Brian Balfour

Brian Balfour Policy Analyst brian.balfour@ nccivitas.org 919-834-2099 The continued expansion of government control over your health care and little progress toward ... Keep Reading

Health Care Trends In North Carolina Since 2001 When it comes to the health care debate in North Carolina, four issues typically come to the forefront: affordability, access, ... Keep Reading

A continued spending binge, tax and fee increases and a lack of accountability to taxpayers all dominated the recently completed two-year budget cycle. The following brief summary ... Keep Reading

Proposal: Permanently cut North Carolina’s gas tax by more than a third, while increasing funding for high priority projects such as urban loops and intrastate highways by ... Keep Reading

Local governments throughout Wake County recently made it more difficult for working families to make ends meet. At a time when rising gas and food prices are stretching household ... Keep Reading

The Civitas Institute has identified more than a billion dollars in new pork and earmark spending, debt and future obligations in the FY 2008-09 Budget. This is in ... Keep Reading

A bill to increase the amount of corporate welfare dollars to be distributed through the Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG) program is heading for passage. SB 2075 was ... Keep Reading

The Conference Committee budget ignores public opinion, further escalates an already rapidly increasing state debt, and burdens future budgets. The Civitas Institute’s May ... Keep Reading

The 2008 Conference Committee budget proposal (HB 2436) ignores the voice of the people as it increases state debt by nearly a billion dollars without voter approval. The budget ... Keep Reading

The House Bill to establish the “Access to Health Care Policy Council” would create a council with the stated goal of “providing access to appropriate and ... Keep Reading