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It’s budget season in the Tar Heel State. We have high hopes that this biennium budget can allow for substantial benefits to North Carolinians.
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2023 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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And interstate compacts may be one way to protect business
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 3:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cautioned the British government on Tuesday as officials moved to cut taxes and regulations, arguing that the agenda will worsen inflationary pressures.
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 @ 10:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Pres. Biden and Gov. Cooper tout government intervention to force offshore wind energy development off North Carolina beaches as a way to create jobs and grow the economy
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 2:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s employment situation improved again in April as the unemployment rate fell to 3.4%, remaining below the national average of 3.6%, according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 7:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Americans for Tax Reform lauds N.C. legislators as national leaders in "advancing pro-growth tax policies."
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2022 @ 5:06 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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Beaufort County's Commissioners began deliberations over a two day period to discuss the cost of managing the most important government in the lives of its citizens.
Published: Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 @ 1:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County's Commissioners began deliberations over a two day period to discuss the cost of managing the most important government in the lives of its citizens.
Published: Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 @ 4:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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“Set some money aside for a rainy day.” That’s financial advice anyone discussing finances worth their salt would include.
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 9:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Conservative legislative leadership has held state spending growth in check over the last decade.
Published: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 @ 9:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Patrick Gleason of Americans for Tax Reform cites North Carolina in his latest Forbes column.
Published: Thursday, June 10th, 2021 @ 5:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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NCACC Weekly Update — April 16
Published: Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 @ 7:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina’s record of spending restraint and tax reform over the past decade continues to inspire other states and demonstrate what is possible.
Published: Friday, February 19th, 2021 @ 6:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While national politics may take a leftward tilt, conservatism in North Carolina is on the ascent.
Published: Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 @ 6:12 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As Tears for Fears sang in the 1980s, everybody wants their taxes lower.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s not difficult to find bad policy examples from government-enacted lockdowns due to coronavirus, yet virtually none are worse than the idea of the federal government bailing out the states.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 3:10 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Thanks to a decade of wise, conservative fiscal policy, North Carolina state government is better positioned financially to weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus shutdown.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 10:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina’s economic and fiscal health is riding a decade of success.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 9:35 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Rep. Deb Butler’s epic September 11 outburst on the floor of the General Assembly is a reminder— to some at least—that North Carolina is governed in a perpetual state of chaos.
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2019 @ 6:50 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As the 2020 election season gathers momentum, North Carolina's tax reforms and demands for higher spending on any number of government programs will be front and center.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2019 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Right after the 2016 elections, I observed that the combination of Donald Trump’s rise and continuing GOP strength across the landscape of American politics had yielded three distinct Republican parties: a populist and personality-driven White House party
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2018 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Large majorities of North Carolina voters support enshrining additional rights and responsibilities in the state constitution in the latest polling by the Civitas Institute
Published: Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 @ 5:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On most days and most roads, most drivers treat posted speed limits as the recommended speed
Published: Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 @ 7:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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No issue better epitomizes our broken federal government than the debt. And like Democrats, Republicans have failed miserably to control federal spending
Published: Saturday, March 24th, 2018 @ 10:59 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: Monday, August 7th, 2017 @ 7:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report ranking states' fiscal health puts North Carolina 15th nationally, highlighting the Tar Heel State's strong revenue and solid pension funding.
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 @ 10:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians had much to celebrate over the Independence Day weekend
Published: Friday, July 7th, 2017 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Republicans have gotten right what Republicans elsewhere have gotten very wrong: how to construct sensible tax cuts and honest, conservative budgets
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2017 @ 6:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $22.9 billion General Fund budget plan released Tuesday by Senate Republicans would increase spending over the two-year budget cycle by less than Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s plan would in its first year alone
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2017 @ 3:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hurricane Matthew still sits a couple of days away from the North Carolina coast, and those in its projected path root for the storm to turn to the east
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2017 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If I could predict the onset of America's next recession with precision, I wouldn't tell you about it. I'd become a money manager and make a pile of it by timing the market
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2016 @ 6:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has made another top-10 list - one that should make the state's fiscal conservatives particularly happy
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 @ 3:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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