cessation of "non-essential" government services in the United States due to a funding lapse
With House Bill 1089 now receiving the constitutionally required three-fifths supermajority support in both the House and Senate, the proposal will appear before North Carolina voters as a constitutional amendment…
Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about efforts to root out bureaucratic waste in governments run by conservative elected officials. The general political consensus is that, because a state is…
A levy limit isn’t a budget cut. It doesn’t force local governments to reduce spending, nor does it require school funding to decrease. Instead, a levy limit caps the growth…
Editors at National Review Online ponder funding for the federal Department of Homeland Security. And to think, Congress was just about to look competent. For the first time in decades,…
As property tax bills have risen rapidly across the state, property tax reform has moved to the forefront at the General Assembly. Among the policy options under consideration are levy…
Yuval Levin takes stock of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House. I think that a year in, you’re hearing two kinds of stories. So one story…
North Carolina is now nearly four months into the fiscal year, yet lawmakers have not enacted a budget for the 2025–27 biennium — or even sent a proposal to the…
Terry Jones writes for Issues and Insights about an interesting new poll involving law enforcement. With violent crime unchecked in major American cities, President Donald Trump has moved to lower…
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners removed a plaque from a Confederate monument in early April without public discussion or a vote, likely violating North Carolina’s open meetings law. Local…
Editors at the Washington Examiner hope the current Congress will end silly games when addressing the federal government’s funding needs. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and 16 Republican House…
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich sounds an alarm about the federal government’s out-of-control spending habits. There’s a ‘d-word’ that obsesses and terrifies the mainstream media every time a Republican…
Trevor Schakohl writes for the Daily Caller about another bad idea from the left coast. Oakland, California, is set to give adult residents vouchers to donate to candidates for local…