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NC House Finance advances amendment limiting property tax growth
NC House Finance Committee advances property tax amendment for levy limits and tighter affordable housing exemptions.
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NC House files constitutional amendment limiting property tax revenue growth
Lawmakers advance proposal to cap growth in local property tax revenues through voter-approved levy limit amendment.
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House committee votes to further consider property tax amendment
On March 18, the House Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform voted in favor of giving further consideration to a bill draft for a constitutional amendment that would require the General Assembly to enact legislation limiting future increases in the property tax levy.
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House leadership reassigns Howard after she objected to moving bill
Rep. Julia Howard, R-Davie, has been removed from her powerful role as senior chair of the state House’s tax-writing Finance Committee. Howard has been reassigned to the budget-writing Appropriations Committee, where she’ll serve as a member at large. That news comes in a statement to Carolina Journal from House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, Speaker Pro...
Opinion
Bill forcing schools to serve Muscadine juice should die on the vine
A bill filed in the House last month is meant to encourage healthy eating in schools, particularly healthy food grown or produced in North Carolina. Thing is, this bill does nothing of the sort. The measure, House Bill 136, promotes Muscadine grape juice in public schools and the state’s colleges and universities — as part...
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State officials still unclear how fast unemployment checks will go out
Gov. Roy Cooper says the state Division of Employment Security is buried under a “mountain of claims,” receiving more than 20,000 requests for Unemployment Insurance benefits Sunday, March 29. By contrast, the agency dealt with about 25,000 claims a month during the Great Recession and is set up to handle about 3,000 claims weekly. But...
