 for the county government in their charge to govern.
Published: Friday, February 15th, 2019 @ 7:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
I am a fiscal conservative. I recognize that government at all levels has important tasks to do, tasks that make us all better off if done at a reasonable cost.
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 2:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
A few years back I attended a presentation by David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States. At the time Walker was becoming quite well known for making a frightening and compelling case as to why the United States needed to get its financial house in order
Published: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 @ 5:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
Want yet more one signal that American politics has changed markedly in the past decade? Look no further than the annual report card issued by the Cato Institute to grade the fiscal performance of the nation's state governors
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 7:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
State budget writers have more challenges than normal as they prepare for the next biennium. First, there are economic headwinds from tariff and trade wars and a broader concern about when the next recession will arrive
Published: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 @ 12:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
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
|
We've been down this road before, but something gives me pause to consider, it will different this time.
Published: Monday, December 3rd, 2018 @ 12:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported on a development students of American governance have known about for years, but politicians have studiously avoided doing anything about: the United States' debt will cost us more in the near future than our own national defense
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 5:22 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
Voters tend to credit the governor for a state's strong economy and fiscal health
Published: Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 @ 9:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
The Cato Institute gave Gov. Roy Cooper an F on its Fiscal Policy Report Card
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2018 @ 3:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
As the North Carolina General Assembly gathered for its Oct. 2 special session on Hurricane Florence relief, the state’s rainy-day fund stood at $2.01 billion
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 5:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
While reminding us that the leader of the free world maintains some semblance of life outside the arena, these presidential pets rarely served overtly political purposes
Published: Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 @ 9:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Back in October, General Fund revenues were $50.4 million behind projections, not much when the state expects to collect $23.1 billion for the year. Despite the relatively small difference, the usual advocates for higher taxes were out wringing their hands about the shortfall
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 3:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
The public is in a surly mood. According to a January poll by Gallup, only 38 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with how well “the U.S. system of government works.”
Published: Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 @ 1:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
North Carolina has collected less state revenue so far than projected for the 2017-18 fiscal year, to the tune of about $134 million
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 7:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|