[This post was authored by Hudson Vaughan, who recently conducted a study on racial and vertical equity in North Carolina property tax appraisals under the supervision of UNC School of Government faculty member Chris McLaughlin. Vaughan, who is a 2008 graduate of UNC and earned his M.Div. from Duke University in 2023, co-founded and served for a dozen years as a director of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center, a community development non-profit in the historically Black neighborhoods of Chapel Hill.
[This post was authored by Hudson Vaughan, who recently conducted a study on racial and vertical equity in North Carolina property tax appraisals under the supervision of UNC School of Government faculty member Chris McLaughlin. Vaughan, who is a 2008 graduate of UNC and earned his M.Div. from Duke University in 2023, co-founded and served for a dozen years as a director of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center, a community development non-profit in the historically Black neighborhoods of Chapel Hill.
Different tax systems play by different rules. Just because an organization is exempt from paying federal or state income taxes does not automatically mean that organization will be exempt from paying local property taxes on its land, buildings, cars, and … Read more
Different tax systems play by different rules. Just because an organization is exempt from paying federal or state income taxes does not automatically mean that organization will be exempt from paying local property taxes on its land, buildings, cars, and personal property.
Different tax systems play by different rules. Just because an organization is exempt from paying federal or state income taxes does not automatically mean that organization will be exempt from paying local property taxes on its land, buildings, cars, and personal property.
With glowing references, top-notch productivity, and all-around likability, Shifty Sam seemed like Aboveboard Town’s most valuable employee (name aside). When Shifty Sam is arrested, his coworkers are shocked and dismayed. The Aboveboard Town Council wants to learn more about Sam’s … Read more
With glowing references, top-notch productivity, and all-around likability, Shifty Sam seemed like Aboveboard Town’s most valuable employee (name aside). When Shifty Sam is arrested, his coworkers are shocked and dismayed. The Aboveboard Town Council wants to learn more about Sam’s alleged criminal conduct to evaluate his continued employment with the town, so it requests copies of the police report and witness statements. Can the police department release the documents? If so, are the report and statements subject to inspection as part of Sam’s personnel file? Let’s explore.
With glowing references, top-notch productivity, and all-around likability, Shifty Sam seemed like Aboveboard Town’s most valuable employee (name aside). When Shifty Sam is arrested, his coworkers are shocked and dismayed. The Aboveboard Town Council wants to learn more about Sam’s alleged criminal conduct to evaluate his continued employment with the town, so it requests copies of the police report and witness statements. Can the police department release the documents? If so, are the report and statements subject to inspection as part of Sam’s personnel file? Let’s explore.
Data from the last ten years of county and municipal elections in North Carolina reveals that voters rarely reject proposals to issue general obligation (“GO”) bonds at the ballot box. From November 2012 through and including November 2022, North Carolina … Read more
Data from the last ten years of county and municipal elections in North Carolina reveals that voters rarely reject proposals to issue general obligation (“GO”) bonds at the ballot box. From November 2012 through and including November 2022, North Carolina voters approved 202 of the 213 (94.8%) county and municipal GO bond referenda put before them. Out of a proposed issuance volume of approximately $14.592 billion, voters authorized counties and municipalities to issue up to $14.376 billion in GO debt (or 98.5% of all GO bond a