Agriculture
Alcohol Policy
Introduction North Carolina was once the nation’s leader in wine production and distilleries, legal industries killed off by state prohibition in 1908. In 1937, in response to the end of…
Henderson County
county in North Carolina, United States
Elections & Public Integrity
Bill to Remove Modems from Voting Systems Introduced in the General Assembly
The bill should not be controversial. State law already prohibits election equipment from being connected to networks via modem or any other means
Education
Big Government, Big Price Tag – Part 2
Introduction Public-sector unions are central to some of the most contentious public policy issues in contemporary America. Do unions improve or impair the political process and elections? Do police unions…
Education
Doctor: Effects of full-time remote learning “may be worse than the effects of covid-19”
The following is an email from Dr. William Vine to a member of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners. I have reproduced the email with the author’s permission. Well, the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Help our cideries; don’t keep them shut down
How can our policymakers help cideries? First, let cideries open and welcome the public back in. Our Carolina Rebound project proposes another sensible way to help cideries going forward.
Carolina Rebound
Budget, Taxation, and the Economy Introduction North Carolina’s strong fiscal position at the start of the COVID-19 crisis was a combination of planning and providence. Since 2011, the Republican-led General…
Education
How much will public schools receive in COVID-19 supplemental funds?
Last week, Gov. Roy Cooper pulled $50 million from reserve accounts and funds set aside for summer reading camps (which will not occur this summer for obvious reasons). Districts and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Wine? Champagne? Beer? Bill would define hard cider and give it a tax cut
That 7 percent threshold was hugely important for such an arbitrary cutoff. It was problematic for cideries for two reasons. One, cideries cannot perfectly control carbonation or alcohol content, but…
Research Brief
Regulation
Lawmakers Mull a Tax Change on Hard Cider
Alcohol entrepreneurship in North Carolina isn’t limited to craft beer, wine, and liquor. Seventh in the nation in apple production, North Carolina is also seeing a growth in producers of…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Apple-rich NC has many cideries, but a high tax rate for cider
A bill currently before the General Assembly, House Bill 995, would use the new federal definition of hard cider in order to tax it as beer instead of as unfortified…
Liberty
CJ reports: Rep. Chuck McGrady says he won’t seek re-election in 2020
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal: Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Hendersonville, won’t seek re-election when his term expires next year. He’s now serving his fifth term in the N.C. House. “Serving…
Education
How much lottery money will your district receive?
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction released estimates for the distribution of $100 million in lottery funds for school facilities. Charter schools are not entitled to lottery funds for this…