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Groups representing North Carolina's travel and tourism industry support a lawsuit against Currituck County at the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2025 @ 8:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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"if Wrightsville Beach experiences one more major storm the devastation to property could be catastrophic, costing taxpayers as well as the National Flood Insurance Program significantly more.” said Congressman David Rouzer, R-NC
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 @ 8:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals will decide whether to revive a lawsuit challenging Currituck County's use of occupancy tax money.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 1:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Critics of Currituck County's use of occupancy tax money submitted their final written arguments Monday to the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 10:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Groups linked to North Carolina's travel and tourism industry are jumping into an occupancy tax case involving Currituck County.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 10:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the General Assembly continued working at a fast pace this week, moving bills quickly through committee and floor votes, in an effort to meet their self-imposed July 1 adjournment deadline.
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Record prize money and contestants for the world-famous fishing tournament emblematic of larger reopening economic trends across the state.
Published: Thursday, June 24th, 2021 @ 9:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Well it’s budget season for cities in North Carolina and everywhere else—and forgive me for stating the obvious–the coronavirus outbreak will seriously impact those budgets.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 @ 1:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly plans to return for a short session April 28, and will need to be ready to hit the ground running, said Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2020 @ 6:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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My wife is angry at the government. No surprise there, I suppose - we do have a great deal in common
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2018 @ 1:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2017 fall semester has seen the largest freshman class at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) in five years, and now the overall enrollment numbers have exceeded the admissions goal
Published: Saturday, September 23rd, 2017 @ 1:31 pm
By: Bill Cook
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A Republican-sponsored bill in the General Assembly could allow the first ever municipal sales taxes in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week I will take a break from politics and spend time reflecting on the celebrations of our country's independence day. Former President John Adams wrote about his Independence Day visions nearly 240 years ago...
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 @ 6:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you ever thought that complaining about the tax system was a modern phenomenon, I can disabuse you of the notion in two sentences.
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 @ 2:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate passed a balanced $21.47 billion state budget on Thursday, June 18, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 11:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Senate on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, passed Senate Bill 160 (Enhance Safety & Commerce for Ports/Inlets), legislation that addresses the issue of open and navigable channels at the state's inlets and ports.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 6:24 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Last week, Senate Bill 90 (Required Number of Operating Brake Lights), legislation that I'm sponsoring unanimously passed on the floor of the Senate on Thursday, April 02, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 @ 2:33 am
By: Bill Cook
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This holiday used to be a day to do something special for the one you love — today it is a moneymaking event for retailers and the government alike. The National Retail Federation hosts an annual Valentine's Day Survey that focuses on what people will spend their money on for the holiday...
Published: Monday, February 16th, 2015 @ 11:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Regulations on the emerging sharing economy, and how North Carolinians will embrace it, will have their next stop at the Raleigh City Council. The council will receive a report Jan. 20 on Airbnb, one of the stars of the sharing economy. Meantime, a legislative committee that recommends new tax...
Published: Thursday, January 15th, 2015 @ 11:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Residents in Richmond County are divided on whether to pass a Nov. 4 ballot referendum raising the county’s sales tax rate by 0.25 cents to build a multi-use recreation complex for the city of Rockingham on 118 acres.
Published: Saturday, September 27th, 2014 @ 2:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina remains in dire economic times. Unemployment is hiding at 9.4 percent, one of the worst in the nation.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Monday, June 9th, 2014 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How serious are our state leaders about economic growth and long-term recovery? Are they committed to broadening the base of taxpayers so that everyone pays something and nearly everyone pays less? Will they stand strong to continue the reforms that are turning the state around?
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Local and state officials from Haywood County have proposed a resolution that would increase the county's occupancy tax by 50 percent. Any increase in the tax rate should be put forward in a referendum, not a simple resolution by county commissioners.
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 4:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Haywood County would place its local hospitality businesses at a competitive disadvantage with those in surrounding counties, if local and state officials move forward with a proposal to raise the county's occupancy tax rate by 50 percent. That's one key conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation...
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 5:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most of us enjoy going on a vacation or two during the year, and that usually involves spending the night in a hotel or rental accommodation. Did you know that you are taxed on that hotel room and have no say about it? This current form of taxation without representation is known as an occupancy tax
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 12:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina loses 54 cents for every dollar it allocates to the state film production credit, and the actual return on investment might be even worse, concluded a memorandum from the General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 6:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Haywood County commissioners and area municipal officials are hoping a proposed 50-percent increase in the region's occupancy tax will help them build capital projects and spur area tourism. But they face opposition from one of the region's legislators, and that could scotch the tax hike...
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I couldn't believe it when I read that the amount of money that tourists (or is it simply "visitors?) spend in North Carolina in general and Beaufort County in particular is determined through a mathematical model: A proprietary model that the developers refuse to share with anyone.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 1:14 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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According to a front page article in the 11/15 WDN, we have a group of Citizens that wants to undertake a "study" to determine if Beaufort County would benefit from a county tourism authority.
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2012 @ 9:26 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Concerning the November 13, 2012 meeting of the Beaufort County Commissioners and the request for a study on the impact of tourism in Beaufort County, the data to date seems to make little or no sense and the various sources do not even confirm each other's findings.
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 @ 11:34 pm
By: Warren Smith
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