The John Locke Foundation’s N.C. History Project and the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law co-host the State of Our Constitution Series forum on the power of taxation. John Locke Foundation President John Hood, NCICL director Bob Orr, Raleigh attorney Gene Boyce, Barton College historian Jeff Broadwater, and Wake Forest University political scientist John Dinan discuss tax issues during the April 23, 2009, forum at the Historic Chowan County Court House in Edenton. (Click the play button above to view this forum.)
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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.