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UNC Health and ECU Leave State Employees and Taxpayers with a $1 Billion Bill and Threaten the Tax-Exempt Status of the Pension Plan
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 5:07 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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There’s nothing better than curling up with some great fiction and a glass of sweet tea. But who would have suspected that fiction is transcripts of the January 6th House committee hearings?
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 5:43 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The White House is still considering sending out gas rebate cards in an effort to help millions of Americans afford gas as they face high prices at the pump.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 @ 2:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that suspending gas taxes is “certainly worth considering” amid rising energy prices.
Published: Sunday, June 26th, 2022 @ 12:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Proposal would use $1.3 billion or 20% out of the anticipated $4.2 billion of this year’s state surplus.
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2022 @ 9:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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From establishing Constitution restoration training to having media sanctioned by a media accountability ombudsman, Republican primary candidates for North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District are stumping on a wide range of policy ideas ahead of the May 17 primary election.
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Biden on the Build Back Better Agenda
Published: Friday, November 5th, 2021 @ 4:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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New mileage tax, more control and surveillance of the people.
Published: Monday, August 9th, 2021 @ 9:25 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute offers Daily Caller readers a list of reasons to oppose the Biden administration’s infrastructure proposals.
Published: Saturday, June 12th, 2021 @ 4:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina should focus on user fees to help address long-term transportation needs.
Published: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 @ 11:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Department of Transportation overspent its budget by $742 million last year, a new state audit report shows.
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2020 @ 4:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At almost the same moment our state was boasting of a $900 million cash surplus, one important sector of state government was encountering serious shortfalls.
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 @ 12:45 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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At a recent North Carolina Department of Transportation committee meeting, my John Locke Foundation colleague Joe Coletti offered this blunt assessment to state policymakers: our system of road financing isn’t sustainable.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 3:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Imagine travelling from Raleigh to Charlotte in about 22 minutes; not by train, plane or car, but instead in a pod, transported through an almost friction-free tunnel. This concept is under experimentation right now, as nearly 1,000 learned last week at the NC Transportation Summit.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 11:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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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
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Before the advent of the automobile - and thus before the advent of car and gas taxes to fund surface transportation - North Carolina and other states had public roads
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 @ 2:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governments cannot realistically take enough money from citizens to pay for all the repairs and construction people say we need
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 1:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With all the furor and protests accompanying the launch of the Donald Trump administration, you might assume there's little room for bipartisan cooperation in Washington
Published: Thursday, February 2nd, 2017 @ 9:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Do you want to know why the Left has tried to make North Carolina politics into an "all House Bill 2, all the time" zone? Here are some reasons
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 9:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Relatively speaking, North Carolina has a low rate of property taxation. That's a basic fact of public finance - but its implications are varied, significant, and underappreciated
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2016 @ 11:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When you ask North Carolina voters to name the top election issue in state politics, the most common answer - unless we are in the midst of a recession - is education.
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Transportation planners on Monday told a House committee that the cumulative gap between anticipated revenues and projected spending through 2040 would be about $60 billion
Published: Friday, February 19th, 2016 @ 11:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Frustrated by how long it takes for a good idea, or even just a passable one, to gain traction and momentum in today's Washington, D.C.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 11:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just when I think the NC Chamber can't sink any lower, they DO.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 1:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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That noisy bunch of grassroots folks in Widen I-77 have been creating quite a fuss in recent months.
Published: Monday, August 24th, 2015 @ 12:51 am
By: Brant Clifton
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McCrory brushed that question off with something about a need for "special financing" that Tony Tata could come in and explain later.
Published: Monday, June 15th, 2015 @ 3:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Gasoline taxes would drop while vehicle use taxes and auto registration fees would rise under a broad House plan aimed at boosting the budget for highway maintenance, bridge repair, and port maintenance.
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2015 @ 5:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Apparently, General Maximus has unleashed hell upon the powers-that-be within the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2015 @ 8:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Now that Gov. Pat McCrory has released his budget proposal for the 2015-17 biennium, there are at least two fiscal issues dividing North Carolina Republicans this year.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 4:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory called on lawmakers to honor a promise to increase starting teacher salaries to $35,000 and included salary boosts for state troopers and corrections officers Thursday as he unveiled his $21.5 billion General Fund budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 9:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It seems the folks on Jones Street have kicked off one heck of an orgy - apparently in honor of the box office success of '50 Shades of Grey.'
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 2:03 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Can you remember those car ads that tried to lure us into purchasing the new model proclaiming, "this is not your father's Oldsmobile?" The brand disappeared, now little more than a memory.
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 12:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Leaders have been telling us for more than a decade. We want the rest of the story, specifically how are we going to pay for them.
Published: Tuesday, February 17th, 2015 @ 12:59 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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It's autumn, and like many citizens of North Carolina, my husband and I recently went to the mountains to view the splendor of the Appalachian leaf display. We purchased a bushel of North Carolina apples, ate at some of the local restaurants, and walked around the small towns in our state's...
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 7:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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