North Carolina taxpayers could get a check from the state by late November.
Published: Monday, August 26th, 2019 @ 1:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Commissioner Jerry Langley formally initiated the conversation among the Beaufort County Commissioners that a new jail or "Public Safety Complex" (vernacular for Progressives) should be considered and built.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2019 @ 3:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If it were a film, North Carolina’s subsidy program wouldn’t be a box office smash. A recent study from the Western Carolina University Center for the Study of Free Enterprise says the $400 million North Carolina taxpayers have invested in film subsidies has failed to pay dividends.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 2:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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For those of us who are normal and have commonsense this" repair" project should cost no more than $200,000.
Published: Saturday, July 13th, 2019 @ 9:01 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The Wake County Republican Party called on the Wake County Commission today to give taxpayers more opportunities to speak out about the proposed 10 percent property tax hike.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 12:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's time to give American families quality, reliable, affordable healthcare - and that's what we are working very hard to do.
Published: Thursday, February 14th, 2019 @ 3:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina needs to reform its approach to taxing capital gains. As I have noted in a previous analysis for the John Locke Foundation, the current system ignores the fundamental nature of capital gains taxes.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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America is a welcoming country. And under my leadership, it's a welcoming country. We lead the world in humanitarian protection and assistance, by far.
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2018 @ 5:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Payers Council, a group of public and private health care payers formed as part of Governor Roy Cooper's 2017 North Carolina Opioid Action Plan to identify, align and implement policies to combat the opioid crisis, today released a report that identifies a five-pronged approach to
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 9:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Our moral duty to the taxpayer requires us to make our government leaner and more accountable.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 12:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Almost as shocking as the allegations of sexual and racial misconduct about Carolina Panthers’ owner Jerry Richardson published Friday was the news Sunday night that the founding owner of the NFL franchise would sell it at season’s end
Published: Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Pennsylvania legislators this week approved reforms to their pension program for state retirees, a move that is expected to save taxpayers billions.
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2017 @ 9:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina taxpayers are the winners when public schools operate efficiently and when every public dollar is put to its best use and evaluated carefully.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The "good" news is that, in this year's Super Bowl battle over which team fleeces its home city's taxpayers the least, Broncos or the Panthers, the winner is the Panthers by a pretty wide margin. According to this article by the Manhattan Institute's Jared Meyer (originally published in Forbes)...
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 @ 2:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's been news in Henderson County this week about an announcement from GF Linamar that they'll build a state-of-the-art aluminum die casting plant in Mills River. And it does indeed sound pretty great. They're promising 350 new jobs, which is a lot anywhere, and particularly in a town with a...
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 @ 6:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here's a statement that North Carolinians of all political stripes can agree is a fact: Gov. Pat McCrory and the state legislature have enacted the largest tax cut in the history of North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 @ 3:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's unlikely Congress will take major steps in the next year to reform the federal tax code or the Affordable Care Act. That's the assessment from a leader of the National Taxpayers Union.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Civitas Institute applauds Sen. Bob Rucho's tireless advocacy on behalf of North Carolina taxpayers. Rucho, who announced Thursday that the current term will be his last, spearheaded the fight for the most significant tax reform and relief in the state's history, passed in 2013...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 3:21 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Yesterday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against H.R. 597, a bill which would revive the lapsed Export-Import Bank
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 3:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After months of wrangling us taxpayers now know how our money is to be spent and collected.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 7:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State taxpayers will pay $400 million less over the next two years if lawmakers pass a $21.735 billion state budget deal announced Monday by legislative leaders. The 2016-17 state budget also expands the sales tax base to include more repair and service work to help offset the tax rate reductions.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 3:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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REMINDER: This Thursday's meeting on COMMON CORE, and the following Thursday, an evening with entertaining conservative talk show host, Rod Eccles!
Published: Sunday, September 6th, 2015 @ 9:40 am
By: Diane Rufino
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North Carolina's State Park System is made up of 34 state parks, four state recreation areas, and three state natural areas that cost state government $50.8 million last fiscal year.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2015 @ 12:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Imagine a piece of state legislation that could both lower your utility bill and make North Carolina more competitive for jobs.
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2015 @ 9:38 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last week the Gaston County commissioners voted unanimously to give themselves and future commissioners health insurance benefits for life at the taxpayers' expense after serving one term. Gaston County is already struggling to pay the cost of health insurance for its full-time employees...
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2015 @ 8:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Never let it be said that I am against all tax increases. Please raise the tax on state and local government bonds - immediately. The federal tax deduction on these bonds has a fiscal impact of about $20 billion a year. Most states have income taxes, and most link their deductions in one way...
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2015 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Each year, UNC officials pitch new degree programs to the system's Board of Governors. More often than not, the programs are approved, even though a casual observer - especially a non-academic - might snicker or guffaw upon hearing some of their descriptions.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 @ 5:29 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Have you been eating right? Getting enough exercise? How far away are you from your ideal weight?
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 @ 10:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-11th District, wants to sack the National Football League's tax-exempt status because, he said, it's unfair for a multibillion-dollar sports enterprise to enjoy special tax treatment usually reserved for churches, educational entities, and charitable organizations.
Published: Friday, March 20th, 2015 @ 1:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The taxpayers of North Carolina have historically made a tremendous commitment to education, and the next biennium will continue that legacy. More than 54 percent, or over $12 billion of our General Fund spending will be directed to education in each year of the biennium.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 8:17 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Call it North Carolina's money pit. The North Carolina Global Transpark (GTP) in Kinston describes itself as "a 2,500-acre industrial/airport site situated strategically in Eastern North Carolina."
Published: Thursday, February 5th, 2015 @ 9:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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