Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the divide between North Carolina House and Senate Republicans over future tax cuts. Kokai offered these comments during the June 13, 2025, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
RALEIGH — The General Assembly’s top economist on Tuesday told legislative budget writers that the state had a “steady as we go” economy that is now faring better than most other states. “We now have reached a point where we are now surpassing the average growth of the nation as a whole,” said Barry Boardman...
An advisory commission to Gov. Mike Easley in December proposed a far-reaching overhaul of North Carolina’s tax code that would impose a sales tax on services, broaden the tax base, and lower overall rates according to Richard Wagner.
