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Statement on Governor’s Call for a Special Session from Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director
Every elected official who cares about the rising costs facing North Carolina families — and who wants to ensure that our communities have what they need to be well — should support a state budget that pauses the tax cuts for the wealthy and profitable corporations set to take effect Jan. 1. Governor Stein’s call for a special session is welcome. For it to truly help families across our state, it must focus…
North Carolina should fund our future by taxing corporations and the rich
No matter what we look like or where we live, North Carolinians want to care for our families and see our communities thrive. Our hard work makes the state prosper, but a handful of politicians have rigged the tax code to redirect resources from our communities to wealthy individuals and highly profitable corporations. Federal cuts…
Statement by Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director, NC Budget & Tax Center, on NC General Assembly September Session
North Carolinians needed state legislators to focus on passing a state budget that puts people’s well-being first – funding our health, families, and communities instead of continuing with tax cuts for profitable corporations and the very wealthy and policies that further divide us. It appears that legislative leaders would rather delay than decide on how…
Connecting Historically Underutilized Businesses with public contracts
Making Connections: Federal Fallout & The Leadership North Carolinians Need
En español: Hacer Conexiones: Consecuencias Federales y el Liderazgo que los Carolinenses Necesitan At our quarterly Making Connections gathering, the NC Budget & Tax Center unpacks the impacts of the harmful Republican megabill passed this summer and signed into law by President Trump – and the important work underway to push back against efforts to…
Who pays for transit? Why Mecklenburg’s sales tax referendum falls hardest on everyday people
Mecklenburg County will be asking voters to approve a sales tax referendum this fall to fund transportation infrastructure. Public investment in transit is essential to connect workers to employment, students to education and training, and communities to one another. The best way to maximize our collective investment in transportation is to make sure people with…
House Bill 87: The Educational Choice for Children Act
Download a PDF of this brief Opts NC into federal program benefitting wealthy HB 87 Summary: The Educational Choice for Children Act opts North Carolina in to the federal tax credit program for contributions to scholarship granting organizations and directs the State Education Assistance Authority to produce a list of eligible entities in North Carolina…
The Price of HR1, The Harmful Federal Megabill: How It’s Costing North Carolina Families
HR1, called the “One Big Beautiful Bill” — passed into law by Congress and signed by President Trump this summer — will raise costs for families across North Carolina in a number of ways. Here are just THREE INCREASED COSTS for North Carolinians as a result of this bill. $220 per year in electricity costs…