How Your Tax Dollars are Being Used to Fund Comprehensive Sex-Ed Originally published here in Family North Carolina Magazine—January/February 2009 By Amanda Abbott Current ... Keep Reading
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Grading The Last Eight Years of Leadership in Raleigh: Is North Carolina Better Off?
Beverly Purdue (D) was just sworn in as North Carolina’s new governor this past weekend. As North Carolinians ponder what sort of leadership they can expect from the ... Keep Reading
Labor Invests Big in N.C.
The tote board is in and Big Labor took its spending on North Carolina elections to a new level during the 2008 election cycle. According to reports filed with the NC State Board ... Keep Reading
Recommendation #6: Freeze State Land Purchases and Sell Underused State Land
Closing The Budget Gap Introduction Dissolve Golden Leaf Eliminate New Pork Spending Freeze New Capital Projects; Refrain From Issuing New Debt Transfer ... Keep Reading
Get The Facts… On Abstinence Education
North Carolina currently mandates that all students from kindergarten to 9th grade be taught a “comprehensive school health education program” that includes instruction ... Keep Reading
Recommendation #5: No Corporate Welfare Payments
Closing The Budget Gap Introduction Dissolve Golden Leaf Eliminate New Pork Spending Freeze New Capital Projects; Refrain From Issuing New Debt Transfer ... Keep Reading
Public Education: Five Big Myths
Improving public education in North Carolina is a topic that usually generates more heat than light. One of the reasons is that much of the discussion is dominated by long-held ... Keep Reading
Recommendation #4 – Transfer the Balance of the Voter-Owned Elections Fund
Closing The Budget Gap Introduction Dissolve Golden Leaf Eliminate New Pork Spending Freeze New Capital Projects; Refrain From Issuing New Debt Transfer ... Keep Reading
The Cliff Ahead
Allow me to apologize for dampening The N&O's holiday spirit, but I must throw the wet blanket of reality over the giddy cheerleading offered up regarding President-Elect ... Keep Reading
RECOMMENDATION #3: Freeze New Capital Projects; Refrain From Issuing New Debt
This article is the third installment in a series of recommendations currently being released on a weekly basis. Future weeks will detail how much the state can save by ... Keep Reading
