N.C. policymakers recently learned that state government ended its last budget year in June with a revenue surplus of nearly $900 million. Meanwhile, Gov. Roy Cooper wants the state to borrow more money as it increases spending in the new budget year and beyond. Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior…
Brenee Goforth, John Locke Foundation marketing and communications associate, discusses North Carolina’s tax on illegal drugs. Goforth offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses N.C. state government’s nearly $900 million revenue surplus, and Gov. Roy Cooper’s spending priorities. Coletti offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
It has begun. Or, probably more accurately, a local and statewide crusade to prevent privatization of North Carolina’s liquor business is intensifying. Even though legislative efforts to move toward a system of private licensure are relatively nascent, and a leader in…
The state budget impasse won’t affect recent college-bound graduates of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. University of North Carolina system leaders announced Thursday, Aug. 15, they have found a temporary funding source to provide tuition grants to the…
State employees are no longer in immediate danger of paying out-of-network costs for their health care, but they may confront higher premiums and higher taxes later. State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s Clear Pricing Project has folded, and its proposed reforms won’t touch hospitals. But the fiscal…
North Carolina’s failure to pass a budget could affect a state-mandated financial literacy course requirement for all public high schools. Gov. Roy Cooper in July signed House Bill 924, which made completing a financial literacy course a requirement for graduation. Ninth-graders…
Hospitals have won. For now. State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s attempt to rope them into the Clear Pricing Project is scuttled. Under the new version of the State Health Plan, hospitals will remain in the status quo, under their previous Blue Cross Blue Shield contracts.
A major solar energy financing company says the N.C. Department of Revenue may be breaking the law. The company has formally asked DOR to justify a regulation rejecting state tax credits the company’s clients have claimed. The request came Aug. 1…
While the fighting over Medicaid and the state budget persists, Republicans’s effort to save rural hospitals with a state-funded loan program will move forward. Senate Bill 681 passed the House, 81-31, Wednesday, Aug. 7, and will return to the Senate for concurrence. Over…
