The House Appropriations Committee kicks off debate on the new Republican budget today. The one thing that sticks out in the "money report" is a line item labeled "Reserve for ... Keep Reading
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Fee Increases Complete Initial Work on House Budget
The House Finance Committee approved a package of almost $100 million in new or higher fees. That's the last bit of business on the House budget as the package heads back to the ... Keep Reading
GOP leader and Governor Perdue Spar Over Job Focus
What Governor Beverly Perdue calls her "Jobs Tour" swung by Raleigh Thursday (April 7) to criticize Republicans in the legislature for not focusing on creating jobs. She said GOP ... Keep Reading
New Voter ID Bill Coming Next Week Among Other New Proposals
The word is circulating on Jones Street that Governor Bev Perdue would veto any voter ID bill passed by Republicans. So the leadership at the legislature is changing gears and ... Keep Reading
Consumers and Retailers May be Forced to Pay More to Encourage the Use of Renewable Energy and Efficiency
Residential and Commerical customers of power companies are already paying more for renewable energy. A special annual add-on rate is charged to cover the cost of the utilites ... Keep Reading
Repeal of land transfer tax on the way to the Governor’s desk
The state Senate passed HB92, which would repeal the land transfer tax as an option for counties to raise revenue. Time after time voters in several counties have rejected the tax. ... Keep Reading
State controller’s office says ESC funds would not be used for tax refunds at this time
Sherry Johnson in the State Controller's Office says controller David McCoy has decided not to touch the Employment Security Commission funds to pay tax refunds. She says he wants ... Keep Reading
State House approves repeal of land transfer tax
The House gave final approval to HB92 which would repeal the land transfer tax. The law gives counties the option of asking voters for authority to impose a tax on the sale of real ... Keep Reading
Governor Perdue releases budget (updated with GOP reaction)
Governor Perdue released her budget this morning. Here is a link to the summary handed out at press conference. Republicans are already rejecting it. Republican Senate President ... Keep Reading
State House passed bill to block national healthcare mandate
After a three hour debate the state House of Representatives approved the bill that would require North Carolina to join other states in lawsuit to challenge the Obamacare mandate ... Keep Reading
