While the Governor asked permission to cut $400 million from the current budget SB13 goes much further by finding another $400 million in savings. That includes transferring money ... Keep Reading
Economics
State Senate Republicans going after the “devil in the details”
GOP Senators Harry Brown and David Rouzer want to take a close look at rules that are written covering laws passed by the General Assembly and those written by state agencies. They ... Keep Reading
Senate Republicans save twice as much as Governor requested
State Senate Republicans have gone beyond the $400 million the Governor wanted authority to cut in the current budget. The Appropriations Committee passed SB 13 that would give the ... Keep Reading
State budget writers told economy is rebounding but another year until robust growth
Members of a joint legislative budget panel were told by fiscal researchers revenue collections are on target but still below what is estimated for a new budget. Here's what the ... Keep Reading
Legislative panel passes bill to challenge the national Healthcare Act
Republican leaders in the General Assembly are not wasting time in fulfilling promises. The state House Judiciary Committee approved the bill Thursday that would have North ... Keep Reading
Small Business Loan Program is More Useless Economic Tinkering
Congress recently approved a small business lending program as part of broader legislation aimed at helping small businesses. The lending program is designed to make $30 billion in ... Keep Reading
Class Envy Rhetoric Hurts the Poor
Gene Nichol, a professor of law at the UNC School of Law, and director of UNC-Chapel Hill's Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity continues the N&O's promotion of economic ... Keep Reading
State Government workers’ union fighting privitization of IT jobs
Governor Perdue is pursuing the idea of asking private companies to run some of the information technology infrastructure to save money. But the State Employees Association of ... Keep Reading
Sweepstakes parlors banned by the legislature
The state House concurred with a Senate bill to ban Internet sweepstakes parlors by a vote of 86-27. The ban takes effect in December. Members of the House Black Caucus argued ... Keep Reading
Civitas Legislative Report – 7/1
Civitas Institute Budget and Tax analyst Brian Balfour discusses new state budget http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iayzbs-rwfw ... Keep Reading
