Brian Balfour

Articles in This Series: The next three recommendations in the Civitas Institute Agenda “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform” focus on policies to ... Keep Reading

If you appreciate the work of the Civitas Institute, please consider a donation. Prior to signing his federal “stimulus” bill in early 2009, President Obama warned, ... Keep Reading

In January of 2009, Gov. Bev Perdue issued Executive Order #5 to establish the North Carolina Budget Reform and Advisory Commission (BRAC). BRAC was established, in part, to ensure ... Keep Reading

Articles in This Series: The first two recommendations in the Civitas Institute 2010 Agenda: “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform” focus on policies that ... Keep Reading

In spite of an already alarming level of debt, Raleigh and Wake County council members continue to max out the taxpayers’ credit card without even asking first for ... Keep Reading

The announcement in late 2009 that the Winston-Salem Dell plant was closing placed North Carolina’s economic incentive policies under sharp scrutiny. The failure of Dell ... Keep Reading

This article originally appeared in the Jan. 10 2010 edition of the Durham Herald-Sun What causes poverty? That's what North Carolina's "Poverty Reduction and Economic ... Keep Reading

North Carolina’s state budgetary woes took center stage once again this past summer as lawmakers grappled with a multi-billion dollar budget deficit. Filling most of that ... Keep Reading

Overall, would you say that things in the North Carolina are headed in the right direction, or would you say they are headed off on the wrong track? ... Keep Reading

1.         Do you have children or grandchildren who attend Wake County Public Schools? ... Keep Reading