North Carolina State Government is stepping up efforts to hire the best and the brightest to serve the people of North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 @ 10:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory's initiative to modernize state government with the aim of making it more customer friendly for citizens has received national recognition.
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 @ 12:09 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The General Assembly on Wednesday approved a measure allowing state government to continue spending money through the end of the month while budget writers from both chambers continue to hammer out a compromise.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 @ 11:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the last few weeks, debates in the North Carolina legislature have focused on the budget and the stark differences between the House and Senate versions. This week I would like to discuss more of the politics of the budget process and what that means for spending measures.
Published: Saturday, July 4th, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two reports this week from the John Locke Foundation discuss the costly unintended consequences of state government mandates.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 10:38 am
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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The writer of Ecclesiastes was correct. For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 8:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Taxes are the primary source of income for the state of North Carolina. While many of us focus on the larger taxes, such as personal income, we must remember there are multiple sources of tax income the state uses to fund its daily functions.
Published: Thursday, December 11th, 2014 @ 7:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For those of us who follow state government, the budget is always a topic of conversation. Where will money be spent? How much will be spent on various agencies? Will there be a surplus or deficit? The list goes on and on, but one question that doesn't come up very often is: How is the budget...
Published: Saturday, November 22nd, 2014 @ 8:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The unemployment insurance debt owed to the federal government by North Carolina has dropped by nearly $2 billion under the reforms implemented by Governor Pat McCrory.
Published: Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 @ 6:19 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The media hysteria over the budget debate on Jones Street is reaching a crescendo.
Published: Tuesday, July 29th, 2014 @ 4:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The year 2013 saw the greatest changes in state government in the past fifty years.
Published: Thursday, December 26th, 2013 @ 12:04 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina state government spending has grown "significantly" in recent decades, though much of that growth has been hidden beneath headlines that focus on the state's General Fund. That's a key finding from a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina state government spending has grown "significantly" in recent decades, though much of that growth has been hidden beneath headlines that focus on the state's General Fund.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 11:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is among a number of state governments plagued by massive unfunded liabilities for state retirees' health insurance benefits, and, like many of its counterparts, it is placing greater responsibility for costs on members in a movement known as medical consumerism.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 @ 10:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2007, with Bev Perdue as president of the Senate, Joe Hackney as speaker of the House, and Mike Easley as governor, a very liberal, Democratic-run state government imposed a mandate that by 2021, the state's investor-owned utilities must provide 12.5 percent of their energy from renewable...
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2013 @ 2:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With respect to our legislators the current talk of a tax reform plan makes about as much sense as hopping in a car and striking out to California without a GPS or road map.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 1:00 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Any tax-reform bill that might move through the North Carolina General Assembly will address only state-level taxes. So the topic of my column today is unlikely to lead to any legislative action in the short run.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 7:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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rom the White House through the State House and into the Dog Catchers House the problems are all the same. We are spending too much money at every level of government.
Published: Sunday, November 11th, 2012 @ 2:44 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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