North Carolina Senators have introduced a tax plan that would cut the state income tax and repeal the state corporate tax, significantly improving the state business tax climate. Democrats in Raleigh, like those Washington, want to take rates in the opposite direction.
by Gary D. Robertson, AP May 25, 2021 .
RALEIGH – A broad tax cut proposal from North Carolina Senate Republicans that began its advance in the chamber on Tuesday also contains federal COVID-19 relief money to give more aid to businesses that previously received federal or state pandemic assistance.
GOP finance leaders unveiled an amended version of its tax plan, some of which was already revealed in March and contained an individual income tax rate reduction and more generous standard deductions. The latest edition also would increase the amount of per-child deductions by $500. If approved, more low-income individuals would pay zero income tax, and all filers would see their monetary tax burdens reduced.
More data, mental health aid in NC Senate police reform bill
By GARY D. ROBERTSONApril 28, 2021 GMT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) A retooled criminal justice reform package unveiled on Wednesday by North Carolina Senate Republicans contains new databases to discourage misbehaving law enforcement officers from remaining on the job and expanded mental health assistance for police and deputies.
The bill, developed during a time of national focus on racial inequity and police shootings of Black residents one in Elizabeth City last week doesn’t include the most dramatic changes proposed by Democrats and a task force commissioned by Gov. Roy Cooper. It also would create or raise penalties against rioters who cause physical injury or significant property damage.
Democrats fear a delay in redistricting threatens Black and Asian residents in two southern states
Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews is paying close attention to how a delay in the release of redistricting data by the US Census Bureau could affect Alabama’s Black community.
Last month, the Census Bureau announced that it won’t be delivering data that state lawmakers and redistricting commissions use to redraw legislative districts until the end of September 2021.
Threadgill-Matthews is a board member for her local branch of the Alabama New South Coalition, an organization that works to mobilize Black voters in Alabama. Her concerns come as her home state’s neighbor, Georgia, is the center of the national conversation over voting rights after Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed SB 202, which voting rights groups have said would target Black residents and other voters of color in the state.
Delay in redistricting threatens Black and Asian residents in two southern states, some Democrats fear
Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews is paying close attention to how a delay in the release of redistricting data by the US Census Bureau could affect Alabama’s Black community.
Last month, the Census Bureau announced that it won’t be delivering data that state lawmakers and redistricting commissions use to redraw legislative districts until the end of September 2021.
Threadgill-Matthews is a board member for her local branch of the Alabama New South Coalition, an organization that works to mobilize Black voters in Alabama. Her concerns come as her home state’s neighbor, Georgia, is the center of the national conversation over voting rights after Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed SB 202, which voting rights groups have said would target Black residents and other voters of color in the state.