Winners and losers
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 17, 2015. When it comes to addressing income inequality, John Hood of the conservative John Locke Foundation wrote in a recent column, “fiscal liberals... Read More
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Overview of the K-12 education budget
Republican legislative leaders finally unveiled their proposed biennial state budget. (Geez, it's about time, folks.) The budget is now subject to votes by each legislative chamber and action by... Read More
Corporate tax cut could be delayed
A new round of tax cuts in the $21.735 billion state budget for 2015-16 may prevent the state from lowering the corporate income tax rate to 3 percent in 2017 because tax collections are projected to... Read More
New sales tax redistribution formula explained
Included in the state budget proposal being voted on this week is a provision to expand the sales tax base and alter how the local portion of the sales tax revenue is distributed among the counties... Read More
Putting the circus under a single tent
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, September 16, 2015. It would be something of a rush job, but the idea of moving all of North Carolina’s 2016 primary elections — from county commissioners to... Read More
N.C. needs to fix our budget process
If there is anything that we can learn from the protracted budget fight between the super-majority Republicans governing both chambers of the General Assembly, it is the fact that the system in how we... Read More
Unhand the 14th Amendment
The frustration of many with our porous borders, as well as concern about the burgeoning illegal populations, fosters much consternation about “anchor babies,” for want of a better descriptor... Read More
Senate and House leaders praise education decisions
Public education didn’t see the deep annual cuts that have become almost commonplace in recent years, as a proposed $21.7 billion budget from Republican state leaders was made public and faces... Read More
The sun sets on solar tax breaks
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, September 15, 2015. The best thing anyone can say about North Carolina's two-months-late state budget is, it could have been a lot worse. It restores tax credits for... Read More
We waited 11 weeks and this was the budget we got?
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 16, 2015. It wasn't worth the wait.The House and Senate will likely approve a new budget this week, more than 11 weeks after the fiscal year began. After... Read More
