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Jaden Hooten is the first student at Beaufort County Community College to receive a $100 incentive from NCWorks’s NextGen program for completing his GED at the college.
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 2:26 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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With the war against Russia still raging, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced a new incentive program to encourage women to enlist in the Ukrainian military, with each woman who signs up receiving a free pumpkin spice latte.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 12:03 am
By: Babylon Bee
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My previous research brief discussed that last year Gov. Roy Cooper pledged over $1.3 billion in corporate welfare to just 58 corporations from state “economic development” incentives programs whose stated purposes are about “job creation.”
Published: Monday, January 24th, 2022 @ 9:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $25 Summer Card pilot program operated by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) was successful in encouraging COVID-19 vaccination.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 10:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is expanding the number of locations providing $25 Summer Cards to offset the time and transportation costs of getting vaccinated.
Published: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 @ 1:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Cooper Visits Mecklenburg County Vaccine Clinic Where Summer Cash Card Program Is in EffectMecklenburg County is one of four counties participating in NC DHHS $25 cash card vaccine incentive pilot program
Published: Sunday, June 13th, 2021 @ 1:05 am
By: Governor's Office
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Rockingham County one of four counties selected for NC DHHS $25 cash card vaccine incentive pilot program starting June 1
Published: Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 6:54 am
By: Governor's Office
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Corporate Welfare Program Continues to Benefit Wealthy Counties, Awards Another $624 Million in 2020North Carolina’s largest “economic incentive” program continued to favor the state’s already wealthy counties, according to a new report.
Published: Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 @ 2:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2018 Time, declared Georgia “the Hollywood of the South.” By then, Georgia had developed the largest film incentive program in the entire United States.
Published: Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 @ 12:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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WRAL reporter Tyler Dukes has examined job creation promises from North Carolina economic-development incentives programs and found them falling far, far short.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 4:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Rural Health is hosting six meetings across the state to gather stakeholder input regarding the J-1 Visa Waiver program and NC's Loan Repayment and Incentive Programs under N.C. General Assembly Session Law HB 998.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2019 @ 6:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposal to try to lure the film industry to make movies, TV shows, and commercials in North Carolina by returning to an abandoned tax incentives program is meeting resistance
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 12:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two leading legislative critics of tax incentives to the renewable energy industry have not taken issue with an unusual new program used by Duke Energy Progress allowing high-consumption electricity customers using traditional energy to claim their plants are powered by renewable sources
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2016 @ 9:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has been ranked the seventh most business-friendly state by the Pollina Corporate/AEDI (American Economic Development Institute) Top Ten Pro-Business States Report released this month. The report details how well states have or have not positioned themselves to retain and create jobs.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 11:28 am
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina lawmakers would harm, not help, the state's economic growth if they extend and expand corporate tax incentive programs.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 @ 10:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans from Governor McCrory and Commerce Secretary John Skvarla to the leadership and rank and file alike in the General Assembly are falling all over themselves trying to extend and expand so-called business incentive programs, aka corporate welfare. So what does the platform of the party...
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2015 @ 8:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the legislature comes back into session, there is a renewed focus on what are typically referred to as economic incentives, or by many who are more skeptical of such programs, corporate welfare or simply cronyism. Programs that are and will continue to be debated are subsidies to...
Published: Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 @ 9:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's film tax incentives program has changed significantly. Formerly a refundable tax credit of 25 percent of qualifying production expenses capped at $20 million per production, the program now is a $10 million grant program.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Twenty-eight House Republicans bolted party ranks Tuesday, joining 26 Democrats to defeat an economic incentives program that some labeled "corporate welfare."
Published: Friday, August 22nd, 2014 @ 9:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Efforts by the state's film industry to continue getting incentives from North Carolina taxpayers were revived Thursday when a Senate committee - and later the entire Senate - approved a new plan awarding grants to filmmakers.
Published: Monday, June 9th, 2014 @ 7:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new state audit has hit the state's primary jobs-incentives program for not following up to make sure promised new jobs actually are created.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 8:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's film tax incentive program is in the news again. The Fayetteville Observer recently carried a puff piece about how "Stars have aligned for North Carolina's film industry."
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 11:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Less than a month after North Carolina legislators approved more money for the state's film tax incentives program, a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight Report pans film incentives as a clear example of cronyism.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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efore states began film tax incentives programs, North Carolina was a popular off-Hollywood destination for film crews.
Published: Thursday, July 19th, 2012 @ 11:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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