Fiscal Policy

State politicians, ranging from Gov. Beverly Perdue to U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Kay Hagan, descended on the Research Triangle Park recently to help celebrate an economic ... Keep Reading

Over the last decade, the number of North Carolinians in the unemployment line almost tripled, increasing by nearly 300,000. At the same time, the state was a net loser of ... Keep Reading

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

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

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

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) was granted, during the 2010 legislative session, the authority to use $17 million in capital funds to purchase land and ... Keep Reading

As we move into the dog days of August, the calendar will quickly turn to September and election season will be in full swing.  Before that begins, it makes sense to stop ... Keep Reading

This article first appeared in the Durham Herald Sun. With a stroke of her pen last week, Gov. Perdue advanced the power held by the political class over the average North ... Keep Reading

Raleigh, N.C. – As North Carolina struggles with double-digit unemployment and stagnant wages, the wage gap between state government employees and private sector workers ... Keep Reading

There is a widening gap between two major classes of income earners in North Carolina. In the modern-day version of the "haves" versus the "have-nots," state ... Keep Reading