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Gov. Roy Cooper has proposed borrowing $350.7 million for state government structures and buildings in the University of North Carolina system
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper and Democratic legislative leaders Tuesday announced a three-part compromise proposal to repeal North Carolina’s House Bill 2, but Republican leaders say the plan fails to address privacy concerns
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2017 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One key consequence of the 2016 elections in North Carolina was that the state's court system drew a great deal of attention
Published: Wednesday, December 28th, 2016 @ 2:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A move to rein in the appointment powers of Democratic Gov.-elect Roy Cooper moved swiftly through the GOP-controlled House on Thursday with almost no debate in committee before it reached the full House for approval.
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2016 @ 7:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state House on Tuesday unanimously approved a $200.9 million disaster relief package for North Carolinians whose lives were uprooted this fall by Hurricane Matthew in the eastern part of the state and wildfires in the west
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2016 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A tight race for a high-profile elected position, such as governor, can amplify even small election problems. Such has been the case in North Carolina, which saw Democratic challenger Roy Cooper declare victory following a thin, 5,000-vote lead election night
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 12:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an emergency meeting Sunday afternoon, the State Board of Elections voted to meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. to establish legal guidelines for counties to resolve complaints about ballot challenges in the Nov. 8 election
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 3:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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By collecting $21.3 billion in General Fund revenues during the 2015-16 fiscal year, the corporate income tax rate will drop to 3 percent in January
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 4:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned major chunks of North Carolina's broad election reform law passed in 2013, claiming that U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder committed factual errors when he threw out challenges to the law
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 @ 5:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the Wake County Board of Elections voted along party lines to appeal a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling throwing out local school board and county commissioner districts, state legislative leaders are fighting to get back in as defendants in the case
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Managed-lane opponents in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties aren't giving up after hearing the news that the Senate will allow the General Assembly to adjourn without taking up House Bill 954, a measure canceling the Interstate 77 high-occupancy or toll lanes project
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 2:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina features "undoubtedly the premier governor's race of the country" for 2016, and if the election were held today GOP Gov. Pat McCrory would be re-elected despite shaky approval ratings, said Tom Jensen, director of the Raleigh-based firm Public Policy Polling.
Published: Sunday, October 18th, 2015 @ 6:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unable to reach an agreement on a state General Fund budget, legislative leaders plan to extend their temporary budget continuing resolution until September 18...
Published: Friday, August 28th, 2015 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The news that state revenue collections are coming in at $400 million above projections could signal a cut in the corporate tax rate for next year.
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2015 @ 4:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's particularly disgusting to see our state's drive-by media try to compare the UNC Board of Governors' decision to shut down a scam on the Chapel Hill campus to McCarthyism or the state's one-time speaker ban.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 12:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The election of 2014 will have widespread impacts. It will determine who will control the legislative branch, directly affect policy decisions (whether to repeal, replace, or renew earlier reforms), and set the stage of the 2016 election and beyond.
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 @ 1:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."
Published: Monday, October 27th, 2014 @ 1:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Freshman state Rep. Dana Bumgardner of Gastonia and longtime Gaston County Commissioner Michael Allen "Mickey" Price of Belmont have similar platforms on education, tax reform, Medicaid, teacher tenure, and merit pay for teachers.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 4:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's tax reform package, cutting the personal income tax rate, is the most significant plan likely to be approved in 2013, an analyst with...
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 9:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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GOP Gov. Pat McCrory called a tax reform compromise reached with legislative leaders "another historic step to ensure what I refer to often as a Carolina comeback." House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, said it was proof that that reports of the death of cooperation between the House and the...
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 @ 2:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A top legislative architect of the General Assembly's tax reform efforts said Wednesday that both House and Senate leaders are at the negotiating...
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2013 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A spokesman for House Speaker Thom Tillis said Wednesday that Republican caucus members have come to an agreement on tax reform and will move forward...
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 @ 8:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians should expect the General Assembly to pass a strict voter ID bill in 2013, and it will be one that will pass federal and judicial scrutiny, a chairman of the House Elections Committee said.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2013 @ 8:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There was no disguising harsh sentiments between candidates for state superintendent of public instruction at a public forum in Raleigh Monday night when incumbent Democrat June Atkinson and Republican challenger John Tedesco clashed over a 90-minute span.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 @ 11:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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