Dodging the bullet in the Boeing deal
In Greensboro’s recent negotiations to try to bribe lure Boeing to NC, it has been disclosed they offered free land, site prep work at no charge and additional rail access. Where would the money... Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Becki Gray
This Year’s Reforms Mark a Good Start
The year 2013 has seen significant reforms in North Carolina — to our tax system, job-killing regulations, transportation and infrastructure priorities, and education. The result will be substantive... Read More
Ignore calls to expand Medicaid in NC
Gov. Pat McCrory made the right call in late October when he refused to call a special session of the General Assembly to expand Medicaid. While the federal government will continue to pressure states... Read More
Medicaid in North Carolina
Before Obamacare, before individual mandates, before exchanges, there was Medicaid. Started in 1965 under President Johnson as part of his War on Poverty, Medicaid extended health insurance coverage... Read More
Latest arrogance, oops, audit at DPI
State Auditor Beth Wood released a new investigative report today on the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI). For nine months a technical services analyst at DPI filed for... Read More
NC joins most states on election laws. Relax.
You’ve heard it from the left. You’ve heard it from the press. It’s all over the internet. Disenfranchised voters. The Voter Suppression Act. One of the nation’s most restrictive voter id... Read More
Let’s Make a Deal
As Donna Martinez reported shortly after the sales tax holiday went into effect in 2003, it was all a gimmick. A “shiny object” to distract North Carolina taxpayers from the real fact – a big... Read More
A First In Freedom Legislative Session
he 2013 legislative session has at times been contentious, sometimes controversial, often frustrating, but in the end, very successful. This has been a good session for fiscal responsibility... Read More
2013 Tax Reform - Before and After
Well, they did what previous General Assemblies and governors have tried for decades and have never been able to do until now – reform North Carolina’s outdated, cumbersome and complicated tax... Read More
Legislature Keeps On Rolling Back Bad Laws
News flash from the Left: The new legislative leadership is rolling back years of laws made under the old leadership. This is a surprise? Were these folks not paying attention during the election when... Read More
