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Rep. Arp and the NC House Keeps their Promises

Posted on July 17, 2018 by admin in Appropriations, Arp, Bonds, Budget, Business, Children, Consumer Protection, Courts, Economic Development, Economy, Education, Education Reform, Elections, Emergency Management, Energy, Environment, Farming, Food, Healthcare, Hunting & Fishing, Jobs, Medicaid, Pension Reform, Regulatory Reform, Speaker Moore, Tax Reform, Taxes, Technology, Transparency

Families and businesses in North Carolina continued to see promising gains from the 2018 state legislative session as lawmakers remained committed to higher salaries for educators and state employees, increased investments in public schools and a successful pro-growth jobs agenda. The accomplishments mark another year of promises kept by the Republican-led General Assembly to deliver […]

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Reviewing North Carolina’s FY2017-19 Budget

Posted on July 12, 2017 by admin in Agriculture, Appropriations, Budget, Economy, Education, Environment, Government Reform, Health, Justice, Law Enforcement, Medicaid, Pension Reform, Public Assistance, Public Employees, Public Safety, Tax Reform, Taxes, Technology, Transparency, Transportation, UNC, Veterans

Planning your summer vacation and looking for some light beach reading? Joseph Coletti over at the John Locke Foundation has you covered with a comprehensive analysis of this year’s state budget: A New State Budget Based On Time-Tested Principles In his 1985 address to the North Carolina Foundation for Research and Economic Education (NC FREE), […]

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Legislature Approves State Budget

Posted on June 23, 2017 by admin in Agriculture, Appropriations, Budget, Economy, Education, Environment, Government Reform, Health, Law Enforcement, Medicaid, Public Assistance, Public Safety, Technology, Transportation, UNC, Veterans

The North Carolina General Assembly gave its overwhelming approval yesterday to a $23 billion state budget that, among other things, increases education investments by more than $700 million, raises teacher pay for the fourth consecutive year, provides needed disaster relief to communities affected by Hurricane Matthew, helps lower-income people by further expanding the state’s zero-tax bracket, and adds $363.9 million to the state’s savings reserve account. […]

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Legislative Leaders Craft Budget Deal

Posted on June 19, 2017 by admin in Agriculture, Appropriations, Budget, Economy, Education, Environment, Government Reform, Health, Law Enforcement, Medicaid, Public Assistance, Public Safety, Technology, Transportation, UNC, Veterans

Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) held a joint press conference Monday to announce details of the roughly $23 billion budget and tax relief agreement reached between the state House and Senate. As a result of responsible budgeting decisions, millions of middle-class families and job-creating small businesses will keep more […]

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House Releases 2017-18 Budget Plan

Posted on May 25, 2017 by admin in Agriculture, Appropriations, Budget, Economy, Education, Environment, Government Reform, Health, Law Enforcement, Medicaid, Public Assistance, Public Safety, Technology, Transportation, UNC, Veterans

The North Carolina House of Representatives released highlights of its balanced budget proposal for the 2017-2018 biennium on Thursday, submitting a plan that continues to advance successful government investment strategies contributing to revenue surpluses, rainy day reserves, rapid economic and population growth this decade. The budget highlights released on Thursday were provided to area appropriations subcommittees […]

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Improving Rural Access to Broadband

Posted on April 21, 2017 by admin in Dan Forest, Economic Development, Economy, Education, Healthcare, Public/private partnerships, Technology

With an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 109 to 8, the North Carolina House yesterday afternoon passed the “BRIGHT Futures Act” (House Bill 68) to accelerate the build-out of digital infrastructure in rural and other underserved areas of our state. Representative Faircloth co-sponsored the bill. The goal is to bring greater economic prosperity to more folks by way of a […]

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Transcendental Media-tation

Posted on April 13, 2017 by admin in Beer, Cooper, Economy, Education, Education Reform, HB2, Jobs, Sports, Tax Reform, Technology

With The Bathroom Bill Gone, Here Are 5 Things Happening In North Carolina For The Media To Cover by Patrick Gleason Between the University of North Carolina Tar Heels beating Gonzaga to win the men’s college basketball national championship on Monday, and the North Carolina General Assembly last Thursday repealing House Bill 2, commonly referred […]

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House Passes Kelsey Smith Act

Posted on March 29, 2017 by admin in Children, Crime, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Privacy, Public Safety, Safety, Technology

Ahead of National Crime Victim Rights Week, the House passed the “Kelsey Smith Act” this afternoon by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 113-5. House Bill 315 allows law enforcement officials to access a cell phone’s tracking technology to quickly locate a missing person in an emergency situation and the legislation shields cell phone service providers from prosecution for potential privacy violations while […]

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NC Ranks #1 in Tech Employment Growth

Posted on February 27, 2017 by admin in Economy, Jobs, Regulatory Reform, Tax Reform, Technology

The N.C. Technology Association’s 2017 ‘State of Technology’ report ranked North Carolina No. 1 in the United States for IT employment growth and the percentage of women in the sector’s workforce. The report compares tech job trends across the United States between 2010 and 2015, ranking North Carolina according to key metrics such as IT […]

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FCC Oversteps in Broadband Case

Posted on August 16, 2016 by admin in Consumer Protection, Courts, Federal Government, Jobs, Municipal Government, Technology, Utilities

Guest post by Barry Smith The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed the states of North Carolina and Tennessee a victory on Wednesday when it struck down a Federal Communications Commission rule that pre-empted the states’ regulation of municipal broadband service within their borders. The three-judge panel said that the FCC overstepped its authority. The […]

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