• Now that Janet Cowell (at right) has announced she will not seek a third term as state treasurer, possible successors are making their intentions known (or rumored). Among those…
Forsyth County Rep. Donny Lambeth is primary sponsor of the so-called healthy food bill that would help alleviate the “food desert” problem in parts of North Carolina. The bill comes…
Carolina Journal’s Barry Smith reports on action in the House yesterday that — thankfully — saw principle trump special interests and principled legislators refuse to return to the past. Twenty-eight…
Film incentives are a bad deal for North Carolina taxpayers. It’s bad public policy. Job creation is questionable and reports are misleading. It is inconsistent with positive tax reforms. Over…
The N.C. Values Coalition issued the following news release on Thursday. ——————————————————- Raleigh, NC – The North Carolina Values Coalition released today their 2014 Pro-Family Scorecard. The Scorecard scores members…
With all the talk of tax reform, budgets and fiscal responsibility to get the economy moving, there hasn’t been a lot of talk lately about another important economic driver –…
The House Tax Reform plan was the main attraction in the House Finance Committee meeting this morning. Two amendments of particular interest were offered. Rep. Julia Howard (R-Iredell), a realtor…
House Bill 1389, Finance Energy Improvement with Assessments, is brought to the committee by bill sponsor, Rep Susan Fisher, D Buncombe. The bill started as a request from city of…
The House Finance Committee considers House Bill 1305, Beach Plan Changes this morning. JLF has weighed in on the Beach Plan here and here and here. The problem is there…
House Finance committee considers House Bill 1134, Open Government Act which allows a successful plaintiff to recover attorney fees in a public records dispute. It also sets up an open…
Rep Edgar Starnes R Caldwell amendment changes density level to 3 people per acre (from 3.2)This one failed in the J 2 committee last week and fails here 12-16. Rep…
Rep Paul Luebke, D Durham has a few technical amendment, including one at the request of the state treasurer that would allow LGC to charge a fee for some analyses…