North Carolina’s largest school district continues to feel the impact of pandemic-related reductions in its student population, and those impacts will be felt for at around a decade, according to a report presented to the Wake County Board of Education on Wednesday, Feb. 9.
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 10:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Ashworth’s Clothing in Fuquay-Varina opened in 1937. It survived through some trying times, such as World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Great Recession.
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 11:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We’ve heard about supply chain issues for months now and inflation even longer than that. But in the background, quietly driving up costs around the world, is deglobalization.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 11:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to block an automatic tax increase on employers. Senate Bill 311 would maintain the state’s current tax for funding unemployment insurance.
Published: Sunday, November 28th, 2021 @ 8:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the nation’s leading financial watchdogs says North Carolina has fared better than most states in terms of balancing its budget, but the picture isn’t all rosy as the state has an average debt burden of $1,400 per taxpayer.
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @ 8:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. prison system, comprising 55 facilities and employing roughly 16,000 staff, is one of the largest agencies in the state. That might surprise some, as prisons, from the real estate they occupy, to the critical role they play in governance, are not foremost in our minds when it comes to polic
Published: Monday, November 1st, 2021 @ 5:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Conservative legislative leadership has held state spending growth in check over the last decade.
Published: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 @ 9:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Christian Datoc writes for the Washington Examiner about the Biden administration’s approach to inflation.
Published: Wednesday, October 27th, 2021 @ 2:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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American parents foresee higher back-to-school expenses due to rising inflation.
Published: Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 @ 6:07 am
By: Daily Wire
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“[Expanding Medicaid would] provide health care to tens of thousands of hard-working North Carolinians and save state taxpayers’ millions in the process.”
Published: Thursday, July 1st, 2021 @ 7:18 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of U.S. economic inflation, continued climbing quickly in May, surpassing economists’ expectations for another month.
Published: Thursday, June 24th, 2021 @ 1:01 pm
By: Daily Wire
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ECU experts explain the sharp rise in lumber prices
Published: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 @ 11:54 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Usually when we see rising wages, the economy is growing.
Published: Thursday, April 22nd, 2021 @ 10:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When a person takes out a mortgage to buy a home, there are significant “truth-in-lending” laws requiring the loan contract disclose — among other things — the interest payments that will be required.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 10:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remarks by President Biden on the Implementation of the American Rescue Plan
Published: Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 @ 6:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This morning’s jobs report shows an acceleration in job growth in February and an upward revision to January’s job growth.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 3:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Council of Economic Advisers Member Jared Bernstein
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Biden on the State of the Economy and the Need for the American Rescue Plan
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 @ 9:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The economy added 49,000 jobs in January after losing 227,000 jobs in December.
Published: Saturday, February 6th, 2021 @ 4:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Zaid Jilani writes at National Review Online about real-life consequences of defunding local police.
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2021 @ 12:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that Democrats control the White House and both chambers of Congress (however narrowly), they will probably approve a new round of federal borrowing to bail out state and local governments with shaky finances.
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 @ 7:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As he stood on his porch, watching the flames consume his studio, Brant Barnes wasn’t thinking about the fire.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2021 @ 3:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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John Romano offers Federalist readers a small business owner’s perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Thursday, December 24th, 2020 @ 3:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A decade of fiscal responsibility and sustainable government could be squandered unless North Carolina taxpayers build some financial guardrails in the state constitution.
Published: Sunday, December 6th, 2020 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Nihal Krishan of the Washington Examiner highlights the track record of an economist who influences Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2020 @ 9:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon reports a dramatic drop in the number of American police officers.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2020 @ 2:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Matt Weidinger writes for Real Clear Policy about good news on the jobs front.
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 @ 3:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The left-wing group Progress NC describes itself as “a 501(c)3 non-partisan non-profit organization dedicated to informing voters of key public policy issues through traditional news media, online engagement, and hands-on communications trainings.”
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2020 @ 11:10 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper proposed a $25 billion budget, Wednesday, Aug. 26, to expand Medicaid, increase unemployment benefits, give teachers higher bonuses, and cut funding to Opportunity Scholarships.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2020 @ 2:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Is 2020 not bad enough yet?
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 @ 6:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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An executive order giving people a break on utility payments threw local governments across North Carolina into financial havoc.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2020 @ 5:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Community Colleges clashed over spending more than $100,000 on police training as community colleges brace for what could be an unprecedented spike in enrollment.
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 @ 7:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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