Attorney Dan Hardway, winner in a N.C. Supreme Court case that restored an ex-felon’s gun rights, explains the problems associated with limiting fundamental rights like those protected by the Second Amendment. Hardway offered these comments during a Feb. 13, 2012, speech to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
State forecasts $1.4 billion budget surplus
The North Carolina General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division projects that while inflation and interest rates are still up, the state will have $400 million over in collections in the current fiscal year and $1 billion additional revenue coming into the state coffers in FY 2024-25.