The North Carolina chapter of Americans for Prosperity is already wading into legislative primaries in the Tar Heel State, ahead of what the organization promises to be a more active role in the 2024 election cycle. On Tuesday, AFP-NC announced endorsements for two state senators and three state representatives: Sen. Bobby Hanig, R-Currituck; Sen. Michael...
A well-known political network that focuses on limited government says it’s time to look ahead to the future for Republican presidential candidates for 2024, and that future doesn’t include former President Donald Trump.
North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions have denied the state nearly $1.5 billion in health care investment over the past decade. That’s the conclusion of a forthcoming study from the Americans For Prosperity Foundation.
As gas prices pass $4.50 a gallon in N.C., one grassroots group rolls back the cost to remind voters what it used to be like.
Mecklenburg County voters rejected a plan to raise the sales tax to fund arts and parks. The quarter-cent tax would have taken the county’s rate from 7.25% to 7.5%, but 57% of voters said no. The Mecklenburg Tax Alliance, led by Matthew Ridenhour, partnered with the N.C. chapter of Americans for Prosperity to campaign against...
Senate leaders are proposing a $1 billion middle class tax reduction plan that would lower personal and corporate income taxes, increase mortgage interest deductions, and allow for unlimited medical and charitable tax deductions. “Under this plan, 99 percent of all individual income taxpayers in North Carolina will either receive a tax cut or pay zero...
RALEIGH — The state Senate has given its approval to a proposed constitutional amendment capping the income tax rate at 5.5 percent, but one lawmaker has a better idea. Applying some fiscal restraint, said Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, could eliminate the urge to increase tax rates in the first place. Tillman is one of the...
DURHAM — Governors’ initial budget proposals rarely resemble the spending plans that finally pass the General Assembly. Early reaction to Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposed $23.5 billion General Fund budget suggests that this tradition will continue. Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, wasted no time in criticizing the plan Cooper rolled out Wednesday at Durham Technical Community College. “If...
RALEIGH — The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at beefing up the state’s rainy day fund. “It takes North Carolina from frankly one of the weaker savings regiments of any state to what the Pew Center believes will be one of the strongest,” said Rep. Nelson Dollar, R-Wake, the sponsor of...
Terry Stoops on teacher pay debate; Pat McCrory, John Hood, Jonathan Williams & Gregg Thompson on tax reform benefits; voting record questions prompt call for investigation; John Dudley on Americans for Prosperity goals; Dallas Woodhouse on Carolina Rising
Becki Gray on legislative study committees; Tim Phillips on AFP TV ad about Hagan votes; Sharon Decker on collaboration on transportation; Jenna Robinson on general education core at UNC Chapel Hill; Jon Sanders on ending certificate of need law
