News
NCDOT pays off state loan two years ahead of schedule
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has replenished the state’s Highway Trust Fund (HTF) with $1.1 billion – two years ahead of schedule.
News
Medicaid and education dominate state spending
Medicaid is the largest spending item of the roughly $53 billion flowing through state coffers this year, yet state policymakers have minimal control over the program. Joseph Coletti, a senior fellow at the John Locke Foundation, noted the major role of Medicaid and other health and human services spending during a presentation Monday, March 12...
Opinion
State Initiates Building Boom
This year, Gov. Pat McCrory and the General Assembly enacted one of the largest increases in transportation funding in modern North Carolina history.
News
Serious Road Problems Go Begging
LAGRANGE — Dan Wise says nobody has been killed at the intersection on U.S. 70 near his business since the N.C. Department of Transportation restricted turns there a couple of years ago. For that reason, he doesn’t complain about the inconvenience.
Opinion
No. 635: Putting the Brakes on Highway Robbery
The road to ruin runs through the center of Raleigh these days, starting at the doorsteps of the legislative leadership and Gov. Mike Easley, who have engaged, quite literally, in highway robbery.
News
State Getting Sued Again
Paul Chesser writes that the number of people suing the state increased by two, because of the way Gov. Mike Easley tried to balance the state’s budget the last fiscal year by transferring $80 million from the state’s Highway Trust Fund.
