North Carolina lawmakers and the business community have been watching Amazon’s search for a second headquarters with bated breath. Today, Amazon announced its 20 finalist ... Keep Reading
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Your Auto Plant Will Cost How Much?
This N&O article discusses how North Carolina is reportedly still in the running for a Toyota-Mazda auto plant. It could be just a matter of weeks before Toyota announces ... Keep Reading
Left and Right Agree: Corporate Welfare Programs Failing
WRAL.com today has an interesting feature article examining the recent track record of North Carolina's corporate welfare programs. Spoiler alert: the results are not pretty. In ... Keep Reading
Amazon HQ2 Decision: Tax Rates “Critical”
A well-educated, highly productive workforce, access to markets and suppliers, sound infrastructure, and a high quality of life for employees are more important to corporate ... Keep Reading
N&O Shows Support for Cronyism
The N&O today lauded the announcement by Infosys that the Indian tech company is planning to open up a new technology hub in Wake County. Helping to seal the deal was a ... Keep Reading
Hypocrisy Alert: Cooper Endorses “Corporate Tax Giveaway”
January 2017 Roy Cooper: "That’s going to be one of the major battles during this General Assembly session. Are we going to invest in education and our people, or are we going to ... Keep Reading
Solar Tax Credits in NC: All About Corporate Cronyism, Not “Saving the Environment”
As if there needs to be any more evidence, the release of the largest beneficiaries of North Carolina's $245 million worth of 'renewable' energy tax credits last year shows that ... Keep Reading
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Cooper’s First Budget
· Cooper’s first budget plan raises spending $1.1 billion over this year, which would be double the state budget of just 20 years ago · Some good provisions in the budget ... Keep Reading
Corporate Hypocrisy on HB 2 and “Equality” Before the Law
Several corporations have come out this week publicly blasting North Carolina's passage of HB2 - decrying the "discrimination" and how the bill goes against their "fundamental ... Keep Reading
Crony Gov’t Handouts a “Stick in the Eye”
This according to state Senator Andy Wells (R-Catawba). From the N&O A state senator from Hickory is denouncing as a political “poke in the eye with a stick” a promise of ... Keep Reading
