State Still Collected $3 Billion in Surplus Revenue
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 10:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
The North Carolina Senate released its biennium budget proposal this week as scheduled, with the expectation of meeting with the state House to establish a conference budget before the current fiscal year ends on June 30
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Members Discuss Wilmington and Elizabeth City Matters
Published: Saturday, May 27th, 2023 @ 6:57 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
|
Local Government Commission Approves Projects During a Meeting at UNC Wilmington Campus
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2023 @ 6:47 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
|
The Office of State Budget and Management and the General Assembly’s Fiscal Research Division released their joint forecast for North Carolina’s revenue today. This is a standard procedure that occurs in the early days of the budgeting process to inform lawmakers of the state of the economy.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Updated Forecast Reflects Historic Opportunity to Continue Making Progress for all North Carolinians
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 8:45 am
By: Governor's Office
|
North Carolina has one of the best rainy-day funds in the country, according to a Pewstrust.org article.
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2022 @ 11:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
With state revenue for the current fiscal year now projected to be $4.2 billion higher than originally predicted, state budget writers are sitting on a sizeable stack of funds.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Yesterday the Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly and the Office of State Budget and Management released a revised revenue forecast for the Fiscal Year 2021-2023 biennium.
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2022 @ 12:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
NCACC Weekly Update — April 9
Published: Monday, April 12th, 2021 @ 10:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
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
|
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 recession in March, North Carolina policymakers have been watching government revenues and expenditures carefully.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 6:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
As Tears for Fears sang in the 1980s, everybody wants their taxes lower.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
The progressive left in North Carolina has for years attempted to paint a narrative that the conservative tax reforms over the last several years have starved state government of funding, and have left budgets “cut to the bone.”
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2020 @ 8:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
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
|
State agencies continued to hold back spending in May. General Fund appropriations for the month of May were down 3% compared to May 2019 to $2.289 billion, according to the latest report from the State Controller.
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2020 @ 12:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
The good news: North Carolina state government is better financially prepared for the coming economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic than previous economic crises.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2020 @ 8:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
|
Imagine if you could buy a home with no debt. Wouldn’t you do that? State government has the option to do something similar with the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund, but Gov. Roy Cooper prefers debt.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2019 @ 1:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
With each step of the budget process, the lines become clearer in the battle over the future of North Carolina for state employees, taxpayers, and citizens.
Published: Monday, April 22nd, 2019 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Of that money, $1.5 billion would go to public schools. Community colleges would get $200 million, and the state's universities would receive the remaining $200 million.
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 1:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
A Senate plan to pump $2.03 billion of tax revenue into K-12 public school construction would both outspend a competing House plan and do so with cash rather than debt, Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown, R-Onslow, said Wednesday.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2019 @ 12:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
And in the North Carolina General Assembly, lawmakers start the legislative session by introducing new tax and spending proposals.
Published: Thursday, February 14th, 2019 @ 2:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
While most state government watchers were focused on a last-minute legislation at the General Assembly, some good news came out of the Office of the State Controller
Published: Sunday, July 1st, 2018 @ 2:57 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
Despite repeated stern warnings from state Treasurer Dale Folwell, legislation adding $3 billion in state debt for unspecified transportation projects flew through House and Senate committees with bipartisan support
Published: Friday, June 15th, 2018 @ 10:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Over the past two weeks, government budget agencies have delivered two key reports to North Carolina taxpayers. One should infuriate them. The other should please them
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2018 @ 12:00 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
|
Each February, the State Treasurer’s Debt Affordability Advisory Committee preempts the hopefulness of Groundhog Day with the publication of the annual Debt Affordability Study, the committee’s reminder that state government resources are limited
Published: Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 @ 4:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
North Carolina state government's reserves are in the best condition they've seen this century
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2018 @ 3:29 am
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
|
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
|
You may have read in the past few days that the North Carolina Senate has approved its version of a state budget to go into effect on July 1
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2017 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
While North Carolina legislators and Gov. Roy Cooper haven't yet received the report on state income taxes paid or refunded by the April deadline, they shouldn't count on a positive "April surprise" to make fiscal decisions for them
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2017 @ 3:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Lost beneath headlines highlighting the rancorous repeal of House Bill 2, N.C. lawmakers took another vote on the same day that could produce major long-term positive benefits for state government finances
Published: Thursday, April 6th, 2017 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|