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The Golden LEAF Foundation Board recently adopted a long-term strategic plan to serve as a roadmap for the next few years.
Published: Saturday, July 24th, 2021 @ 5:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Researchers found that President Biden’s first budget proposal would reduce economic growth by 1% over the next decade.
Published: Saturday, July 3rd, 2021 @ 7:59 am
By: Daily Wire
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $2,099,350 for workforce training and infrastructure projects to support economic growth in rural areas of the state.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2021 @ 3:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump has made it a top priority to promote a clean and healthy environment for the American people.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 @ 7:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since 2017, More Than 62,000 Jobs Have Been Created in North Carolina
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2020 @ 8:48 am
By: Governor's Office
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Conservative North Carolinians believe that lower taxes translate into higher levels of economic growth and personal freedom.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 2:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We have experienced a decade of economic growth and the big questions many are asking is whether this growth will continue or if there will be a recession in our future?
Published: Saturday, July 20th, 2019 @ 8:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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At the G20 Summit, President Donald J. Trump will encourage others to follow the United States’ pro-growth, pro-jobs, and pro-innovation example.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 8:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ever since the end of Prohibition over eight decades ago, North Carolina has been a "control" state for liquor.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remarks by President Trump on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth | Hackberry, LA
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 1:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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New research by two North Carolina State University professors has brought into stark relief the following facts: America is in a debt crisis, our economy is suffering as a result, and politicians of both major political parties bear responsibility.
Published: Thursday, May 16th, 2019 @ 6:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada would add $68.2 billion to the U.S. economy and create 176,000 new jobs, according to a study from the International Trade Commission released on Thursday.
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 @ 10:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We've accomplished an economic turnaround of historic proportions.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 3:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is a simple equation that every first-semester student in macroeconomics learns. It is the equation for measuring gross domestic product or GDP. GDP is used to measure the size of state and national economies
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2018 @ 7:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's two most-populous counties, Mecklenburg and Wake, are home to about 21 percent of the state's population and 28 percent of its jobs. Over the past four years, about 45 percent of the state's net new jobs were created in either Mecklenburg or Wake
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 @ 10:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Would North Carolina be a better place without an income tax? A recent Bankrate.com article compared the nine states that forgo broad-based personal income taxes with the rest of the country on economy, population, and jobs
Published: Monday, August 20th, 2018 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, applauded the House's passage of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to improve our nation's financial regulatory framework and promote economic growth
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 9:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Yesterday, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), David Perdue (R-GA) and 14 other senators asked Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to expedite floor consideration on funding bills and President Trump's nominees, even if the Senate must work nights, weekends, and through the August state work period
Published: Friday, May 11th, 2018 @ 11:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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What's the theme for limited government, personal responsibility, opportunity and freedom across North Carolina for the 2018 election cycle
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2018 @ 1:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week I looked into the proposed “rules throttle” in the conference report for House Bill 162. As I see it, it’s an intriguing reform proposal that just needs a little more clarity and little more accountability
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2018 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If the supply of oil goes up, the price of oil and gasoline falls
Published: Sunday, February 18th, 2018 @ 9:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Politicians in North Carolina and just about everywhere else in the United States seem fixated on attracting large companies to their states, often by any means necessary
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 8:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Congress enacted tax reform a few weeks ago, the final product bore a striking resemblance to the state tax changes North Carolina's legislature has enacted since 2013
Published: Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 2:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the flourishing economic climate in the United States as being one of the major successes of his administration - a fact that goes either largely unreported in the media or is reported as the fruits of the Obama administration
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2018 @ 10:45 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, and other senators announced a bipartisan agreement on legislative proposals to improve our nation's financial regulatory framework and promote economic growth
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 @ 7:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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There are many different ideas about the best way to increase the growth of North Carolina's economy
Published: Thursday, July 13th, 2017 @ 1:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What's the biggest issue facing North Carolina today? That was the question posed at a recent lunch with Leslie Boney, the newly named Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 3:16 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The science fiction pioneer H.G. Wells once observed that "human history is, in essence, a history of ideas."
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 @ 10:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Following is part of an article series sent by incumbent Governor McCrory following Gubernatorial Debate on October 11 with Roy Cooper
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 12:37 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Reversing a trend, North Carolina has experienced ten consecutive quarters of per capita income growth equal to or greater than the national average, the latest data show
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 @ 6:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In 2013 the state of North Carolina passed and began implementing a program of sweeping tax reform meant to remove barriers to economic growth that were embedded in the state's burdensome tax code
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 @ 3:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"North Carolina's economy is firing on all cylinders," said Governor McCrory. "North Carolina is home to one of the fastest growing economies in the nation, revenues are up above projections, unemployment is at an 8-year-low and more than 275,000 private sector jobs have been added since 2013."
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2016 @ 8:50 am
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina should abandon economic development policy and completely refocus on economic growth
Published: Friday, July 1st, 2016 @ 2:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today released the following statement on the May jobs report...
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 1:20 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The 2016 legislative short session begins April 25. While continued uncertainty over congressional (and even legislative) district maps could cut into the General Assembly's calendar, there are a number of moves our elected officials could make this year to highlight economic growth
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2016 @ 8:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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