Sally Hodges-Copple
Posts by Sally Hodges-Copple
Deeper Dive: Which NC budget proposal delivers for families struggling with the cost of living, and which delivers for the top 1 percent?
Note: This blog post is one of a two-part publication providing information about the numerous tax policies in the 2025-27 NC State Budget process. We recommend starting with Part 1 here to read a general summary of the numerous tax policies listed out in the Governor, House, and Senate tax proposals. ****** Too many North…
Which NC budget proposal delivers for families struggling with the cost of living, and which delivers for the top 1 percent?
Note: This blog post is one of a two-part publication providing information about the numerous tax policies in the 2025-27 NC State Budget process. If you wish to read in more detail about the impacts of tax policies contained in the Governor, House, and Senate budget proposals, read Part 2 here. ****** As we make…
NC House budget offers tweaks in face of looming deficits, continues tax cuts for corporations
Note: On 5/22/25, the NC House passed their budget proposal on its third reading by a vote of 86-20. You can see how each lawmaker voted here. The final version restored funding for the Office of Environmental Education and dropped plans to eliminate the Office of Health Equity, though transferred the former to the Department of Natural and…
Faced with pausing tax cuts for the rich or lowering state spending, NC Senate budget sides with the wealthy few
With the release of their budget proposal Monday night, Senate budget writers brazenly and unequivocally put tax cuts for corporations and the richest North Carolinians above any other priority for the state. Wednesday night, a mere 48 hours after the more than 1,000 pages of bill text and budget documents were released to the public…
Senate Bill 641: Reenact Child Tax Credit
Download a PDF of this Brief A common-sense tax credit to reduce child poverty with high returns on investment for NC SB 641 Summary: This bill would establish a fully refundable state Child Tax Credit (CTC). NC families would receive a tax credit for each child in the amount of $1,900 for children ages 6…
House Bill 353: Fair Minimum Wage Act
Download a PDF of this Brief Paying North Carolina workers a fair wage HB 353 Summary: This bill would gradually increase the state minimum wage — currently $7.25 per hour — to $18 per hour by 2030 and then adjust it based on inflation. The current minimum wage is a poverty wage North Carolina’s minimum…
House Bill 11: No Tax on Tips, Overtime, Bonus Pay
Download this Brief as a PDF Helps higher earners at the expense of long-standing labor goals HB 11 Summary: Allows a taxpayer to deduct from their adjusted gross income: 1) any amount received as overtime compensation; 2) any bonus pay up to $2,500; and 3) any amount received as tips. Won’t reach the workforce that…
With Governor’s Recommended Budget, NC Could Choose Tax Cuts for Working Families Over Enriching Corporations and the Wealthy Few
Note: We updated this blog on March 31, 2025 after receiving updated estimates for the average tax change by income group from scheduled cuts to the personal and corporate income taxes from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. On Wednesday, Governor Stein released his recommended budget for the next two fiscal years, FY 2025-2026…
2025 Economic County Snapshots for North Carolina
The Economic County Snapshots are one of BTC’s flagship annual publications. They provide key economic and social indicators from publicly available sources for all 100 counties in North Carolina, along with a comparison to state-level data, with measures for employment, poverty and income, affordable housing, health, education, and more. The Snapshots are available for each…
NC’s revenue is declining, even with a growing population and economy
Now is the time to pause tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy few On Valentine’s Day, the Office of State Budget & Management (OSBM) and the legislature’s Fiscal Research Division (FRD) released a projection of state revenues that should make lawmakers want to break up — at long last — with endless tax cuts…