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The Tar Heel State earned failing marks for healthcare and its costs according to a list by Forbes Advisor ranking of all 50 states.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 8:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For the second year in a row, North Carolina has earned the top spot in CNBC’s annual “America’s Top States for Business” ranking. Gov. Roy Cooper wasted no time taking credit in an interview with CNBC, but as usual there’s more to the story.
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 11:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, for the second year in a row, North Carolina earned the top spot in CNBC’s annual “America’s Top States for Business” rankings out of all 50 states.
Published: Sunday, October 1st, 2023 @ 11:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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According to Department of Education figures, an estimated 1.4 million North Carolinians currently owe student loans, contributing to the Tar Heel State ranking as the eighth highest state on the average amount of student debt owed, with the average borrower owing $37,920.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 6:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With such a business-friendly climate, why would NCInnovation even be necessary?
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2023 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The nonprofit Tax Foundation has released its State Business Tax Climate Index each year since 2003, distilling complicated tax environments into a simple and easy-to-understand ranking. The index is focused on how states generate revenue, not how much.
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 @ 1:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina No. 1 in CNBC's Annual Competitiveness Rankings
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 6:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A study by Quicken Loans on the hottest real-estate markets in the nation found that two of the top 10 were in the Tar Heel state. Raleigh came in at No. 3, and Charlotte at No. 9 in the 2022 rankings.
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 @ 2:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The highest scoring states in the rankings were Nebraska, North Dakota, Vermont, Kentucky, and South Dakota.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell is drawing attention to North Carolina’s No. 2 ranking in a new assessment of states’ economic outlook. The Tar Heel State trails only Utah in the ranking from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Heritage Foundation’s 2022 “Index of Economic Freedom” puts the United States at a record low ranking, falling from 20th in 2021 to 25th this year out of 177 countries ranked.
Published: Sunday, February 20th, 2022 @ 9:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina ranks among the bottom 10 states in the country on Politico’s new State Pandemic Scorecard. The Tar Heel State’s overall ranking of No. 41 combines high marks for health and the economy with low scores for social well-being and education.
Published: Monday, December 27th, 2021 @ 5:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina would jump from No. 10 to No. 5 in the Tax Foundation’s state business tax climate rankings, if recently approved reforms took effect immediately.
Published: Sunday, December 19th, 2021 @ 5:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s economic health seems strong. Taxes are low, cost of living is below average, and a recent CNBC study gave the state a No. 2 ranking as “Best for Business” because of solid growth, quality workforce, business friendliness, and technology.
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @ 11:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A proposed tax cut from Senate Republicans would move North Carolina to fifth in the state business tax climate rankings, the Tax Foundation says.
Published: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 @ 7:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, Civitas Action released its annual state legislative rankings for 2019.
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 4:16 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Senate Bill 399, “Rehire High-Need Teachers,” would let educators who are at least six months into retirement take jobs at schools that receive D or F grades under the state’s school performance rankings.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2019 @ 1:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina ranks 44th in the nation in access to health care. When you consider we have great access in some parts of the state - those close to metropolitan areas and teaching hospitals in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the Triad, and Triangle - the overall ranking is misleading
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2018 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Proponents of school choice in North Carolina have reason to cheer the state’s ninth-place ranking in the Center for Education Reform Parent Power! Index for 2017
Published: Saturday, October 14th, 2017 @ 9:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In another positive sign for North Carolina's economy, Governor Pat McCrory announced that the state's business climate ranked second in the nation according Site Selection Magazine's annual ranking of state business climates
Published: Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 @ 5:11 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina ranks No. 19 overall and is rising among all states when combining economic and personal freedoms, according to a major national report released today that used more than 230 variables to set the rankings.
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2016 @ 3:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Civitas Action has released its annual Conservative Effectiveness Rankings of North Carolina state lawmakers for 2016.
Published: Sunday, October 2nd, 2016 @ 9:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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Last month, the National Education Association released "Rankings of the States 2015 and Estimates of School Statistics 2016." "Rankings and Estimates" is a useful publication for its per pupil expenditure and teacher pay rankings
Published: Sunday, June 5th, 2016 @ 2:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Every year the Tax Foundation publishes the State Business Tax Climate Index, which allows taxpayers, businesses, and policy makers an easy comparison of how their states' tax systems relate. This ranking of the states is based on tax policy has been very important in North Carolina over the last...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory on Tuesday credited reforms in North Carolina's tax code and regulatory environment as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation recognized the state for moving into the top 10 nationally in a Chamber ranking of high-tech performance and innovation and entrepreneurship.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 3:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Amid the uncertainty of state budget negotiations, one fact still holds: North Carolina's corporate tax rates will continue to drop, and those cuts will improve the state's standing in an index from the Tax Foundation in Washington, D.C., ranking state business climates.
Published: Thursday, May 28th, 2015 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina jumped to fourth place among all states in Site Selection magazine's 2014 Governor's Cup, a closely-watched ranking of economic development success. North Carolina moved up three spots as compared to last year's ranking. The Governor's Cup...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 8:14 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Niche.com, Inc. is a Pittsburgh, PA-based company that evaluates and ranks K-12 schools, colleges, cities, and neighborhoods. They recently released their 2015 ranking of public schools and school districts in each state, as well as a national ranking of private and public schools and districts.
Published: Thursday, January 29th, 2015 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Civitas Action has released its annual Conservative Effectiveness Ranking of North Carolina state lawmakers for the 2013 legislative session. Scores suggest that the Senate was more conservative than the House last year, with more than half of the Senate members earning an "A", while no House...
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 4:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina residents pay nearly 10 percent of their income in taxes, placing the state squarely among the 20th-most taxed in the nation, said the nonprofit Tax Foundation in its most recent Annual State-Local Tax Burden Ranking (PDF download here).
Published: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report on economic competitiveness from the American Legislative Economic Council shows North Carolina is ranked 23rd among the states on the 2012 ALEC-Laffer Economic Outlook Rankings.
Published: Friday, April 20th, 2012 @ 6:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The United States has been slipping in recent international rankings of economic freedom, including the Fraser Institute's widely publicized Economic Freedom of the Word annual report.
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2012 @ 4:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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