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Bill will require an estimate of interest payments and potential tax increase
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 10:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Local governments turning to bonds and sales tax referendums due to rising interest rates and inflation.
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2022 @ 7:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has rejected Fayetteville's request to block a referendum from the November ballot. The referendum could change the way voters elect the city council.
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2022 @ 12:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has blocked a lower court ruling that would place a referendum on Fayetteville's ballot for changing city council elections.
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 3:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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62% of voters say NO to socialist document
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 @ 10:22 am
By: John Steed
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Guilford County accused of illegal electioneering in favor of school bond referendum, sales tax hikeA candidate for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners has accused the county government of using public dollars to illegally promote the passage of a $1.7 billion school bond and quarter cent sales tax increase.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 10:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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public backlash against expensive ''green energy'' scheme
Published: Thursday, October 28th, 2021 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Steed
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people power about to strike
Published: Wednesday, July 14th, 2021 @ 9:47 am
By: John Steed
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The proposed $1.6 billion Guilford County Schools bond–and the proposed sales tax hike referendum to pay for it—were on thin ice anyway in the wake of the coronavirus.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 @ 5:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina voters shouldn’t be asked to approve county sales tax increases on election days where turnout is considerably low, one expert says.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 @ 7:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In addition to choosing representatives, and deciding six statewide constitutional amendments Tuesday, Nov. 6, North Carolina voters approved more than $1.8 billion in local bonds for K-12 and community college projects, parks and open spaces, low-income housing, and street improvements
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the NATO Observer Group, issued the following statement ahead of Sunday's referendum where the Macedonian people will vote on a change to their constitution that will clear a path toward NATO accession
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 2:30 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Residents soon will get voting guides. They may see sample ballots, or newspaper profiles
Published: Monday, August 20th, 2018 @ 12:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper has filed a court challenge to two constitutional amendments because they “would take a wrecking ball to the separation of powers” by rewriting bedrock constitutional provisions — including the Separation of Powers Clause itself
Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 @ 5:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, the General Assembly convened a special session to make changes to the process by which constitutional amendments appear on the ballot
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 12:19 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Let's just be really clear about the Build NC Bonds proposal to borrow $3 billion for roads making its way, in different forms, through the North Carolina House and Senate: it's a bad idea
Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2018 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Friday, Ireland is set to hold a referendum to allow abortion in state hospitals
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 9:26 am
By: Daily Wire
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In May, North Carolina voters will go to the polls, and in at least 14 counties they'll vote on tax increases
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2018 @ 11:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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At last count, 12 North Carolina counties will include an increase in the local sales tax on their May ballots
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 5:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters in numerous North Carolina counties will vote for more than candidates in their districts
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2018 @ 6:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tuesday was a good day for alcohol proponents and supporters of bond measures
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 3:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Taxpayer advocates, public policy analysts, and Republican Party officials Tuesday slammed a Wake County sales tax referendum and characterized a proposed transit plan as a giant boondoggle
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 12:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While voters in a number of North Carolina localities will have alcohol, tax increase, and bond referendums on their minds, citizens in the Forsyth County village of Tobaccoville will be deciding whether to recall their mayor
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 @ 9:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters in Jackson County went to the polls this week and voted pretty decisively — with 64 percent saying yes — to a local-option sales tax referendum
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2016 @ 8:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Supreme Court justices are elected, not appointed, to their post. This is in contrast to states like Arizona where appellate judges are appointed by the governor, rather than elected by voters. Whether or not either method is a good or bad idea is not at issue in a new lawsuit...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 11:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Hundreds of supporters of the $2 billion Connect NC bond referendum on the March 15 ballot gathered Tuesday on N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus to kick off a campaign they say is essential for a growing North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory visited Stone Mountain State Park to discuss the Connect NC Bond referendum he signed into law, which if approved by voters in March, will invest $2 billion in education, parks, National Guard facilities, and statewide water and sewer infrastructure. Of that amount...
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 6:21 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Some internal docs at NCDOT are shedding some light on what happens to all of that money we shell out at the pump. For 2013-14, NCDOT got $4.4 BILLION in funding.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2014 @ 7:39 am
By: Brant Clifton
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