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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Happy New Year! Now Give Me More Money
On Jan. 1, North Carolina’s state gas tax will adjust upward by another 3.9 cents per gallon. The new state gas tax rate of 38.9 cents per gallon will be an all-time high for the state, and rank as fifth highest in the nation. North Carolina will round out the top five gas taxers that [...]
Governor Calls Back Lawmakers for Veto Session
Governor Beverly Perdue signed a proclamation calling state lawmakers back to Raleigh January 4 to consider her veto of Senate bill 9. That bill restricted what evidence death row inmates could use to make a case of racial bias in death sentences. It effectively narrowed the scope of the Racial Justice Act passed by a [...]
PolitiFact Calls Democratic Mediscare Claims the 2011 “Lie of the Year”
When Congressional Republicans released their 2012 budget proposal, Democrats were quick to attack House Budget Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wisconsin) deficit reducing proposal to shift Medicare from a defined benefit plan to a defined contribution system. This hyperbolic video from the liberal Agenda Project was typical of the smear campaign against this effort to reduce [...]
State Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly but Still at Double Digits
The state unemployment rate dropped in November from 10.4 percent to 10 percent according to the Division of Employment Security. That is still above the national unemployment rate. The rate stood at 9.8 percent at this time last year. There was a small gain of 3,800 in the number jobs. That is still a far [...]
