State must brace for recession
If state leaders dip too far into savings now, they may be forced in the not-too-distant future to lay off public employees, cut back precipitously, and raise taxes.
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 877: Carolina Journal breaks story of N.C. DOT circus train
Carolina Journal recently broke the news that the N.C. Department of Transportation had purchased a former circus train and parked its cars in a wooded area near Spring Hope in Nash County. The CJ story stirred up interest in the transaction among lawmakers who oversee the DOT. It’s just the…
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 876: Cooper makes unusual claim about business taxes
Gov. Roy Cooper emerged from a recent meeting with business executives and proclaimed that none of them had asked for a tax cut. Cooper used that fact to bolster his opposition to reducing business taxation. The problem for Cooper is that every company cited in his comments about the meeting…
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 875: John Locke Foundation joins court fight to protect workers’ rights
The John Locke Foundation and a dozen other public policy groups in other states have joined together to support a nationally significant court case designed to protect workers’ rights. The case involves a professor at a northeastern public university campus. He challenges a law requiring him to be linked to…
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JLF’s Jon Sanders assesses Gov. Cooper’s approach to business taxes
Jon Sanders, John Locke Foundation director of regulatory studies, questions Gov. Roy Cooper’s approach to business taxation. Sanders offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
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A faction of N.C. Association of Educators wants to veer farther left, embrace activism
A wing of the N.C. Association of Educators wants to move the organization in a more left-leaning, radical direction. Members of the NCAE Organize 2020 Racial and Social Justice Caucus shared their vision of the NCAE’s future in a webinar Feb.
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Reason’s Jen Sidorova and Leonard Gilroy discuss N.C. state pension fund’s challenges
Jen Sidorova and Leonard Gilroy of the Reason Foundation discuss the health of North Carolina’s state pension fund. Sidorova is policy analyst for Reason’s Pension Integrity Project. Gilroy is senior managing director of that project and Reason’s vice president for government reform. Sidorova and Gilroy offered these comments during an…
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Trust taxation debate highlights issue of unintended consequences
A state senator wants detailed analysis if the N.C. Revenue Department asks to increase its power to tax trusts.
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 873: Judge accepts key findings from outside consultant’s Leandro report
A judge has asked the parties in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit to develop a joint plan. It would implement consultant’s recommendations for major changes in the state’s public education system, including $8 billion of new spending in the next eight years. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president…
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CJ politics week in review, Feb. 3-7
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Contract rules: The State Board of Education is moving forward on efforts to limit the state superintendent’s ability…