It’s being called a historic milestone. But just because every state legislative seat will be contested in this year’s general election for the first time in memory doesn’t mean most races will be competitive. “Not every candidate is created equal, nor is every campaign created equal, though you have to have players on the field...
State Rep. Dennis Riddell, R-Alamance, is under no illusion a constitutional amendment to impose legislative term limits will be an easy sell, even though the earliest anyone would be barred from running for re-election is 2035. After all, in 2013 U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis — the then-popular Republican House speaker — couldn’t persuade the General...
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s infrastructure needs help, and the House Transportation Committee on Tuesday took a step toward setting up a “blue ribbon committee” to study highway and transportation needs, including ways to grow the budget. The committee would study options for increasing transportation funding, including transportation bonds, revenue changes, local government participation, and...
Transportation planners on Monday told a House committee that the cumulative gap between anticipated revenues and projected spending through 2040 would be about $60 billion. N.C. Department of Transportation planners Burt Tasaico and Patrick Norman told the House Select Committee on Strategic Transportation and Long-Term Funding Solutions that the state population is expected to grow...
RALEIGH — A General Assembly subcommittee is looking at state property with an eye toward selling land and buildings the state owns but doesn’t need, and seeing if it might save rent by moving from leased spaces to unused or underused state property. The Program Evaluation Division recommended that the state sell 17 of the 49 properties; 12 of the 17 are within a few blocks of the Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh.
RALEIGH – The state House pushed ahead Tuesday with House Bill 1050, limiting the amount of money North Carolina cities and towns could charge businesses for privilege licenses to $100 a year and making other tweaks in last year's tax reform package. A final vote on the measure could come today, sending the legislation to the Senate.
RALEIGH — The power of incumbency, gerrymandered election districts, and a growing national distaste for politics in general might be the causes of having voter ballots for the May 6 primary election showing more blanks than the responses to a pop quiz. More than 50 state legislators effectively won seats in the 2015-16 General Assembly when filing ended at noon Friday.
A recent legislative debate over the types of ticketed entertainment that deserve to be exempted from the state's sales tax inadvertently offered a free advertisement for the John Locke Foundation's proposed Unlimited Savings Allowance, or USA, Consumption Tax.
A recent debate about ticket taxes highlights the need for a new approach.
RALEIGH — Lawmakers wrapped up the 2013 legislative session with a bill embracing broad regulatory reform. The 68-page bill crossed into several functions of state government and reached into the powers of local governments. The bill sought to rein in regulations and requirements that some local governments put on businesses, such as requiring sick leave or preventing billboard owners from cutting trees blocking their signs.
RALEIGH — After six months of intense debate, Senate Bill 81 became law July 18 without Gov. Pat McCrory’s signature. That is because S.B. 81 is a local bill that does not require his approval. McCrory maintained for months the airport measure was a local matter and should have been settled amicably. Instead, shortly after the bill’s passage, the city filed suit to block the law from taking effect.
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