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End of the road for the Map Act
The N.C. Supreme Court delivers a victory for property rights.
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School Reform Is Good Economics
If North Carolina raised all of our students to at least a “basic” level of competence in reading and math, a new study shows our economy would be nearly $800 billion larger by the end of the century.
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New Market Tax Credit Provision Would Enable Crony Capitalism
Like a recovering addict on the verge of a major binge, some North Carolina lawmakers are on the brink of falling back into the black hole of tax credits. Rather than serving as a national model for tax and regulatory reform, North Carolina risks becoming, again, a national leader in crony capitalism. Triggering this addictive...
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Rural North Carolina Seeking Answers
First, we must accept the obvious — if there were some easy cure to what ails rural North Carolina, then state and local government officials and community leaders would have acted long ago.
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How North Carolina Came To Be Shaped Like It Is Today
When did North Carolina become known as North Carolina and acquire its modern shape? We must go back to Jan. 24, 1712, when Edward Hyde became the first governor of what became known as North Carolina, or more specifically, he was the first official governor under the Lords Proprietors. Carolina was then divided into two...
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High-Income Earners’ Higher Burden Under a Flat-Rate Tax
it’s misleading for a politician or pundit to argue against a flat-rate tax by saying those with higher incomes ought to pay more. Those with higher incomes do pay more — substantially more.
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Tax Dispute Has A Solution
The House could accept a more ambitious timetable for cutting taxes, as the Senate has proposed, but make each installment conditional on hitting an agreed-upon revenue target.
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