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SECU Foundation is pleased to announce the pilot of a new Disaster Response Program to address capacity building for North Carolina non-profits located in disaster areas as declared by federal or state governments.
Published: Friday, November 24th, 2023 @ 2:33 am
By: ENC NOW
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North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell is warning of a potential financial crisis for retiree healthcare provided by local governments across the state.
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 3:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Department of State Treasurer Cooperating With Local Officials to Help Identify Solutions; City of Winston-Salem Earns Gold Medal For Foresight and Funding Discipline
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 @ 8:16 am
By: ENC NOW
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina House passed a bill that would prohibit local governments from blocking consumers from certain types of energy sources, by a vote of 76-38.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 8:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: The North Carolina Department of Commerce awarded 30 Community Development Block Grant - Neighborhood Revitalization (CDBG-NR) fund requests to 27 local governments totaling $42.3 million.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 @ 8:31 am
By: Governor's Office
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It’s budget season for North Carolina’s local governments, and some officials are taking the opportunity to propose tax increases yet again.
Published: Friday, May 13th, 2022 @ 12:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A year ago, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), allocating $8.85 billion to North Carolina. More than $5 billion of this was sent to the state and allocated by the General Assembly in the latest budget.
Published: Saturday, March 26th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An effort by Governor Roy Cooper’s administration is matching North Carolina college students in need of work experience with local governments and nonprofits seeking additional help to support COVID-19 response efforts.
Published: Saturday, July 11th, 2020 @ 12:41 am
By: Governor's Office
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Tyrrell County may offer a sobering preview.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 5:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC), North Carolina League of Municipalities (NCLM) and North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition (NCMMC) together call on Congress to provide significant direct and flexible financial assistance to local governments of all sizes in NC
Published: Saturday, May 16th, 2020 @ 12:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law (“NCICL”) offered its assistance to Governor Cooper and local governments in rescinding or revising orders unconstitutionally restricting the rights of the people to free speech and to assembly.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2020 @ 2:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Cooper announced today that the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 21 grant requests to local governments totaling $10,790,000.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2019 @ 6:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina General Assembly lags behind most other states as one of seven state governments that doesn't offer video of any legislative sessions or committees
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 7:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today is Election Day for many local governments across North Carolina. While it is a big day, many of the races will be overlooked by major media outlets, despite the fact that they will actually affect citizens the most. Today, 92 counties are holding an elections of some sort, and many of them...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 7:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We hear a lot about the state of North Carolina and how much they give in economic development dollars to private businesses — but what about the counties? County governments have their own agendas when it comes to economic development and can choose whether or not to participate in these...
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 6:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The writer of Ecclesiastes was correct. For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 8:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most of the 1,429 unaccompanied minors relocated to North Carolina after they entered the United States illegally were released to host families in Mecklenburg, Durham, and Wake counties, raising health and safety concerns, as well as concerns about increased education costs to local governments.
Published: Friday, September 5th, 2014 @ 5:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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To make a long story short, the great debate in North Carolina politics concerns how state and local governments can best promote economic growth and opportunity. Opinions differ widely, as one might expect. But generally speaking, they can be grouped into three schools of thought that bear...
Published: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, it was announced that North Carolina retained its "AAA" rating by all three agencies, the highest credit rating available to state governments.
Published: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 @ 7:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ideas that look desirable or at least workable on paper can prove to be unworkable or even disastrous when applied to the real world. Just ask the millions of Americans who, under Obamacare, have lost health plans they liked, been forced to buy more-expensive plans they don't much like, or began...
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 1:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is among a number of state governments plagued by massive unfunded liabilities for state retirees' health insurance benefits, and, like many of its counterparts, it is placing greater responsibility for costs on members in a movement known as medical consumerism.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 @ 10:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fiscal conservatism comes naturally to me. After all, my middle name is McDonald.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 11:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Considering the extent of how deeply the Golden Leaf Foundation is interwoven into the social and political fabric of some policy makers in North Carolina and local county governments.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 12:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is time to open up North Carolina’s government operations to the public view. The North Carolina legislature has a great opportunity this year to make state and local governments more ethical and efficient.
Published: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 @ 3:48 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's newly sworn-in governor, Pat McCrory recently visted eastern North Carolina and met with representative from many locat governments at the Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina's former center of government in colonial America.
Published: Thursday, January 10th, 2013 @ 5:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A system based on "flex growth" makes more sense than so-called "smart growth" as North Carolina and its local governments set their development and transportation policies. That's the conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report.
Published: Monday, September 17th, 2012 @ 11:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Across North Carolina, some county governments are saving money by privatizing services. A recent John Locke Foundation report catalogues privatization practices from 44 counties.
Published: Saturday, April 21st, 2012 @ 6:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's courts have ruled it is legal for local governments to use taxpayer resources to lobby the General Assembly on legislation, and that's exactly what nearly two dozen cities and counties are registered to do as the May 16 legislative short session nears.
Published: Friday, April 20th, 2012 @ 6:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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