The Senate $19.4 billion budget cuts taxes across the board on personal income. There are also a new tax exemption for small businesses of up to $50,000. One of the chief budget ... Keep Reading
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Senate to Release State Budget Plan This Week
It is being reported that the Senate will unveil its budget proposal this week. Check out the Civitas Institute's review of the previously-released House budget plan and Governor ... Keep Reading
Governor and Lawmakers Find Compromise on State Health Plan
Senate leaders substituted language in an old House bill (HB578) with another version of changes to the State Health Plan. The House approved the changes and the bill was sent by ... Keep Reading
“Seven Years of College Down the Drain”
More thoughtless hyperbole is on display in today's N&O. This time, its focus is on higher education. How many young North Carolinians must see their futures dimmed because ... Keep Reading
Senate releases budget targets for education
The Senate released its budget targets at this morning’s meeting of the Senate Education/Higher Education Committee. Overall, the Senate aims to spend approximately $10.6 billion ... Keep Reading
More Thoughtless Hyperbole on State Budget
Gene Nichol, professor of law at UNC-Chapel Hill and director of the university's Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity puts on his fear-monger hat in this article published in ... Keep Reading
New Tax Proposals Introduced in the House
Republican Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger says there could be a joint Finance Committee meeting next week to look at a tax cut package for the budget, but some ideas are ... Keep Reading
NC House GOP Leadership – Winning in the Big Leagues
After the 2010 election there were a number of people who were counting the new republican legislature out before it even got started. They said it did not have the experience, ... Keep Reading
Several Tax Bills Filed in the Shadow of House Budget Vote
Last night the N.C. House approved by a 72-47 margin its second vote on the House budget plan. The budget bill is expected to receive its third and final vote of approval later ... Keep Reading
Tax Cut Package May Be Coming Next Week
The state House is expected to move its budget over to the Senate this week. At the same time there is still no tax cut package to explain the drop in revenue in the House budget ... Keep Reading
