With medical costs climbing each year, adding constant pressure to state and household budgets, it’s time to ask: Is NC simply going to keep backfilling a more expensive system, or will it make the system work better?
The Raleigh-Cary metro area is a top large metro for small business performance, according to a new CoworkingCafe study, trailing only Miami, Austin, and Washington, DC.
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has expanded his lead over Republican Michael Whatley to 11 points in North Carolina's open US Senate race, according to the latest Carolina Journal poll.
NC House Democrats have filed HB 1073, the Fair Share for Public Schools Act, which would impose a new 7% income tax bracket on individual earnings above $1 million and direct an estimated $1 billion a year in proceeds to the State Public School Fund.
Statewide levy limits aren’t new or weird. They’ve worked reasonably well in other places for decades. I strongly suspect they’ll work well in North Carolina, too.
Thousands of educators rallied in Raleigh May 1, as schools closed statewide and lawmakers debate competing proposals on teacher pay and education funding.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Josh Stein laid out his proposed budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, the same day as when the state legislature began its short session.
North Carolina is clearly doing something right in that environment, as evidenced by the National Taxpayer’s Union Foundation study.
Lawmakers raise bipartisan concerns over Stein’s data center tax proposal, citing unclear data, economic risks, and questions about process and timing.
A Pioneer Institute research brief finds that North Carolina's decade of tax reforms — including a flat income tax and corporate tax phase-out — has outpaced Massachusetts in job creation and business formation, even as the Bay State's high-tax model has driven an exodus of residents and employers.
Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper leads former GOP chair Michael Whatley by 8 points in the first post-primary poll of the NC's US Senate race. The survey also found broad voter pessimism about the country's direction, majority disapproval of President Trump among likely NC voters, and majority approval for Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.
