This year's legislative session turned out to be an ideological struggle, not between Republicans and Democrats but between two factions within the Republican Party. This tension goes to the heart of one's belief in free markets as the most moral and efficient way to organize economic activity...
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 10:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the NC Competes Jobs Plan today, a key component of his comprehensive strategy to build and strengthen North Carolina's economy by putting more people back to work.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 6:08 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory said he would veto Senate Bill 369 which would change the sales tax distribution formula in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 @ 4:57 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown (R-Onslow) introduced legislation on Monday to reform the state sales tax system. The state levies a 4.75 percent sales tax, while counties levy an additional two percent. The two percent is the focus of the bill, and is currently composed of three different...
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 3:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this month, the NC House introduced the "NC Competes Act," a bill that would expand the state's Job Development Investment Grant program (JDIG), and extend targeted tax breaks for datacenters and a major passenger airline. Yesterday, the Senate introduced two bills designed as an...
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2015 @ 12:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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This budget provides $99 million and $107 million respectively in each year of the biennium to support commitments made under NC Competes, programs focused on the recruitment and retention of quality jobs and large-scale capital investment.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 12:01 am
By: Chris Downey
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Proving yet again that corporate welfare is a bipartisan problem, four Republican legislators last week introduced House Bill 117, NC Competes Act. The primary sponsors of the bill are Reps. Susan Martin (R-Wilson), Charles Jeter (R-Mecklenburg), Jeff Collins (R-Nash) and Bob Steinburg...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 7:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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