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By The Numbers: What Government Costs in North Carolina Cities and Counties FY 2007
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Meaningful Services and Proper Oversight: Two Common-Sense Annexation Reforms
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Annual Report on Teacher Pay: N.C. teacher compensation is more than $4,000 higher than the national average
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
New-Normaling: How They Try to Get You to Accept Bad Policy Outcomes
Preface: The political class has drifted far from Lincoln’s vision of a government “of the people, by the people, for the people” — something that those words and the solemn…
Elections & Public Integrity
North Carolina Republican Voter Registrations to Eclipse Democrats by 2029
How did voter registration in North Carolina change in 2022? What can we expect for voter registration in the state in 2023 and beyond? Let’s find out using the John…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Beware of the Coming Pork-Barrel Spending
The 2022 General Election has come and gone. And while the oft-prophesied national “red wave” failed to materialize, North Carolina Republicans had a successful election season. Republican Congressman Ted Budd…
Liberty
COVID School Lockdowns Will Have Huge Impact on Students’ Future Earnings
It seems that the COVID related lockdowns of schools didn’t have just an immediate impact on student’s lives, but potentially on their future earnings as well. This means the economic…
Energy
NCUC’s Initial Carbon Plan Raises Questions
Last Friday, the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) issued a press release announcing it completed the initial Carbon Plan, which they were mandated to do per House Bill 951, a…
Elections & Public Integrity
Attorney General Declines to Prosecute Mark Meadows for Voting Fraud
Last spring, former North Carolina Congressman and Trump administration official Mark Meadows faced allegations that he committed voter registration fraud: The allegation is that he registered to vote at a…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
What Changes Can North Carolina Taxpayers Expect in 2023?
The 2021 long session brought North Carolina a “First in Freedom” budget, with pro-growth tax cuts which will continue to reward taxpayers in 2023 and beyond. The 2022 short-session budget, signed into law in…
Energy
FLASHBACK: Cooper Is Steering North Carolina Towards Electricity Blackouts
For years we have been warning about the dangers of replacing readily available, highly efficient, working power plants with highly expensive, extremely unreliable “renewable” sources — solar and wind —…
Liberty
100,000 People Expected to Die This Winter in Europe Due to Green Energy Polices
Rolling blackouts are expected throughout Europe this winter and may result in the deaths over 100,000 people due to the cold. This outcome was decades in the making and completely…
Energy
Reports Warn: Electric Grids Based on Renewables Don’t Need Bad Weather to Fail
It seems like just a few days ago that The News & Observer (N&O) was running banner headlines and filing multiple stories about how bad power outages are for people.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
2022 Saw Both Economic Recovery and Downturn, What’s Next?
It’s been quite a year for the state and national economy. Looking back on 2022, North Carolina saw economic growth and recovery from lockdowns but also indications of a recession. …
Liberty
More Taxes? More Inflation? Congress Voting on Massive $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill
Congress is hard at work raising your taxes and increasing inflation, by preparing to vote on a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. The obvious pork is included as well.…