The John Locke Foundation has signed on to a letter opposing new American steel tariffs. A coalition of more than two dozen free-market groups and individuals sent the letter Friday to the U.S. commerce secretary and the chairman of the US International Trade Commission.
A letter from the head of a national tax reform group touts N.C. lawmakers’ “leadership in advancing pro-growth tax policies.” The letter from Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform calls for legislators to consider even more tax-related changes as they begin a new session.
If state legislators can convince Gov. Roy Cooper to support the new budget, North Carolina will become the 13th state to enact a personal income tax cut this year, the third signed into law by a Democratic governor. That personal income tax cut is expected to be included in the new compromise budget currently being...
Left-wing activist plaintiffs have filed another motion to block a Republican Supreme Court justice from hearing a high-profile election-related lawsuit. But they lost one of their lawyers along the way. The lawyer, a Democrat and former state solicitor general, asked the Supreme Court to be removed from the case roughly 70 minutes before the controversial...
At $6 trillion, President Joe Biden’s first budget calls for an unprecedented level of federal spending. Republican members of Congress who criticize the president’s plan are understandably reminded by Democrats that the GOP did not do much to resist—and even contributed to—excessive government spending during President Donald Trump’s time in office. During those four years, rampant...
No one wants to get into debt. Families don’t plan on a financial crisis upending their lives. Yet, life is not always fair, people don’t always make good decisions, investments go sour, and unexpected expenses crop up. When someone finds themselves in crisis, they need help; options to get out of trouble. That’s what debt...
A bill filed in the North Carolina Senate on the traditional April 15 tax deadline day would make tax and spending limits a part of the North Carolina Constitution, if voters approve it in 2022. Sens. Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick; Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus; and Warren Daniel, R-Burke, are sponsors of Senate Bill 717, Taxpayer Bill of...
For the first time in state history, the governor is introducing a budget proposal in August. The fiscal year is already under way, but North Carolina’s budget is almost two years old. Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, wants to spend $25 billion on a slew of ambitious priorities — from expanding Medicaid to increasing unemployment...
A Louisiana lawmaker touts a plan that would mirror one of North Carolina's recent reforms.
Grover Norquist is using his considerable influence to push North Carolina lawmakers toward reforming restrictive laws governing craft beer. Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, is calling for an end to the state’s “protectionist, anti-consumer restriction on craft brewery self-distribution.” Norquist in 1985 founded ATR, which promotes a system in which taxes are simpler,...
North Carolina was lauded for “impressive reforms” curtailing its regulatory burdens on businesses and individuals, and national policy analysts discussed methods of further reducing costly restrictions during a June 22 teleconference call. “North Carolina has been a model for a lot of things,” said Patrick Gleason, director of state affairs at Americans for Tax Reform....
