Five oh five, and welcome into a Tuesday edition of the Carolina Journal News Hour on Charlotte's FM News Talk, one hundred seven point nine FM, WBT. I'm Nick Craig. Good morning to you. We start off with updates on multiple stories that we've been tracking over the last some of them over the last couple of weeks, some of them just over the last couple of days. Let's start off with the North Carolina General Assembly, learning details this morning as to what a session will look like.
As lawmakers announced over the weekend, we heard from House Speaker Destin Hall, the leader of the Senate, in Phil Berger that lawmakers would be making their way back at some point in the near. Future to deal with North Carolina's 41 cent gas sale gas tax to provide relief to North Carolina motorists. And details as of this morning indicate that lawmakers are set to be in Raleigh at this Wednesday at noon, where, according to House Speaker Destin Hall, they will quote tackle rising fuel prices and deliver real relief for North Carolina families, farmers, and businesses. That According to a joint proclamation that is signed by both the president of the Senate and the Speaker of the North Carolina House. It is not clear whether that is the only action that they will take.
It appears that way as of right now, and whether that will be a single voting day on Wednesday or due to objections, if there will have to be votes on Wednesday and Thursday. Nevertheless, the North Carolina General Assembly will reconvene this week. We'll be keeping a close eye on those details starting tomorrow at noon, and we'll keep you up to date throughout the day tomorrow over on our website. CarolinaJournal dot com, and coming up Thursday morning right here on the Carolina Journal News Hour. In some other news and some other updates that we're following, both the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the FBI, and the U.S.
Attorney's Office are investigating matters related to the Charlotte Mecklenburg School District. This is according to federal officials on Monday. Public affairs officers with the FBI confirmed to numerous. Media outlets across the Charlotte Metro on Monday that the agency, along with the U.S. Attorney's Office, have begun a probe and are looking into the Charlotte Mecklenburg School District.
Important to note that is the second largest here in the state of North Carolina. The FBI did not provide any additional details about its investigation, and it is not immediately clear specifically what is being looked at or what is being investigated by those. Entities or exactly when it began, but we've been covering some of the major controversies and issues as it relates to CMS over the last couple of weeks. The federal investigation is one of many that are currently ongoing as it relates to the embattled school district. According to a statement from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education, as it relates to the FBI's investigation, they wrote in part.
We are aware that there is an active investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigations into the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. As with any law enforcement entity, if requested, we will seek to cooperate. We cannot offer any further comment during this time. The work on behalf of all CMS students continues each and every day at all of our 185 schools, and for all.
All of the approximately one hundred and thirty-nine thousand students that we serve, mentioning the multiple investigations we learned just within the last few weeks that the North Carolina State Auditor's Office and State Auditor Dave Bolick are in the process of investigating likely financial issues within the Charlotte Mecklenburg School Districts, specifically related to contracts and spending, as we typically see from the Auditor's Office dealing. And really cracking open the books there and seeing exactly what is going on there behind the scenes. The district attorney for a Mecklenburg County is also has also asked the state bureau of investigation to launch a formal criminal investigation into alleged allegations there. Likely again dealing with some level of financial issues, potential financial crimes within the Charlotte Mecklenburg School District. Again, all of that still un.
Known at this point, so we've got multiple entities of both a state and federal looking into. What exactly is going on at CMS? For those that are not familiar with the story, it was a Charlotte Mecklenburg School Board meeting back on September the twenty second, when the board voted to fire Dr. Crystal Hill, the superintendent, from her role for what they called "quote convenience" at the time. This was after a multi month investigation that cost the taxpayers more than three hundred thousand dollars.
That did not find that there were any crimes being committed by the superintendent. She was placed on temporary leave in June. While that third party that was paid over three hundred grand reviewed matters of administrative and operational oversight, that report came back. Crystal Hill was cleared in the report, at least from some of the opening pages. And then it was back on August the 11th when the board official.
Voted to fire Hill in her role as the superintendent. We are keeping an eye on everything as it relates to CMS. As we've got members stepping down as they're in their role as the chair, some big time issues. Several high level district executives stepping down as well. We'll be keeping an eye on all of that.
As I expect that we have really only begun to scratch the surface with CMS.
So that continuing. Coverage. We'll continue it here on the Carolina Journal News Hour and over on our website carolinajournal dot com. And our third update this morning: the North Carolina State Board of Elections is set to send letters this week to one thousand five hundred and ninety nine potential non citizens registered to vote in the state. This is according to NCsbe spokesman Jason Tyson.
Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security's systematic alien verification for entitlements, also known as the SAVE program, identified the registrations as potentially belonging to those that are non-citizens. President Donald Trump said that his administration's analysis showed that more than a quarter of a million foreigners illegally registered to vote across the United States with the North Carolina. State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes saying back in July that election officials would carefully review the information before taking any action, and that the one thousand five hundred and ninety nine potential ineligible registrations represent quote an extremely small percentage of North Carolina's approximately seven point eight million registered voters across the state. Emphasized that the election officials intend to investigate every potential case, regardless of whether it is a large or small percentage. Tyson told the Carolina Journal this week that the registrants will be sent instructions on how to verify their citizenship or request from or request or request their removal from the voter rolls if they registered by mistake and are not eligible to vote in the United States and in North Carolina.
The United States Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the go-ahead on September the 25th in a six to three ruling. To use the revised federal database to verify voter citizenship ahead of the November general election. The system is not used and is not new. I should say, as the court paused, a federal D.C. court's a judge that blocked the use of the modified save system, which is already used by federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local government agencies to verify the immigration status and U.S.
citizenship status of application of applicants that are seeking benefits, things like Medicaid or license. It is already well used across the United States and here in North Carolina. The League of Women Voters and the Election Privacy Information Center sued the Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration, and other federal defendants, alleging that the modifications violated the Social Security Act, the Privacy Act, and the Administrative Protection Act. It was on June the 22nd that a U.S. district court judge agreed with the challenges.
Embarked the government from moving forward. We then saw an appeal to the United States Supreme Court, with the U.S.
Solicitor General arguing in front of the court on September the eighth, and then their decision from the nation's high court coming down on September the twenty fifth. It is not immediately clear exactly how this process is going to play out, but what we do know right now is that that those letters are set to be going out this week. To 1,599 individuals that potentially could be registered illegally here in North Carolina, their two options will be to either verify their citizenship status by providing information, likely a social last four of a social security number, or a full North Carolina driver's license number. Or, if in fact they should not be registered to vote and mistakenly got registered through the DMV or another entity, request their removal. From the states of voter rolls, it was back in November of last year that the state board of elections voted three to two in favor of using that system to help identify non-citizens on state voter rolls.
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Terms apply. It's 5:22. Welcome back to the Carolina Journal News Hour, Charlotte's FM News Talk, 107.9 FM, WBT. Coming up here, when early voting kicks off a week from Thursday, or are on November the third, Election Day itself, North Carolina voters will be asked if they support a constitutional amendment to dealing with a limit on local property tax increases. And according to new announcements, Analysis from the John Locke Foundation, our parent organization, over at the Carolina Journal, North Carolina property taxpayers could have saved five point nine billion dollars over the past five years if county property tax levy growth had been limited to inflation plus population growth.
Under the model, county property tax levies would have been lower in 98 of North Carolina's 100 counties from fiscal years 2021 through fiscal year 2026, and in some counties, property taxpayers could have saved as much as 29 percent over that five-year period of time. Locke, which is the publisher of the Carolina Journal, also debuted a brand new tool this. Week that allows individuals to enter their address and estimate how much lower their county property tax bill could have been in this year alone if they had modeled levy limits had have if the modeled levy limits had been in place for the past five years. The research comes less than five weeks before North Carolina voters decide whether to amend the state's constitution to quote require limits on property tax increase Increases by local governments. End quote.
If approved November the third, the amendment would require the North Carolina General Assembly to enact laws limiting how much local property tax levies may increase. The amendment does not establish a specific levy limit formula, and it does allow lawmakers to include exceptions. Obviously, there could be areas and situations. We look out west with all of the devastation from Hurricane Helene. There could be some carveouts in state law.
Lawmakers have discussed tying a future levy limit to inflation and population growth, but they will determine the exact formula through legislation only if voters approve the amendment. Locke's model uses an inflation plus a population formula. State law generally caps county property tax rates at one dollar and fifty cents per one hundred dollars of assessed property value. It does not, however, cap property tax levies, which are the total amount of property tax revenues that local governments can collect. When property values rise, local governments can increase property tax levies without increasing the property tax rate themselves, because the value of many of the homes have skyrocketed in what they are worth.
Brian Balfour, the senior vice president of research at the John Locke Foundation, said a property tax levy limit could protect taxpayers from sharp property tax increases while still allowing local governments to increase revenue to provide services as population growth and costs continue to rise. He told the Carolina Journal, "Establishing limits on property tax levies will protect homeowners from surprise hikes." On their property tax bills, making it easier for them to afford to stay in their homes. Counties already exercise a fiscal restraint, of which there are plenty, won't be affected. It will be those counties that are engaging in reckless spending at the expense of taxpayers that need to be reined in. The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners opposes House Bill 1089.
That is the bill that put the amendment on this November's ballot as it moved through the General Assembly earlier this year. The association has noted that approving the amendment would not by itself lower anyone's property tax bill. Which is, in fact, true. Instead, the amendments' impact on property taxpayers and local governments would ultimately depend on the exact levy limit that lawmakers enact if voters approve it. The association said in a statement to the Carolina Journal, "Our concern is that a levy limit sets sets too strictly could constrain counties' budgets and reduce local flexibility." Our goal is to ensure that counties continue to provide the services that residents count on, while remaining accountable to the people who elect their commissioners.
We have been talking about this since these discussions first began earlier this year in the North Carolina General Assembly. We go back to our March Carolina Journal poll. We asked this question: Is your property tax a major burden, minor burden, or not a burden at all on your house? Household budget, thirty-eight point seven percent described it as a minor burden, while thirty-eight point one percent described it as a major burden. With only seventeen percent responding to that question, saying that it was not a burden at all.
So some pretty split numbers there. And then flash forward to our most recent Carolina Journal poll out just a couple of weeks ago, at the end of September. Do you support or oppose the North Carolina A constitutional amendment requiring limits on property tax increases by local governments. Sixty-five point six percent of North Carolina voters say that they would support that amendment moving forward, compared to just twenty-one point two percent that say that they oppose. Thirteen percent remained undecided or unsure on that question.
However, some very strong results in terms of support at sixty-five point six percent and. The next question in our poll likely deals with why that number is so high. When asked how satisfied are you with the way your local government prioritizes spending or using your property tax dollars, fifty-six point two percent describe themselves as unsatisfied, with only thirty percent satisfied. Thirteen percent remained unsure in that question as well.
So we're seeing some very strong numbers in support of this constitutional amendment. Voters have already had the opportunity to respond to that question. For those that vote absentee by mail, in-person early voting does kick off next Thursday. That is October the fifteenth, and runs through three p.m. on Saturday, October the thirty-first.
Election Day, Tuesday, November the third. Not only will we be keeping an eye on all of the races in the North Carolina General Assembly, the United States. Senate race, everything else ongoing here in North Carolina, but these three constitutional amendments: one dealing with the property taxes, as we just talked about; another dealing with the personal income tax rate, capping that at three and a half percent across the state of North Carolina; and a mail voting idea amendment. All three of those receiving strong support in our most recent Carolina Journal poll. Continuing coverage over on our website, carolinajournal.com.
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Good Tuesday morning to you. As we talked about Monday on the Carolina Journal News Hour, some pretty big news developing over the weekend. We were not expecting the North Carolina General Assembly to return to deal with any business ahead of the November the third midterm election.
However, soaring gas prices across the Tar Heel state, I guess, has got some lawmakers looking to make a change there. To walk through some of those details this morning and give us the latest, Andrew Pomeranz, CarolinaJournal dot com. Andrew's kind of popped up out of nowhere over the week. Weekend, both the House Speaker Destin Hall and the Senate Leader Phil Berger taking to social media, announcing a special session this week to potentially completely, at least temporarily, remove the state's gas tax. What's the latest that you're hearing?
Yeah, I think, like you mentioned, a surprise to many of us. We were not expecting to see the legislature come back before the November election here to take meaningful votes. And Saturday, I think, as many of us were watching college football, you know. Both Speaker Hall and Leader Berger put out. You know, tweets on social media saying that they were going to come back within the next couple of weeks here to address the raising, the rise in gas prices, and the effects those are having on North Carolinians across the state here.
And what we're hearing right now is they are looking at a proposed tax, gas tax, you know, reduction or potentially a temporary pause for a number of months until gas prices return to maybe a more normal level here. I'm hearing about a three month potential pause.
Something that takes us through the beginning of the year and hoping you know the war in Iran settles down by then. But a really interesting turn of events here. You know we're only 30 days now away from election day, or within 30 days. And so for the general assembly becoming back, I think caught many of us off guard here. But it's not something that is unprecedented as you know Republicans look to address affordability issues before the election come November.
Now, Andrew, in all of the detail gathering that you've been doing over the last couple of days, is there any indication that they're going to take up any other business? We know that there's still some veto overrides that we had foreshadowed might be coming forward in November after the election, or do we think this is just solely dealing with North Carolina's gas tax? Yeah, I would be surprised here if they do anything outside that gas tax or some new business that maybe come up around affordability. Here, I doubt you know we will will most likely not see those constitutional amendments come up or those ballot veto overrides. Nothing of that nature.
I assume we'll it'll be a pretty quick session here once they do decide to come back later this week. You know, they'll come back, they'll handle the gas tax. They may try to do one or two other things that they're feeling feeling. Confident that they have the votes to do so, but they will do the you know do the gas tax and head back out of town here and you know be able then to go campaign on the fact that they've made gas you know more affordable across the state here and you know important to note if we are looking at a you know pause in that gas tax that's about forty one cents per gallon currently in the state of North Carolina so a pretty high watermark compared to other states around us we're the highest in the region that's for sure but so at forty one cents per gallon we're you. Looking an average around five to six dollars per per fill up for an average North Carolinian, but at that forty one cents, we got rid of all of it.
You know, studies have showed time and time again, not all that money will end up back in the consumer's pockets, and so you know, look at something more like thirty cents off a gallon rather than that. You know. Full forty one cents per gallon, but yeah, that's to be seen as we kind of work through this whole process, and then as you know, businesses adjust to the reduction of that tax.
So it'll be interesting to see if they do take up any other business this week. I would be surprised to do so, especially with an issue so new as this, as they're looking to kind of really hone in the details in a rush time period. Right, we're only now within thirty days to the election. Yeah, obviously a very close time frame there, and I guess there's also doing some research on this. Andrew, they don't necessarily have to repeal the entirety of the gas tax.
They could cut a certain percentage of it off. According to AAA, the current average for a gallon of gasoline across the state, and that's important to note, across the state of North Carolina is four dollars and two cents.
So you could very easily see if they decided to eliminate that entire tax, gas falling down back into the mid threes, which I'm sure would be a huge relief for. Motorists across the Tar Heel state. Yeah, it's the price of gas, right? That so many people are feeling right now, especially as we move into that holiday travel season with Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner here. But on top of that, it's the cost of diesel, right?
Diesel averaged about six dollars a gallon, up from just three dollars and fifty cents a year ago across the state here, and so something else that you know, farmers and those who drive diesel trucks, not myself and my little Honda Fit, but Definitely feel and and they're feeling that impact widely, and I think it's important to note. You know, last week, Democratic Governor Josh Stein, you know, dealt with this similar issue and and. Asked the Department of Revenue to temporarily waive penalties associated with farmers using died diesel fuel on public highways. That was a fee that farmers were having to pay on top of the gas tax. And with this pause in that fee, they are still paying the gas tax, but getting some relief from the governor's office last week.
And so I think you know across the aisle here, people understand that affordability is hurting. You know, everyday North Carolinians, the price of gas is up, and something that You know, so many people rely on whether that to be transportation for work or transportation is good as across the state and an opportunity. I think where North Carolina House Republicans see and Senate Republicans see an opportunity, you know, get ahead of the curve here and address some of that affordability concerns.
Well, let's speak about across the aisle. Not everybody. No surprise here. We're talking about politics, after all. Andrew is necessarily in favor of moving forward with this.
We heard from Senate Democrat Leader Sidney Batch, the Democrat from Wake County. She had some pretty strong words for Senate Leader Phil Berger. Yeah, she called the move a you know a day late and a dollar short. In in her criticizing of Republican leaders for you know acting here less than a month from the election, she you know she said, and I quote: "If lame duck Pro Tem Phil Berger actually wanted to help families, we could have done it literally days or even months ago because gas prices aren't high. Gas prices aren't new, right?
So I think some strong words from her here. No indication whether she will. I think important to note whether she will vote for." Or against repealing the gas tax here, I would imagine most Democrats line up and say, you know, affordability is affordability. Timing is not you know ideal here, and maybe there's some other motivations in doing this now. But we still support you know providing some relief for everyday North Carolinians.
So I think important to note that. But criticizing the process, and you're the Criticizations of the process, you know, it's not something new for North Carolina Democrats in the House and Senate. We've heard this going all the way back to earlier this year with how the budget was passed and how it's late, how it's done behind closed doors, and you know, they've continued to criticize the process all the way up through, you know, what we're prepping for a lame duck session here after the November election, right? And so, I think a you know backhanded comment here by Cindy Batch definitely on the topic, but. I imagine she'll line up and vote for this legislation when it arrives on her desk.
You know that's an interesting point. There, obviously, no surprise. Democrats don't like what Republicans are doing. Republicans don't like what Democrats are doing. Andrew, we're not reinventing the wheel here this morning on the Carolina Journal News Hour.
But this does put Democrats in an interesting position. Obviously, it is Republican leadership that is the ones that are able to convene this special session, doing in large part the fact that you've got a Republican a speaker and President Pro Tem in the North Carolina Senate, and so it does put. Democrats in an odd spot. If they wanted to vote against this, I would imagine that would be used against them in this upcoming November election. Yeah, I can't imagine we see much of that.
You know, it's it'll be interesting to see what else potentially Republicans add on to a bill. You know, eliminating the gas tax. If this becomes some sort of larger package that Republicans hope to push through, and you know, use this gas tax as an ability to get a couple additional votes for maybe something more controversial. I think maybe then and only then you'll see Democrats come out and vote against it. Important to note here to call a special session.
They needed seventy-two or two-thirds. Majority representatives to sign on, calling for the special session. And having talked with folks both in the House and Senate, they are confident they have two-thirds majority here.
So one of those swing former Democratic representatives has agreed to sign on here and a call for the special session.
So you would assume they have overwhelming majority of votes here with a two-thirds majority at least that want to see something done in this way. Until we see a larger package potentially where this gets tied in, I can't. Can't imagine many Democrats will vote against it. One of the arguments that I presume we will see, and again, a lot of this still up in the air. This is a very dynamic and fluid situation just unfolding over the last couple of days.
Andrew is okay. You get rid of the gas tax, consumers are happy because they could be paying anywhere between twenty and forty cents lower at the pump. But that's, of course, additional revenue that the state of North Carolina was not anticipating on losing, and this could be some pretty substantial dollar amounts depending on how long this temporary gas tax is revoked for. Yeah.
So this the gas tax currently flows right into the NC DOT Department of Transportation budget goes to things like building highways and maintaining roads, right? And so definitely a large hit here. We're talking about right around a projected two hundred million dollars a month in lost revenue for the Department of Transportation if this temporary gas tax goes into effect.
So if you know, talking about three months at six hundred million dollars now, I've heard from the General Assembly today that they are. Going to look for other revenue sources to fill that gap and not take this money away from the Department of Transportation.
So, looking at dipping into those general fund reserves that you know Republicans have continued to build over the last you know handful of years for disasters, for relief efforts, and here for affordability issues and you know what they will describe as a crisis of affordability here on gas prices, right? And so, another opportunity to dip into those reserves. Funds and may not make all of us feel super great about how we're doing that, but those lost revenues have to be made up somewhere. And you know, the General Assembly is you know continually said we're not going to do that by dipping into DOT's budget and risking our roads structures. Yeah, it's a very interesting a late game power play here by the North Carolina General Assembly.
We'll keep an eye on the details as we continue through the remainder of this week, and we'll have continuing coverage over on our website carolinajournal dot com. We appreciate the update this morning. Andrew Pomerantz joins us on the Carolina Journal News Hour. And we did learn in over the overnight hours that lawmakers will be coming back to Raleigh. They will convene noon on Wednesday, and they will take up votes on the gas tax and potentially other issues.
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Good morning again, and welcome back to the Carolina Journal News Hour, Charlotte's FM News Talk, one hundred seven point nine FM, WBT. Recapping one of the stories that we've been tracking over the last couple of weeks.
Now, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office are now investigating a matter related to the Charlotte Mecklenburg School District. Federal officials confirming that to a multiple media outlets on Monday. With a public affairs officer noting that the federal agency, the FBI, along with the U.S. Attorney's Office, is currently in the process of looking into the Charlotte Mecklenburg School District, the second largest here in North Carolina.
While we do not have any additional details about exactly what is being investigated by those agencies, we know that this is one of just many investigations ongoing right now. We've got the state auditor involved in the process as well. Spencer Merriweather. The district attorney, the state bureau of investigation, and we recently heard from the Department of Public Instruction, the North Carolina State Board of Education, and State Superintendent Mo Green said just back a couple of days ago that they will coordinate with state and local investigators into alleged financial irregularities within the Charlotte Mecklenburg School District and could act against the district if those violations are. Confirmed, the joint statement from Green and Board Chair Eric Davis—that's the state board, not the not the CMS board—cited a general statute that requires the state board to quote issue a warning and direct it to take remedial action when a local board willfully or neglectly fails to refuse to comply with state laws on the budgeting, management, and expenditures of funds within the school district.
The State board may also suspend the flexibility given to a local board and require it to use funds only for the purposes for which they were allocated. If the local board, after warning, persists, the state board shall, by resolution, assume control of the financial affairs of the local board of education and shall appoint an administrator to exercise the powers assumed.
So there is a possibility, and this is probably a many steps down the road, but there is. The possibility that DPI and the State Board of Education takes over CMS's finances if they can't get things cleaned up. The joint statement from Green and Davis reads as follows. The allegations that have been raised regarding alleged financial irregularities within transactions involving the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools are serious and warrant careful review. We expect full cooperation from local officials as this review proceeds.
If the facts establish violations of state fiscal requirements, the state board will take whatever actions are authorized and necessary to protect public funds and. Uphold the public's confidence in North Carolina's public schools. As I noted, CMS is the second largest school district in North Carolina, serving approximately 139,000 students this year alone. After a major controversies and issues over the last couple of months, we now have the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Maryweather, the State Bureau of Investigation.
And state auditor Dave Bolick, all looking into a CMS, getting hit from all angles. There, this comes just weeks after Crystal Hill, the then superintendent, was fired for convenience by the board. This followed a 14-page memo, more than 200 pages of an internal review that had her suspended from the job earlier in the year. It seems, in all likelihood, that we are still very far away from a conclusion. In this story, as it relates to CMS, we continue to cover the details, and I'll bring you the latest over on our website, carolinajournal dot com.
That's going to do it for a Tuesday edition of the Carolina Journal News Hour. WBT News is next, followed by Good Morning BT. We're back with you tomorrow morning, five to six, right here on Charlotte's FM News Talk, one hundred seven point nine FM, WBT.
