Two weeks ago, amid all the discussion and wrangling over the state budget, the Wake County Public School System released an interesting report that received little ... Keep Reading
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Senate Budget Plan Includes Tax Cuts, Spends $500 Million Less Than Perdue’s Budget
The North Carolina Senate unveiled its FY 2011-13 biennium budget plan this week, and unsurprisingly it had much more in common with the House plan than with Governor Perdue’s ... Keep Reading
Senate Budget Cleans Out Smart Start Bureaucracy; Wins Approval From Early Childcare Providers
There isn’t much room on the state’s dole this year for government administrators earning more than the Governor herself. So it is without much surprise when the Senate targets the ... Keep Reading
Do Taxpayers Really Need to Subsidize the Study of Surfing and Time Travel?
Fearful of the impacts of another round of budget reductions, UNC officials have been working hard to convince the public and lawmakers about just how dire additional budget cuts ... Keep Reading
Blueprint NC: Paying to Play?
Do you know where your news comes from? You might not realize that much of the news you consume has been placed by public relations strategists. Many of the news organizations ... Keep Reading
Shorten Early Voting – Good. Eliminate Registering and Voting on the Same Day – Better
On May 18, 2011, House Bill 658 “Shorten Early Voting Period” passed with a 60-58 vote. The bill would shorten the current 2 ½ week early voting period by a week. Six Republicans ... Keep Reading
A Little Perspective on Education Budget Reductions
This could take us back a generation, it could take another generation to come back and I don’t think that’s what the people of North Carolina want. Senate Minority Leader ... Keep Reading
NCAE’s Averted Gaze
Let’s not be diverted from the important issues at hand. That’s the surprising response of officials at the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) to a report released ... Keep Reading
Education Budget Breakdown
This year’s budget crunch brought varying proposals from the Governor, State Senate, and State House, each differing as to where and how deep the axe should fall on state ... Keep Reading
NC General Assembly Sending Mixed Signals about Obamacare
On May 11, 2011, GOP legislative leadership filed an Amicus brief challenging the constitutionality – especially the individual mandate – of the Patient Protection and Affordable ... Keep Reading
