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State gets pleasant April surprise
I’ve never been more delighted to be mistaken. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column observing that, over the first eight months of the 2023-24 fiscal year, the state’s General Fund revenue was down slightly from what was collected during the first eight months of the previous fiscal year. North Carolina faced no...
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State forecasts $1.4 billion budget surplus
The North Carolina General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division projects that while inflation and interest rates are still up, the state will have $400 million over in collections in the current fiscal year and $1 billion additional revenue coming into the state coffers in FY 2024-25.
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False attacks like Daughtry’s discourage good people from public service
Kelly Daughtry and Brad Knott are fighting hard in the last congressional primary runoff here in North Carolina. As they compete for the Republican nomination, we’ve seen lots of ads trying to point out flaws in the other candidate’s conservative bona fides. No surprise there. But one line of attack that is surprising is the Daughtry...
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NC Senators to address non-citizen voting in upcoming session
Sen. Overcash to push legislation for constitutional amendment for citizen-only voting.
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Job needs propel college reforms
I’ve long been bullish on North Carolina’s community colleges. In the past, I’ve praised the system’s cost-effectiveness, its capacity to serve nontraditional students, and the impressive labor-market returns for associate degrees and certificates in such fields as industrial technology, home repair, computer sciences, and health care. Today, I’ll offer you three pieces of good news...
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Place Your Bets: Over $659 million wagered in first 3 weeks of NC sports betting
North Carolinians wagered over $659 million in the first three weeks that sports betting became legal in the state. That’s according to a report released Tuesday by the North Carolina State Lottery Commission.
