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This week, absent Governor Cooper's signature, the NC General Assembly's 2023-24/2024-25 biennium budget recommendations became law.
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 11:48 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina No. 1 in CNBC's Annual Competitiveness Rankings for the 2nd Year in a Row
Published: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 @ 3:06 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Yesterday a House Judiciary Committee held discussions about a Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) amendment to restrain state budget growth.
Published: Saturday, July 29th, 2023 @ 11:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina House, Senate, and governor have each released their budget proposals for the upcoming biennium
Published: Monday, July 3rd, 2023 @ 8:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The North Carolina Senate released its biennium budget proposal this week as scheduled, with the expectation of meeting with the state House to establish a conference budget before the current fiscal year ends on June 30
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The difference between Republican governance and Democrat tax and spend
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2023 @ 8:09 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Did politicians learn their lesson from the Great Recession? It’s a question I pose in my latest piece at RealClearPolicy.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 10:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s state government revenues continue to exceed expectations. According to the new state budget Director Kristen Walker, revenues for the current fiscal year that began July 1 are 10% higher than expected, as reported by the Associated Press.
Published: Saturday, December 31st, 2022 @ 7:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Edgecombe County had the highest overall October unemployment rate at 7.5%
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 1:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Billions of taxpayer dollars are expended on hurricane recovery in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 @ 12:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased in August for the first time since Covid-19, as we reported two weeks ago.
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2022 @ 2:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Troubling economic news continues to pile up.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2022 @ 1:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Funded Level Grows More Than Fourfold Since Treasurer Folwell First Took Office
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 11:55 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina’s June unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.4% for the third consecutive month according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The national rate also remains unchanged at 3.6%
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican budget writers released their conference budget adjustments for the new fiscal year on Tuesday, circumventing the traditional appropriations process.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 3:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina No. 1 in CNBC's Annual Competitiveness Rankings
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 6:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After 10 months of steady decreases, North Carolina’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in May from April’s 3.4% rate, according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Monday, July 11th, 2022 @ 3:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Instead, Honor Taxpayers and Emphasize Long-Term Sustainability
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 9:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Teachers will see an average raise of 4.2%, non-certified school employees get average raise of 4%.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The ruling class thought they could shut down large swaths of the economy during Covid, and paper over any negative effects by flooding the economy with newly-printed money. But all they did was delay the inevitable economic carnage.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly has voted to adjourn on Friday, July 1 to a date certain, meaning the 2021-2023 legislative biennium will not formally come to an end on Friday.
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 8:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County's Commissioners met in a special session, May 16 2022, to continue the budgeting process that eventually leads to the ratification of fiscal budget for 2022 /2023.
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 @ 11:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With state revenue for the current fiscal year now projected to be $4.2 billion higher than originally predicted, state budget writers are sitting on a sizeable stack of funds.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County Government raises money by taxation to provide government for the People of our community. Your local government raises that money through a statutory provision known as the Machinery Act, which gives your government the Police Power to annually take your property.`
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 7:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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What were the results of states’ actions to mitigate COVID-19?
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2022 @ 10:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State officials report that close to $800 million remains unfunded from a judge’s $1.7 billion state education spending order. That assessment resulted from a court-ordered comparison of the spending plan and the new state budget.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 @ 7:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Thanks to fiscally conservative policies of spending restraint and saving, state debt continues to trend downward as highlighted in the Debt Affordability Advisory Committee’s (the Committee) annual report submitted to the Governor and General Assembly last week.
Published: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina breaks top 10 list
Published: Sunday, January 9th, 2022 @ 12:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. General Assembly is expected to being voting Tuesday on the newly-released 2021-23 conference budget.
Published: Saturday, December 4th, 2021 @ 9:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Republicans of the N.C. General Assembly have once again delivered a budget that cuts taxes for all, leaving even more of North Carolinians hard-earned money in their own pockets.
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 12:32 pm
By: Jeff Moore
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"This surplus came largely out of the pockets of North Carolina citizens and they deserve to see some of it returned to them."
Published: Sunday, June 27th, 2021 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Updated forecast confirms historic opportunity to meet the needs of North Carolina communities and ensure a shared recovery from the pandemic
Published: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 @ 1:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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