Jobs remain the most important issue facing North Carolina. Our government does not create jobs; however, it creates the environment in which job creators flourish.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 11:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 @ 6:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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An audit by State Auditor Beth Wood released today has come down on the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center for gaining $20 million in...
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the McCrory administration is hailing an overhaul of the way North Carolina recruits business, open government advocates worry that...
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 9:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement today in response to the News & Observer article on the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center on Saturday's front page.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 2:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's entire "economic development policy" should be replaced with "economic growth policy."
Published: Sunday, September 2nd, 2012 @ 7:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I learned, in a national conference for County Commissioners, that economic development can be "anything you want it to be".
Published: Sunday, August 26th, 2012 @ 11:44 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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There is nothing to economically develop at the county level in so far as new industry. That reality applies to every county in the United States.
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 @ 10:10 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Every policy and decision by government has economic costs, and more so when the policy interferes with or, worse, prevents some market choices. Such negative economic effects are what make even more pernicious the practice of cronyism.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 12:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Less than a month after North Carolina legislators approved more money for the state's film tax incentives program, a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight Report pans film incentives as a clear example of cronyism.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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efore states began film tax incentives programs, North Carolina was a popular off-Hollywood destination for film crews.
Published: Thursday, July 19th, 2012 @ 11:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For starters, a recent Heritage Foundation report criticized North Carolina's congressional delegation for failing to support free trade agreements that would help companies export their products.
Published: Friday, July 6th, 2012 @ 2:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember when the Republican-crafted North Carolina budget passed over Gov. Beverly Perdue's veto last summer? Liberal activists predicted economic disaster.
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2012 @ 1:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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