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Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — N.C. counties entered into incentives contracts totaling nearly $284 million from 2009 to…
In fiscal year 2014-15 Natural and Economic Resources spending within the General Fund increased by 9.7 percent, or $36 million. That increase was mainly found in the Commerce Department’s budget,…
A line item on page H-18 of the budget money report provides $500,000 to paper and pulp maker Domtar through the Goodyear/Bridgestone big blowout incentive. (The tire companies get a…
This example does not require an incentive. We learn in the news that Reynolds American Inc. is laying off 570 workers in a corporate restructuring. While that’s bad news for…
The N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law has filed a lawsuit for taxpayers challenging the $60 million incentives deal for Goodyear and Bridgestone Firestone. NCICL’s Dean Webster described problems with the…
Becki gave you the first report on the state’s economic development spending, and you might have read more this morning. But unless you monitored the meeting at which the spending…
The NCGA Fiscal Research Division presented a report on corporate welfare to the Joint Select Committee on Economic Development Incentives today. The report was required by Session Law 2007-522 (Extra…
High Point, the city that got $1 million in state funds to promote the furniture market, is getting ready to give $25,000 of that money to a company that promises…
The Singapore-based shipping company that brings rubber to North Carolina for Goodyear wants a 30 percent cut in the fees it pays to the port at Morehead City, according to…
No surprise —- PTIA is coughing up up another $52 million in support of Skybus’ new hub. Another round of applause, please. Again, the spin is that the incentives will…
In front of a crowd of students enrolled in the Masters of Public Administration class at NC Central, Becki Gray relayed her experience with public policy. At a meeting with…