The Senate approved the Tax Reduction Act of 2019 on a 28-13 vote on Monday, May 20, and sent it to the House. Last Thursday, the bill passed its initial vote by a 26-19 margin.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 @ 12:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate Finance Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 622, the Tax Reduction Act of 2019, on Tuesday, May 14, and sent it to the Senate Rules Committee.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 2:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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President Pro Tempore Phil Berger - Legislative Update: N.C. Senate Passes Tax Reduction Act of 2019A new tax package made its way through the Senate this week that will put more of your hard-earned money where it belongs- in your pockets.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The bowl season can be very stressful for dedicated football fans. I offer this bit of advice for my former Bulldog friends if they lose the Rose Bowl game New Year's Day.
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2018 @ 3:53 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The Trump Administration announced that the federal government will no longer make Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments under the Affordable Care Act, ensuring that health insurance premiums will sky rocket in North Carolina
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 5:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined a bipartisan group of senators to call on Acting Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Thomas Kane and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to review and explain their plans to follow recommendations from the Department of Justice
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2017 @ 4:21 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Staffing may hobble class size reduction efforts
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2017 @ 1:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate leaders are proposing a $1 billion middle class tax reduction plan that would lower personal and corporate income taxes, increase mortgage interest deductions, and allow for unlimited medical and charitable tax deductions
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2017 @ 8:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to help reduce crimes against America's seniors...
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2016 @ 1:35 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the House for passing S. 2133, the Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Bill
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 @ 1:41 am
By: Thom Tillis
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In December, 2014 the Federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final assessments of medical data for two of the programs within the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Published: Thursday, February 12th, 2015 @ 3:25 am
By: Betty Murphy
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When I’m not reading public-policy tomes for work or escapist science fiction for play, any book you’ll find in my hands will probably be a work of history.
Published: Wednesday, August 20th, 2014 @ 9:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The debate about recent economic growth in North Carolina has a peculiar dynamic. Democrats who think President Barack Obama's economic policies have succeeded are simultaneously claiming that the economic policies of North Carolina's legislature and Gov. Pat McCrory are failing. Republicans who...
Published: Thursday, June 12th, 2014 @ 3:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have a pretty utilitarian view of class sizes. Sometimes smaller class sizes make a big difference. Special needs students and those who require intensive instruction or remediation surely benefit from smaller classes.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2014 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) announced today that it is taking the difficult but necessary step to reduce its workforce in Canada, the United States and Trinidad by approximately 18 percent from current levels.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2013 @ 11:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Senate tentatively passed legislation Tuesday that simplifies the state’s 1930s Depression-era tax code, provides major tax relief to all North Carolinians and makes the state far more attractive to job-creating businesses.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 @ 6:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Don't count me among those who think President Obama and Congress will spend the next month locked in a death struggle over marginal income tax rates.
Published: Saturday, December 1st, 2012 @ 2:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In unadjusted terms, the state added 20,000 jobs in April; over the past year, the number of jobs statewide has risen by 26,600. The vast majority of those gains have been in the private sector, which has accounted for 25,900 of the jobs added since April 2011.
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2012 @ 10:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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PCS Phosphate Company, Inc. (PotashCorp - Aurora) announced today that it is reducing staffing levels at its phosphate facility by approximately 150 full-time positions, or about 15 percent of its current workforce.
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2012 @ 9:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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