RALEIGH, NC—Lawmakers in the North Carolina House fast-tracked a bill today that would allow businesses that received Payroll Protection Program loans from the federal government to have any expenses the funds were used for deducted from state tax. At the federal level, both PPP loan amounts and expenses are tax exempt. North Carolina is one...
Mysty Blagg’s twins, like most public school students in North Carolina, are falling behind. Academically. Probably socially and emotionally, too. Blagg’s two 7-year-olds, Reagan and Luke, attend school in Wake County, which — in part because of the governor’s lockdowns and union pressure — opted to start the fall semester with full-time remote learning. As...
