This week, JLF’s Joe Coletti wrote a research brief on how North Carolina could use its funds to respond to the economic fallout of the Coronavirus. Coletti lets us know…
Bertie County Schools is laying off staff to address multi-year budget deficits. According to an article published in the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald, the district will eliminate 21 support positions over the…
In 2012, Rocky Mount started discussing plans for a downtown event center. The plans were controversial, with supporters adamant that the project would bring much-needed economic revitalization to the area,…
In 2012, residents of Rocky Mount started hearing about plans for an event center. The city council was talking about a project that would spur downtown economic development and regeneration,…
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s largest cities dealt with nearly 240 economic development contracts and promised…
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…
Saluda may go against the belt-tightening grain of government budget cuts. The board of commissioners will have to make a decision on whether or not to purchase property for a…
JLF’s Terry Stoops writes today about the new state budget which, despite claims that it makes “critical investments” in public education, actually attempts to starve public charter schools of funding.…
DavidsonNews.Net went and got copies of the letters between the state Local Government Commission — which approved the public expenditure of $92m. to buy a beat-up CATV system — and…
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…
As the meeting continues, staff explains the new bill, incorporating provisions from House Bills 524, 645, 727. First impression - the new bill combines the worst of the proposals and…
The answers to the previous questions are C and D. If you needed a lifeline, that is fine. Let’s continue and see whether you can be an imaginary millionaire. $10,000…