Archives: Sarah Curry

View in your browser. Articles have been flying around about the education spending argument since the legislative session adjourned in late July.  Many of the…

View in your browser. The sales tax holiday has been around for a while, starting in 1980 when Ohio and Michigan offered a tax holiday…

General Fund spending totals $20.6 billion for fiscal year 2013-14, only a 2.5 percent increase from the previous year, with Medicaid accounting for the largest increase in spending and tax reform saving taxpayers more than half-a-billion dollars over the two years.

View in your browser. The details of North Carolina’s tax reform plan have been reported by many news outlets while The John Locke Foundation…

View in your browser. Yesterday, Governor McCrory along with Senate Pro Tem Berger and House Speaker Tillis, gave a press conference from the State Capitol…

View in your browser. As North Carolina legislators debate tax reform and the budget, I have decided to take a look at what other states…

View in your browser. This week I will take a week off from politics and spend time celebrating our country’s independence day.  Former…

View in your browser. Over the last few weeks we have talked about the different tax reform plans as well as the budget proposals and…

The Reverse Logrolling applied to the current state budget would result in a General Fund budget of $20.6 billion in the first year and $20.8 in the second, leaving surpluses of approximately $590 million in the first year and $940 million in the second year without tax reform adjustments.

View in your browser. Last Thursday the House held their final debate and vote on the budget bill.  One Republican and one Democrat crossed party…