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Justice Circle Moving North Carolina Forward: 2024 People-First Policy Agenda
The 2024 “short” legislative session presents an opportunity for the General Assembly to reconsider our state’s budget and tax plan and take important …
Publication Type: Legislative Bulletin
2023 North Carolina Legislative Session: An Opportunity to Unlock Economic Potential and Build Resilience
Amid the backdrop of a stubborn pandemic, continued economic uncertainty, and rising inflation that is only now beginning to abate, North Carolina lawmakers …
2020 Legislative Session: Responding to COVID-19 with Compassion and Commitment to Strengthening Well-Being for All
The North Carolina General Assembly has an important role to play in developing a robust and sustained response to the public health and …
Making Business Taxes Fairer: Implementing combined reporting will help local businesses and the state budget
At a time when the state is strapped for cash and mom-and-pop businesses are struggling to stay open, it makes no sense for North Carolina to continue allowing large multi-state corporations to avoid paying their fair share of taxes
Child care subsidies: A job saver, creator, and multiplier
North Carolina’s economic growth is deeply tied to the investments we make now in early childhood education. The state’s subsidized child care program, which offers financial aid to working parents to offset the high cost of child care, is a critical component of this early childhood education system.
Senate Budget Would Throw Thousands of Pregnant Women Off of Medicaid
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The NC Senate budget includes a provision that would change Medicaid eligibility requirements for pregnant women. Starting in 2014, pregnant women …
NC Needs an Open, Accountable, Pro-Consumer Health Benefits Exchange
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Lawmakers should use language negotiated by stakeholder groups at the North Carolina Institute of Medicine as a starting point for the …
Protect More At Four: An Effective Investment in North Carolina’s Future
More at Four, North Carolina’s award-winning pre-kindergarten program, has helped improve education for 167,000 kids. This high-quality, precisely-targeted program benefits the children of …
SB 8 Would Create Tax-Dollar Windfall for Charter Schools
Senate Bill 8 would take tens of millions of dollars from school districts and give that money to charters schools—even if the number of charter school students does not increase. Traditional schools would be forced to cut staff and programs, while charter schools would see a windfall of taxpayer dollars.
Neovouchers: Unknown Costs and Unproven Outcomes for Children
Corporate tax credits, or “neovouchers”, have not generated the savings promised in the seven states that have implemented similar legislation. Neovouchers will drain hundreds of millions of dollars from the public school system in the first 5 years of implementation.