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Cooper and Stein regimes as bad as Newsome's California
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2026 @ 2:22 pm
By: John Steed
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unqualified illegal alien drivers who can't speak or read English are causing crashes
Published: Wednesday, December 31st, 2025 @ 12:09 pm
By: John Steed
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in spite of fatal crashes, illegal alien drivers are still on the roads
Published: Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 @ 9:01 am
By: John Steed
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Withhold funds from states and tribes that legalize marijuana for recreational use
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2024 @ 9:06 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Republican budget writers released their conference budget adjustments for the new fiscal year on Tuesday, circumventing the traditional appropriations process.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 3:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state auditor said in an examination released Wednesday, May 26, that the N.C. Department of Transportation’s sloppy record keeping led to inaccurate reports on advance construction.
Published: Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021 @ 11:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This article is dedicated to our great Founding Fathers - men who had the courage, the foresight, and the wisdom to secure the freedom that I exercise and enjoy every single day. - Diane Rufino
Published: Saturday, April 24th, 2021 @ 9:01 am
By: Diane Rufino
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This article is dedicated to our great Founding Fathers - men who had the courage, the foresight, and the wisdom to secure the freedom that I exercise and enjoy every single day. - Diane Rufino
Published: Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 @ 8:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell has clashed with Vidant Health in the past over state resources and State Health Plan reforms, but isn’t involved in the current battle between the hospital chain and the UNC Board of Governors over control of Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2019 @ 10:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When North Carolina governors and lawmakers talk about “the state budget,” they rarely tell you the whole truth.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 8:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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During the recently completed legislative session, the Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to enact a new budget for state government
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 @ 3:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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
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While substantial progress is being made in the recovery from Hurricane Matthew, Governor Pat McCrory today noted that new flooding from rising river levels will create challenges in several eastern counties.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2016 @ 6:43 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Does our existing Constitution permit the federal government to spend money on whatever they want?
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 12:13 pm
By: Publius Huldah
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Building on transformational reforms begun in 2011, North Carolina's elected leaders continued changes in 2015 to curtail spending, instill fiscal responsibility, rein in regulations, improve education, make government open and accountable, and create the best possible conditions for economic growth
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 5:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the House passing a $21.735 billion General Fund budget by an 81-33 vote early Friday morning, and Gov. Pat McCrory saying he would approve the spending plan, lawmakers will shift their focus to outstanding items such as a $2 billion bond package and Medicaid reform before adjourning.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 7:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are some really good things on the table as the budget conferees discuss, debate, compromise, and finalize North Carolina's government spending for the next two years
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 8:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State lawmakers are making efforts to free more money for highway construction and maintenance by paying for driver's education and state troopers out of General Fund revenues rather than depleting the state's highway funds.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 @ 1:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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How much does North Carolina's government spend? A simple question, but unfortunately there's not a simple answer.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tough decisions need to be made during this legislative session, but are they being made in the best interest of the taxpayer or in the spirit of efficient government? Two questions came before the House Finance and Appropriations committees on Tuesday, a change to the state's gasoline tax as...
Published: Saturday, March 7th, 2015 @ 3:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the 1970s and 1980s, America saw a growing federal deficit that caused states to react. North Carolina rewrote its constitution in 1971, and as part of that constitution the state is required to pass a 'balanced budget.' More specifically, the state's total expenditures cannot exceed its...
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 8:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Fiscal conservatives think government is too large, costs too much, and tries to do too much.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The highway trust fund is running out of money and we need to do something to get the funding back up to a point where we will be able to maintain our Interstate highway system.
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 12:24 am
By: Jim Bispo
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The local liberals, and constitutionally un-informed have rendered another editorial opinion that baffles all but the left wing socialists.
Published: Tuesday, August 6th, 2013 @ 8:04 am
By: Hood Richardson
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When Gov. Pat McCrory released his first state budget plan on the morning March 20, I happened to be driving to Charlotte for a meeting.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 @ 10:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The "good roads" state is quickly turning into the "traffic congestion" state. Both rural and urban interstates are poorly maintained and congested.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 3:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In March 2012, a new survey of the state line separating North and South Carolina resulted in 93 property owners being sent, as it were, into the other state.
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 @ 7:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the second year in a row, Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed the state budget approved by the General Assembly. And also for the second straight year, the General Assembly garnered the three-fifths majority vote in both chambers needed to override her veto.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 7:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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I'm going to out on a limb here and predict that the legislature's new spending plan for 2012-13 will not result in the demise of public education, the collapse of North Carolina's economy, a plague of locusts, or the end of western civilization as we know it.
Published: Monday, June 25th, 2012 @ 2:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This 6th installment in Diane Rufino's series examining Our Founding Principles considers the many clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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