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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will work to develop a School of Civic Life and Leadership to teach students in an age of cancel culture and censorship how to develop the knowledge and skills needed to advance and support a healthy democracy.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 11:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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WAMY Community Action is a Safety Net Benefiting from NCCash.com Program
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2022 @ 2:55 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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In November, voters will head to the polls, and millions of North Carolinians will turn out to vote, but only a percentage of those will fill out their entire ballot.
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2022 @ 12:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Labor Day signals the end of summer for many and has been a good time to reflect on where things stand and look ahead for things to come.
Published: Friday, September 9th, 2022 @ 10:54 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Leandro case on August 31
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Wednesday afternoon Governor Roy Cooper released his recommended budget adjustments for the upcoming fiscal year that begins on July 1.
Published: Friday, May 20th, 2022 @ 6:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday, Special Superior Court Judge Michael Robinson issued an order stating that the state budget fell short of the Leandro comprehensive remedial plan by $785 million.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 2:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On March 10th our General Assembly adjourned a session that spanned 14 months, starting in January of 2021.
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2022 @ 9:51 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Over the past few days it has felt like we were ending 2021 where we started it, in the throes of a spiking pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 5:43 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The N.C. prison system, comprising 55 facilities and employing roughly 16,000 staff, is one of the largest agencies in the state. That might surprise some, as prisons, from the real estate they occupy, to the critical role they play in governance, are not foremost in our minds when it comes to polic
Published: Monday, November 1st, 2021 @ 5:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When our General Assembly convened January 13th for the 2021 session, they had two main tasks: passing a state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and drawing new districts for congressional, legislative and local governments.
Published: Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 @ 12:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Sports betting legislation passed the state Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, clearing an initial hurdle on its way to the full Senate.
Published: Friday, August 13th, 2021 @ 10:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A pay-as-you-go approach to capital projects sets the Senate apart from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, whose budget plan called for a $4.7 billion statewide bond package.
Published: Friday, June 25th, 2021 @ 6:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina is poised to make great gains as we recover from the pandemic.
Published: Saturday, April 10th, 2021 @ 1:10 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Less than a year after an audit of the N.C. Department of Transportation found massive overspending, a blue-ribbon panel is recommending the department get a 40% budget hike.
Published: Saturday, January 16th, 2021 @ 9:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 recession in March, North Carolina policymakers have been watching government revenues and expenditures carefully.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 6:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday night that he plans to initiate an investigation into President Donald Trump’s taxes and will have city officials check whether Trump has paid his “fair share.”
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 @ 3:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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As North Carolina fights the coronavirus, the General Assembly should take a few simple, smart steps to keep public education on track and the economy afloat, experts say.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 11:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Keeping the lights on. That’s the popular theme, for businesses — small and large — throughout the country.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 10:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Twenty-five years ago, Robert Leandro and his mother, Kathleen Leandro, lent their name to one of the most significant education lawsuits in North Carolina history.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 11:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that would align laws for North Carolina craft distilleries more closely with rules governing wine and craft beer easily cleared the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, June 18. It now heads to Senate Rules.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 @ 2:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As many of you have probably heard by now, the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is planning another strike on May 1st
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2019 @ 1:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Senate plan to pump $2.03 billion of tax revenue into K-12 public school construction would both outspend a competing House plan and do so with cash rather than debt, Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown, R-Onslow, said Wednesday.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2019 @ 12:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State budget writers have more challenges than normal as they prepare for the next biennium. First, there are economic headwinds from tariff and trade wars and a broader concern about when the next recession will arrive
Published: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 @ 12:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rob Christensen, the venerable political reporter for the News & Observer, offers a future vision of North Carolina as Illinois, with out-of-control spending leading to failing government and bad credit
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 5:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Time Magazine’s Aug. 6 special issue focuses on the American South. One of the articles is about Georgia’s film production incentives, entitled “How Georgia Became the Hollywood of the South.”
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 3:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state legislature regularly draws fire for its decision to end an old, very generous tax break for film and TV production and replace it with a smaller, more-targeted grant program
Published: Thursday, March 15th, 2018 @ 10:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medicaid is the largest spending item of the roughly $53 billion flowing through state coffers this year, yet state policymakers have minimal control over the program
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 @ 12:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Carl Bernstein, a curmudgeon who became immortal because of Watergate, has said the United States has found itself in yet another cold war
Published: Saturday, August 5th, 2017 @ 3:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. House has stripped a provision in Senate Bill 155 that would have allowed North Carolina distilleries to sell directly to consumers, via the internet
Published: Saturday, July 1st, 2017 @ 7:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The words "ambitious state budget" must test well in polls and focus groups
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2016 @ 2:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Council of State on Tuesday approved the sale of five buildings in downtown Raleigh, which will bring more than $1.8 million to state coffers
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 8:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two of state government's most influential fiscal administrators overseeing budget and revenue operations are leaving their posts, and Thursday Gov. Pat McCrory called a news conference at the Executive Mansion to announce their successors.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 4:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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