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It is a taxing business to bring about fiscal policy reform. However, in the context of an unemployment rate hovering around 10 percent, North Carolina needs to consider how to ... Keep Reading

The last time Republicans held the majority in the N.C. Senate, William McKinley was president and Wilmington was the state’s biggest city. This year, Republicans might ... Keep Reading

Approximately 37 percent of the North Carolina state budget is devoted to K-12 public education. This year North Carolina will spend approximately $7.1 billion on public ... Keep Reading

This is part three of a series of articles with insightful commentary into Tom Ross, the next President of the University of North Carolina System. This installment looks at Ross's ... Keep Reading

In case you were in the camp that believed that $41 million was an obscenely large annual budget to run a Ferry system that takes in around $2.5 million a year, recent ... Keep Reading

North Carolina's top-paid legislator in 2009 earned 48 percent more than the average state government employee earned in the same year, and 54 percent more than the average private ... Keep Reading

During the long legislative session of 2009 that was defined by increased spending, in¬creased taxes, and a statewide smoking ban, the General Assembly managed to make several ... Keep Reading

This is the second of a three part series examining the new president of the University of North Carolina Thomas Ross. Part 1: Ross speedily confirmed as President of UNC ... Keep Reading

This is the first of a three part series examining the new president of the University of North Carolina Thomas Ross. Click here for part two. At a hastily convened meeting on ... Keep Reading

From 2000 to 2009, 72 of North Carolina’s 100 county governments grew their workforce at a faster pace than their respective private sector employment. Furthermore, 59 ... Keep Reading