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The House proposed budget lowers some taxes, creates others, and cuts against the grain of past Republican efforts to prioritize savings reserves as a rainy day buttress to economic downturns and natural disasters.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 9:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper proposed a $25.2 billion General Fund budget for 2019-20 that would increase spending by more than $1.3 billion over the current fiscal year
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2019 @ 4:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative leaders removed some of the guesswork for the legislative short session starting May 16 by announcing they agreed to a $23.917 billion spending plan for the 2018-19 state budget
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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General Assembly budget writers have a monumental challenge this year that they haven't faced in the past four. A Democrat in the governor's mansion
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2017 @ 12:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A proposed constitutional amendment Senate Republicans have titled the Taxpayer Protection Act tentatively squeaked through that chamber Tuesday, with a final vote expected on Wednesday.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2015 @ 5:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Each year the North Carolina General Assembly discusses how much is spent on state government. Many, including the John Locke Foundation, argue that a spending limit or cap should be in place. The call for such a cap has not been impromptu, but rather a reaction to inflation-adjusted state...
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2015 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory called on lawmakers to honor a promise to increase starting teacher salaries to $35,000 and included salary boosts for state troopers and corrections officers Thursday as he unveiled his $21.5 billion General Fund budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 9:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the 1970s and 1980s, America saw a growing federal deficit that caused states to react. North Carolina rewrote its constitution in 1971, and as part of that constitution the state is required to pass a 'balanced budget.' More specifically, the state's total expenditures cannot exceed its...
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 8:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first decade of the 21st Century for North Carolina was a difficult one. In terms of the state’s economic condition, many may label it a lost decade.
Published: Sunday, February 5th, 2012 @ 3:45 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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