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Gov. Roy Cooper, an advocate for renewable energy whose family leases land for solar farms, is denying tax credits for solar energy investments.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2019 @ 2:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's selection of Rep. Susi Hamilton as secretary of natural and cultural resources is emblematic of the philosophical contrast between Cooper and the GOP legislative majority, state Rep. Chris Millis said
Published: Tuesday, January 24th, 2017 @ 6:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that $105,000 in grant funding has been awarded to 13 historic preservation projects in nine North Carolina counties.
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2016 @ 4:43 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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According to a front-page story in today's News & Observer, Deborah Ross frequently touts the votes she took in support of historical preservation tax credits during her career in the legislature.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 5:32 am
By: jonah
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According to a front-page story in today's News & Observer, Deborah Ross frequently touts the votes she took in support of historical preservation tax credits during her career in the legislature.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 4:33 am
By: jonah
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Gov. Pat McCrory's office on Tuesday announced plans to put two state properties on the market. One is in the state capital and the other in McCrory's home city of Charlotte.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 7:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This series, entitled "Cut This, Go Home," includes several budget items that should no longer receive taxpayer funding because they fall well outside the legitimate, core functions of government.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 11:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the NC Competes Jobs Plan today, a key component of his comprehensive strategy to build and strengthen North Carolina's economy by putting more people back to work.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 6:08 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Senate Approves Final Budget that Invests Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Public Education, Provides Major Tax Relief
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 3:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Late last week the North Carolina House passed its FY 2015-17 budget proposal. The spending plan would appropriate $22.16 billion in the coming year, an increase of 6.3 percent over the amount of projected actual spending in the current budget year.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 12:42 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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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: Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 @ 9:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Late last week, the NC House began to release some of the details of its budget in sub-committees. Shortly after lunch on Monday the House released its full budget plan to the public. The bill, House Bill 97, will be voted on in a full appropriations committee meeting today and then sent to the...
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 10:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown (R-Onslow) introduced legislation on Monday to reform the state sales tax system. The state levies a 4.75 percent sales tax, while counties levy an additional two percent. The two percent is the focus of the bill, and is currently composed of three different...
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 3:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State lawmakers have started reviewing Gov. Pat McCrory's budget proposal for the 2015-2017 biennium. It sets out McCrory's General Fund spending plan for $22 billion in each of the next two fiscal years. The General Fund makes up a significant chunk of the overall state budget of more than...
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2015 @ 12:18 pm
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, March 16th, 2015 @ 11:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory yesterday released his budget proposal for the next biennium. In odd-numbered years like this one, the legislature passes a two-year budget plan, and the following year will make adjustments to the second year of the plan.
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 8:17 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last week Gov. Pat McCrory released his budget proposal for the 2015-2017 biennium, his spending plan for $22 billion in each of the next two fiscal years. While there are some positive spending decisions in this budget, there are also some discouraging choices in certain areas of government...
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 2:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Politicians love to use their power to dole out favors and privileges to politically-connected special interests. They also love to interfere with the economy, attempting to impose their preferences upon investors and consumers through a hodgepodge of taxpayer handouts and targeted tax breaks.
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 5:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The question of whether our state government ought to subsidize historic preservation is distinguishable from the question of how government should deliver those subsidies.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 7:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The question of whether our state government ought to subsidize historic preservation is distinguishable from the question of how government should deliver those subsidies. Unfortunately, these two issues have been lumped together by lawmakers when discussing the recent sunset of the historic...
Published: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015 @ 12:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers made the right decision when they ended state historic preservation tax credits. Those who support government involvement in preservation efforts should look at local grant programs instead.
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 10:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans have been quick to claim their tax reform agenda eliminated many unfair tax loopholes and carve-outs for special interests in North Carolina, but there are strong signals that tax-fueled incentives could return in the upcoming session.
Published: Saturday, January 24th, 2015 @ 12:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Spurred on by Gov. Pat McCrory, who has assembled a coalition to restore discontinued historic preservation tax credits, state Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Klutz on Thursday directed her statewide whistle-stop tour to Eden, home of Senate leader Phil Berger.
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 8:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers will return to the state capital later in January with a lengthy agenda, including taking another crack at Medicaid reform, considering a $1 billion highway bond, and tackling what recent projections reveal to be a $190 million revenue shortfall.
Published: Monday, January 5th, 2015 @ 6:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory was in High Point today for the grand opening of the North American Headquarters of BuzziSpace, a manufacturer of high-end office furniture. The move, and the 113 jobs and nearly $2 million investment, was announced just 10 months ago. The headquarters will be located and,
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 11:49 am
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina legislators have been to school in the complications and frustrations resulting from tax policy changes.
Published: Friday, August 8th, 2014 @ 1:07 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Senate and House leaders on Tuesday rolled out specifics in their $21.3 billion General Fund budget, including an average 7 percent pay increase for teachers that would not eliminate teacher assistant jobs.
Published: Thursday, July 31st, 2014 @ 10:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Our lawmakers have been embroiled in contentious debates about teacher pay and Medicaid, among other issues, as they struggle to revise our $21 billion state budget.
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2014 @ 7:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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