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Annual ‘Hyde Amendment’ Protections Are Increasingly at Risk
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2023 @ 2:06 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The federal government drastically overestimates income inequality in the United States by failing to account for certain welfare programs and income taxes on the wealthiest earners, according to a study released on Tuesday by the Cato Institute.
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2022 @ 9:45 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina Senate Democrats unveil a plan for families that includes picking up where Biden's Build Back Better bill left off.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Families should visit ChildTaxCredit.gov for tools, help filing
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 7:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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James Antle of the Washington Examiner documents one noticeable impact of Donald Trump’s White House term.
Published: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 @ 2:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2018 Time, declared Georgia “the Hollywood of the South.” By then, Georgia had developed the largest film incentive program in the entire United States.
Published: Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 @ 12:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Imagine you've been given the task to argue that an industry needs government support to survive. How do you think you'd make that case?
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Film director Rob Reiner and other Hollywood notables have railed against North Carolina, threatened not to work in the state again, and raised the possibility of economic boycotts because of House Bill 2, the so-called bathroom bill
Published: Sunday, March 26th, 2017 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an op-ed column, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-11th District, and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took aim at the process behind and the substance of the replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act introduced by House Republican leaders.
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2017 @ 7:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the Affordable Care Act passed Congress in 2010, analysts from the Congressional Budget Office, the federal agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, and private-sector allies released estimates for how many Americans would enroll in ACA-exchange plans over the ensuing years
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 8:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Higher education has already become an important issue in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primary race. It should receive considerable attention in the first primary date, scheduled for October 13 on CNN.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2015 @ 9:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Health policy doesn't exactly rank high on the summer reading bucket list. Let's be real - for most people, it's not all that fitting for the beach, and it surely doesn't pair well with red wine during a gossipy book-club meeting.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 @ 3:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Fund budget proposal released Monday by GOP state House leaders for the two-year budget cycle starting July 1 would increase spending by nearly $1 billion more than the increase recommended in March by Gov. Pat McCrory, a fellow Republican.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2015 @ 4:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The editors of The Fayetteville Observer are interested in the film industry and with storytelling in general. An example of the latter came to my attention recently.
Published: Sunday, February 15th, 2015 @ 2:04 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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To kick off the New Year, the Cato Institute hosted its ninth annual health policy conference, where I and other attendees were briefed heavily on the status and potential implications of King v. Burwell - better known as one of the Obamacare "subsidy lawsuits."
Published: Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 @ 9:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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To kick off the New Year, the Cato Institute hosted its 9th annual health policy conference, where I and other attendees were heavily briefed on the status and potential implications of King V Burwell - better known as one of the Obamacare "subsidy lawsuits."
Published: Saturday, January 17th, 2015 @ 5:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's film tax incentives program has changed significantly. Formerly a refundable tax credit of 25 percent of qualifying production expenses capped at $20 million per production, the program now is a $10 million grant program.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Converting the federal portion of North Carolina's Medicaid program into an annual block grant would go a long way toward limiting Medicaid's unpredictable annual cost overruns.
Published: Saturday, August 9th, 2014 @ 11:40 am
By: John Richard Furlough
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Converting the federal portion of North Carolina's Medicaid program into an annual block grant would go a long way toward limiting Medicaid's unpredictable annual cost overruns.
Published: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 @ 5:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With a nationwide price tag of almost half a trillion dollars, Medicaid is the largest public health insurer in the United States.
Published: Friday, August 1st, 2014 @ 4:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Efforts by the state's film industry to continue getting incentives from North Carolina taxpayers were revived Thursday when a Senate committee - and later the entire Senate - approved a new plan awarding grants to filmmakers.
Published: Monday, June 9th, 2014 @ 7:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lobbyists for North Carolina's motion-picture industry, in an attempt to preserve an expiring taxpayer subsidy for film production in the state, are circulating two "talking points" documents to lawmakers attacking the credibility of those who have questioned the figures.
Published: Saturday, June 7th, 2014 @ 9:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory's budget calls for teachers and state employees to get raises, the environmental police to add 19 positions to monitor coal ash, and budget authors to keep the state's spending plan structurally sound.
Published: Saturday, May 17th, 2014 @ 8:50 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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At an early March meeting in Charlotte of the N.C. Governor's Conference on Tourism, state Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker admitted that a 25-percent refundable tax credit for the film industry, scheduled to expire in January, may be in trouble.
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2014 @ 8:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Barack Obama was right about health insurance mandates. Back in 2008, I mean, when he was competing with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. The two senators disagreed about whether, as part of comprehensive health insurance reform, the federal government should require...
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 6:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that the General Assembly has made it clear North Carolina will not set up state insurance exchanges or expand Medicaid under the terms of the Affordable Care Act, I'm going to remind Carolina Journal readers what they know about the complicated issues involved that readers and viewers of...
Published: Friday, February 15th, 2013 @ 3:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1972, 1980, 1984, and 1988 the GOP ran a national ticket touting the promise of limited government and tax cuts. The Republicans saw smashing, overwhelming victories in each of those years.
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 @ 1:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It sounds as though the Prez is beginning to take to heart the need to reduce spending. It would seem he is saving money on speech writers.
Published: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 @ 4:58 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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One of the most controversial issues in the past few years has been the growing role of the state in providing preschool opportunities to North Carolina children.
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 4:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's child care subsidy programs represent a fraction of the nearly $18 billion operating budget managed by North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services.
Published: Thursday, October 18th, 2012 @ 3:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We hear a lot from the Obama administration and the Democratic Party about who in America is disenfranchised. And according to them, it certainly isn't the American taxpayer.
Published: Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 @ 1:09 am
By: Diane Rufino
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