Nearly 64% of North Carolinians prefer lowering tax rates and reducing regulatory burdens to improve the state's economy. Just 15% prefer relying on targeted tax incentives.
The John Locke Foundation has studied NCInnovation and similar programs in other states to better understand this use of taxpayer money. We are skeptical.
Each visit to my local supermarket is startling. The prices of milk, meat, and other basics seem to be skyrocketing. It doesn’t take much digging to find out that food prices have risen in the last three years at highest rate since the Great Inflation of 1979-1983.
Some legislators have proposed that the General Assembly send some tax money back to us. That sounds like fun. I have another idea: Use whatever money is in mind to pay down state debt. State debt currently stands at $8 billion. This would not change the state balance sheet. It would reduce the chance of...
The movement to have North Carolina join other states in exercising the call for an Article V Convention to propose amendments to the US Constitution has been brewing steadily in our state legislature since 2013. As consistent supporters and sponsors of the current Resolution HJR235, here are a few reasons we believe North Carolina needs...
As state lawmakers in Raleigh wrestle with how to divide surplus tax revenues among sundry spending priorities, North Carolina voters are raising their hand to ask for some of their money back. In a survey of 600 likely general election voters, conducted May 4-5, respondents were asked their perspective on projected tax revenue surpluses, and...
Mo Green, the Democratic candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, said at a public schools forum May 7 that he was motivated to run for the office due to concerns about the growth of school choice in North Carolina. But Green’s position appears to be at odds with many of the voters in his own party.
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the potential impact of a smaller North Carolina state budget surplus than officials had projected. King offered these comments during the May 10, 2024, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
The latest Carolina Journal poll was a satisfying reminder of the continuing good sense of residents of my adopted home (in great contrast to where I grew up inside the DC Beltway). Their common sense shone through especially on questions related to economics and the role of government. With the state anticipating a $1-billion surplus,...
Support for Republicans on top-of-ballot races in North Carolina has declined slightly over the past two months, while support for Democrats has remained steady, according to the latest Carolina Journal poll of likely voters.
Critics challenging Orange County’s school impact fees offered their arguments Monday to North Carolina’s highest court. It’s the latest step in a class-action legal dispute that started in 2017.
