Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed three teacher pay raises as part of the budget since taking office in 2017. The latest teacher raise proposed was a smaller one than previous Republican ... Keep Reading
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More than a third of corporate welfare deals don’t generate a single new job
From WRAL comes this unsurprising report: More than a third of the incentive projects announced under North Carolina's largest economic development programs in the last decade ... Keep Reading
Long past time for ‘North Carolina governed by chaos’ narrative to die
State Rep. Deb Butler’s epic September 11 outburst on the floor of the General Assembly is a reminder— to some at least—that North Carolina is governed in a perpetual state of ... Keep Reading
Mecklenburg vote emblematic of larger nationwide anti-tax voter sentiment
Mecklenburg County voters on Tuesday rejected a local quarter cent sales tax hike sold as a way to raise funds for area art projects and parks. The tax was projected to cost ... Keep Reading
Cooper vetoes teacher pay raise, tax cut
Calling them "paltry," Gov. Roy Cooper today vetoed a bill that would have provided teachers with a 3.9% pay raise over two years. “It’s clear to me that legislators want to do ... Keep Reading
Bill with a mixed bag of taxes awaits Cooper’s signature
Senate Bill 557, which was approved by the legislature and is sitting on Gov. Cooper's desk, is a bit of a mixed bag. Following are the two primary components of the bill: ... Keep Reading
NC Slips a Few Spots, But Still Ranks a Strong 15th in Latest Business Tax Climate Index
The Tax Foundation, a Washington D.C. based research group, just released their 2020 State Business Tax Climate Index. In spite of modest decreases in the personal and corporate ... Keep Reading
3 guiding principles on the budget impasse
North Carolina is nearing three weeks into the new fiscal year without a new state budget. An inconvenience for some, but in no ways devastating or a crisis. Spending levels revert ... Keep Reading
A memorial day for those who died from lack of government healthcare?
One of the big phenomenons in our culture today is that everything is being politicized. About five years ago I wrote about how death has even become politicized. This is largely ... Keep Reading
Editor’s article picks: government not the answer and other selections
There is a lot of discussion going on nationally about the future of conservatism and what that means. This is not new but has been energized by the emergence of President Donald ... Keep Reading
