By now, you have likely heard of the vote taken in the North Carolina House of Representatives last week to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the state budget legislation (House ... Keep Reading
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Piecemeal Pay Raise Bills to be Heard in House Today
The first of what is expected to be a series of "mini-budgets" are on the calendar for the House Appropriations Committee today. Specifically, three committees substitute bills ... Keep Reading
Education budget, Part I: Schools open soon — even without a state budget
Nearly two months have passed since Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the state budget approved by the North Carolina House and Senate. A 2016 budget provision will fund schools at current ... Keep Reading
WRAL editorial reveals elitist attitude of the progressive media
The editorial board at the Capital Broadcasting Company - owners of WRAL - are upset at the thought of hardworking taxpayers being returned some of their own money. In this ... Keep Reading
NC Budget Watch, Day 47 – $1.1 million of hypocrisy per day
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the Cooper administration's corporate incentive frenzy in the days after his June 28 veto of the budget bill passed by the North Carolina General ... Keep Reading
Refund coming to NC taxpayers?
An article in today's NC Insider (subscription needed) discusses Sen. Phil Berger's public comments that the state's sizeable revenue surplus should be returned to taxpayers in the ... Keep Reading
NC BUDGET WATCH, Day 33: $1.2 million in corporate incentives per day
Today marks 33 days since Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed House Bill 966 - 2019 Appropriations Act - the budget bill passed by the North Carolina General Assembly. Gov. Roy Cooper's ... Keep Reading
Pork spending totals over $125 million in state budget
The state budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2019-20 – passed by the legislature and vetoed by the governor – contains a staggering $125 million in inappropriate spending for local ... Keep Reading
NC Justice Center: Everyone should rely on government for their well-being
The headline of this recent N&O op-ed said it all: "In budget fight, North Carolina's well-being is at stake." North Carolina is a state with more than 10 million citizens, ... Keep Reading
A conservative solution to the state budget impasse
First – and this piece is critical -- North Carolina's state government is not experiencing a budget crisis. From a national perspective, going into this year's state ... Keep Reading
