Archives: Sarah Curry

View in your browser. This week, The John Locke Foundation published its own budget, an alternative to Gov. McCrory’s budget.  Here are some excerpts from that…

The last statewide General Obligation Bond referendum was held in 2000; all debt since then has been issued without voter approval, making special indebtedness the sole form of debt in North Carolina since 2001. Special Indebtedness is more expensive than traditional General Obligation debt, thus creating a larger burden on taxpayers. Certificates of Participation (COPs) are the most favored form of special indebtedness.

View in your browser. Reviewing the budget for North Carolina and hearing all the discussion out of Washington about taxes leads one to wonder —…

View in your browser. We are heading into mid-March and still don’t have an official budget recommendation from Governor McCrory.  Sources say his budget will…

View in your browser. Should the North Carolina state government be allowed to issue new debt without voter approval? These are the responses…

View in your browser. In doing some research for JLF’s alternative budget, I found some startling information.  Every month an economist with the Fiscal Research Division…

View in your browser. Many members of the North Carolina House of Representatives filed HJR 126 last week asking Washington for a federal amendment…

View in your browser. Last week I saw a headline, "City Searches For Ways to Ease Budget Crunch" in the Winston-Salem Journal, and I remembered…

View in your browser. Last week we discussed Unemployment Insurance and the debt burden it is giving North Carolina.  This week I want to discuss our…

View in your browser. North Carolina is in line behind California and New York with the 3rd largest Unemployment Insurance (UI) debt in the United States. …