Lawmakers held a hearing recently focused on the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system. Their goal was to learn why ABC store shelves are empty and why bars and restaurants are scratching and scraping for typically ubiquitous brands such as Jameson’s and Titos. The ABC…
N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell has joined 24 state treasurers in signing a letter opposing a portion of national Democrats’ $3.5-trillion budget reconciliation bill that would expand the power of the Internal Revenue Service. The proposed legislation — backed by the Biden administration — would give the IRS new…
The N.C. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could affect retirement benefits for 222,000 former government workers and surviving spouses. A ruling in the plaintiffs’ favor could mean hundreds of millions of dollars in additional costs for the State Health Plan. The case…
The N.C. Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service under the office of Gov. Roy Cooper has agreed to a settlement with the federal government after an investigation alleged falsified timecards and compliance documents for grants from the federal AmeriCorps program. AmeriCorps is a federal volunteer grant program established in 1993…
The N.C. Senate passed House Bill 110 on Wednesday, Sept. 8, which would modify rules to the HOPE rental assistance program. The bill comes as state and local leaders struggle to quickly distribute the federal rental assistance aid they’re tasked with administering. The changes will let landlords apply for assistance…
The N.C. House will take up sports betting legislation after a bill to expand wagers statewide passed in the Senate last week. Senate Bill 688 was read for the first time in the House on Tuesday, Aug. 24. The legislation was then referred…
When the calendar flipped from 2020 to 2021, some breathed a sigh of relief. The advent of COVID-19 and the associated pandemic policies were a whirlwind of emergency measures that threw the state, nation, and world into disarray. What has transpired over the first half of this year could…
Budgets passed with bipartisan support in both chambers of the General Assembly fund a number of provisions in the ongoing Leandro school funding legal case, but critics still contend the money falls short of the mark. The House version of the…
Brian Balfour, senior vice president of research at the John Locke Foundation, discusses problems associated with the ability-to-pay principle in taxation. Learn more here: “Why the ‘ability to pay principle’ to justify progressive taxation fails.”…
Ray Nothstine, Carolina Journal opinion editor, explains why prefers the N.C. Senate’s tax proposal to the plan put forward in the state House. Learn more here: “N.C. Senate tax plan is superior to House alternative.”…
