Tag:R-Duplin

• Constitutional questions surrounding $57.8 million pipeline deal persist

  Constitutional questions persist about the murky $57.8 million deal between Atlantic Coast Pipeline operators and Gov. Roy Cooper. “Laws are presumed to be constitutional,” Gerry Cohen, former general counsel for the General Assembly, told Carolina Journal on Thursday, Feb. 15. “So this…

  by Dan Way
• North Carolina’s ‘rainy day’ reserves meet Pew Charitable Trusts best practices

  North Carolina is the only state meeting all of the Pew Charitable Trusts best or good practices in taking care of its “rainy day” reserves. North Carolina’s reserve requires the state to set aside 15 percent of projected revenue growth to the reserve at the beginning…

  by Lindsay Marchello