The Civitas Institute has identified $205.4 million in new “pork barrel” spending in the FY2007-2009 expansion budget. In addition, the budget contains $155 million in ... Keep Reading
Important Bills Still in Play for Next Session
Important Bills Still in Play for Next Session While we reflect on the legislation that passed during this year’s long session, it is important to keep an eye on bills that ... Keep Reading
General Assembly Breaks Budget Rules
The General Assembly violated its own rules more than 100 times when it passed the budget last week. At the eleventh hour, legislators added new pork projects that had not been ... Keep Reading
Landfill Regulation: Is the State Needed Here?
A North Carolina moratorium on the construction of new landfills expired on August 1, 2007. With the moratorium’s expiration, state legislators are now proposing the Solid Waste ... Keep Reading
Far-Left Groups Behind the “Voter-Owned” Elections Movement
HB 1517, the “Voter-Owned Elections Pilot” bill, was approved by a 53-51 margin today in its second reading on the House floor. The legislation is scheduled to come up ... Keep Reading
Gambling with a New Plan for the North Carolina Education Lottery
Revenue from the North Carolina Education Lottery has fallen short of initial estimates, with the inevitable result that the Legislature has had to provide public tax dollars to ... Keep Reading
Transfer Tax, “Temporary” Sales Tax Hit Poor the Hardest
Transfer Tax, "Temporary" Sales Tax Hit Poor the Hardest As part of the “Medicaid Swap” plan the budget conference committee is reportedly considering, the ... Keep Reading
June 2007 DecisionMaker Poll
June 2007 Poll Results ... Keep Reading
Jessica’s Law: Coming Up Short
North Carolina’s Version of “Jessica’s Law” Would Not Have Protected Jessica Lunsford The General Assembly and the Governor have gleefully trumpeted the ... Keep Reading
An Interstate Compact to Award Presidential Electors?
By Brian Mullis Senate Bill 954, sponsored by Senator Daniel Clodfelter (D-Mecklenburg), proposes entangling North Carolina in an interstate compact that instructs the ... Keep Reading
