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
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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
A state Earned Income Tax Credit: The idea that won’t die
Since its elimination at the end of 2013, North Carolina progressives have endlessly advocated to bring back a state version of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). North ... Keep Reading
Americans continue their march to low-tax states
That's the headline of this article from The Hill. Why is it some states continue to attract new residents, while others, year after year, lose residents? While people move for ... Keep Reading
Medicaid expansion and the mythical pot o’ gold
I remember all those Lucky Charms commercials from the 1980s. Most of them probably aired during the Saturday morning cartoons. I do recall Lucky occasionally sliding down the ... Keep Reading
