When it comes to the John Locke Foundation’s latest study examining the income distribution of North Carolina’s 2013 tax cuts and reform legislation, it is clear that at least some…
View in your browser. This is the first week of an expanded focus for this newsletter. In addition to issues related to the environment, we will now also include discussions…
WRAL Television’s coverage of the recent N.C. House committee debate about a Taxpayer Bill of Rights highlighted testimony from Becki Gray. Gray continues her semiweekly politics and public policy updated…
The N.C. General Assembly is again considering a state constitutional amendment to prohibit using eminent domain to take private property for economic development purposes. Scott Mooneyham has a column out…
Scott Mooneyham of the Capitol Press Association has a new column out on the state budget. It’s which well worth reading. A key observation: The trend of rising Medicaid costs,…
Scott Mooneyham’s latest column questions the wisdom of the state continuing to pave dirt roads. He mentions an example from Cumberland County, in which the state paid $728,547 to pave…
In a recent op-ed, Scott Mooneyham questions why the legislature doesn’t seem that interested in private property rights. He very well may be right that the legislature doesn’t care enough…
There has been justifiable criticism of some closed-door meetings held by House Republicans with lobbyists. I’m not about to defend those meetings. However, Scott Mooneyham’s recent column on the closed…
Carolina Journal and Executive Editor Don Carrington continue to attract attention for their work in exposing dubious deals involving former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley. The News & Observer and…
Mitch Daniels says state governments need to adjust to permanently lower revenue than past trend. Indiana has done that Bev Perdue missed her chance this year. Scott Mooneyham doesn’t think…
That’s how columnist Scott Mooneyham describes the state budget issue as the General Assembly prepares for its 2009 session. Mooneyham delivered a legislative preview during today’s meeting of the John…
Senate Bill 1263, Election Law Amendments, (sponsored by Martin Nesbitt (D-Buncombe) passed on the last day of the 2008 Short Session in a rush to make a Fourth Circuit Federal…