Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
House Budget Overview: A Snapshot of Policymakers’ Vision for the State
House budget would add nearly $2 billion in new spending over this year.
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
regulatory agency responsible for the enforcement of North Carolina’s fishing, hunting, trapping and boating laws
Liberty
Senate budget would pare down film grants
It's good that the Senate wishes to pare down the film grants. It gets us closer to the best incentives policy.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Regulatory reforms that help businesses start and grow
State governments can take a number of steps to help businesses start and expand. A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts provides examples from across the country of how regulators…
Liberty
An alligators hunting season in North Carolina?
Yes, it’s being considered, but with some restrictions, reports The Virginian Pilot: The season would likely run from Sept. 1 to Oct. 1. Hunters would need a permit allowing one…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Does NC need a new Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs?
View in your browser. For the last 90 years, North Carolina has been providing support and assistance to veterans and their families. In response to World War I, the General…
Liberty
NC Veterans’ Programs and how much is spent…
Many of the programs that support veterans in North Carolina are federally established and financed, but lawmakers have created state-based programs over the years to compliment the services offered by…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Fishing and Hunting license fees….did you know….
Fishing and hunting license revenue is subject to legislative assent to certain federal acts, which mandate that North Carolina can become ineligible to receive certain federal funds if it diverts…
Liberty
N.C. bears getting bigger
So reports the Associated Press. Why? Changing agricultural patterns Farmers shifting from inedible crops like tobacco and cotton to edible items like corn and soybeans give the bears plenty to…
Liberty
Nothing will come of nothing, as overregulation leers
View in your browser. Rockbiter: Near my home there used to be a beautiful lake, but then it was gone. Tiny: Did the lake dry up? Rockbiter: No, it just…
Liberty
People and the bears of Asheville
N.C. State University and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission scientists are studying the bear population in Asheville and, as the Asheville Citizen-Times reports, have come up with some interesting findings. It…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Natural & Economic Resources in the State Budget
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources was established with passage of the Executive Organization Act of 1971, which consolidated environmental functions that had previously been under the authority of…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Natural and Economic Resources Budget
View in your browser. One of the major areas of spending in the state budget is Natural and Economic Resources (NER). Within that, there are five major categories: the Department…