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“There’s been a real freedom here,” says filmmaker Andrew Erwin.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2026 @ 11:40 am
By: Daily Wire
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One of the nation’s oldest and largest insurance companies had its incentives package terminated by the North Carolina Economic Investment Committee Tuesday for failing to add thousands of jobs to its operations center in Charlotte.
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the sticking points in the state budget negotiations is the $1.4 billion proposed in the Senate version for NCInnovation, a private, non-profit created by some NC business leaders in 2018, aimed at providing grants for applied research at select UNC-system universities.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 11:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, North Carolina Senate leaders unveiled their proposed state budget. Governor Cooper will be under pressure to sign the final version because Medicaid expansion, a bill he signed earlier this year, is tied to passing a budget.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Ongoing trend continues of companies not living up to their economic promises to North Carolina despite JDIG incentives.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 2:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 12:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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32 companies received JDIG incentives in 2021, most of which will last 12 years, totally $1.2 billion taxpayer dollars.
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2022 @ 4:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Economic development incentives divert taxpayer money to politically favored companies at the expense of the rest of the state
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today Governor Roy Cooper announced that he signed an Executive Order to extend a variety of measures currently in place to respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic until July 30.
Published: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 @ 2:39 am
By: Governor's Office
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Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Published: Sunday, June 6th, 2021 @ 4:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The high price tag leaves a bad taste for some
Published: Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 @ 2:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While the American Rescue Plan is changing the course of the pandemic and delivering relief for working families, this is no time to build back to the way things were.
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 12:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill was filed today that would add another $34 million to the program that gives away taxpayer dollars to wealthy Hollywood movie studios.
Published: Monday, March 22nd, 2021 @ 10:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to giving out business incentives, you won’t find North Carolina at the top of the list.
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2021 @ 8:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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ECU research team awarded $1.5M grant to study watershed resiliency
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2020 @ 10:49 pm
By: ECU News Services
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For a guy claiming to be against “tax giveaways” to corporations, Gov. Roy Cooper sure seems to be fond of doling out taxpayer dollars to corporations.
Published: Monday, January 27th, 2020 @ 10:44 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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Conservative North Carolinians believe that lower taxes translate into higher levels of economic growth and personal freedom.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 2:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The holiday season may be upon us, but there is no shortage of political happenings in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2019 @ 8:31 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Imagine you've been given the task to argue that an industry needs government support to survive. How do you think you'd make that case?
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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So far this decade, North Carolina’s economy — as measured by inflation-adjusted gross domestic product — has expanded by an average of 1.7 percent a year. That’s a bit faster than the Southeastern average but slower than the national one.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 @ 12:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The economic costs of corporate tax incentives outweigh their benefits, a new study by N.C. State University researchers says.
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2019 @ 5:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Aetna, a CVS Health business, is growing its presence in North Carolina and will add more than 300 new employees in High Point by the end of 2020, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 @ 11:02 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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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North Carolina's economy is in reasonably good shape. Over the past five years of available data, our state's employers have added 480,000 net new jobs, with our job-creation rate exceeding the national and Southeastern averages
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2018 @ 3:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The proposed new state budget would not expand the state’s overall film grant program this year
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 12:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bob Rucho, Vickie Sawyer, A.J. Daoud, and William Howell are packed into a primary race where points of view are vaguely similar - but backgrounds span from experienced to outsider
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 10:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Amid little fanfare, yesterday Governor Cooper’s announced his new Hometown Strong initiative to help rural North Carolina communities
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2018 @ 2:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As eastern North Carolina farmers continue to adjust to commercial challenges in the face of an aging population and overall decline in farmland, one East Carolina University professor is using the power of economics to aid the region
Published: Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 @ 6:31 am
By: ECU News Services
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North Carolina lawmakers and the business community have been watching Amazon's search for a second headquarters with bated breath
Published: Friday, January 19th, 2018 @ 3:03 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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I've enjoyed following the drama surrounding location of Amazon's second headquarters and, make no mistake, drama it certainly has been
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 11:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this month Amazon announced it was looking for a second headquarters in North America
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 @ 4:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the late 1970s, I was appointed to the Economic Development Board
Published: Sunday, May 7th, 2017 @ 9:09 am
By: Tom Campbell
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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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