Under the USDA speciality crop block grant program North Carolina was awarded $1.5 million.
At a time when taxpayers are increasingly mobile and willing to flee high-tax states, North Carolina’s flat tax has become an indispensable competitive advantage. The latest IRS interstate migration data show the state ranked third in the nation in gaining tax filers who earn over $200,000 annually, trailing only Texas and Florida.
North Carolina’s 41-cent gas tax would drop to zero through Nov. 30, giving drivers nearly two months of relief at the pump.
A new Heartland Institute report card ranks North Carolina 48th of 50 states for how it runs Medicaid. The state lost points for expanding the program, lagging on work requirements, and winning few fraud convictions.
An Oct. 2 NY Post report, citing a John Locke Foundation analysis, highlighted approximately $100 million directed toward affordable housing during Cooper’s administration while survivors of earlier hurricanes awaited permanent homes.
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture has awarded more than $50 million in grants for farmland preservation.
Lawmakers will return to Raleigh this week as GOP leaders weigh temporary gas tax relief amid sharply higher gasoline and diesel prices.
Gov. Josh Stein takes action to provide relief to NC farmers from rising diesel prices.
The state budget enacted this summer hiked teacher pay by an average of 8%, but that headline fact obscures some important details.
After spending more than $30 million on the race, SLF is putting further ad spending in the state and in Georgia on hold to increase spending on the Kansas US Senate race, according to media reports.
The $40 million veterans home project first authorized in the state budget is moving ahead after Congress approved a Fort Bragg land transfer.
