Fiscal Policy

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

This article is the second installment in a series of recommendations currently being released on a weekly basis. Future weeks will detail how much the state can save by freezing ... Keep Reading

If you had to suddenly cut 5 percent from your family’s budget, how would you do it? I suspect most people would include the term “priorities” somewhere in their ... Keep Reading

This article is the first installment in a series of recommendations to be released over the next few weeks. Future weeks will detail how much the state can save by cutting pork, ... Keep Reading

A Series of Recommendations to Fill the Budget Hole Without Raising Taxes or Requiring Across the Board Agency Cuts Closing The Budget Gap Introduction Dissolve ... Keep Reading

RALEIGH - We've all heard about the financial crisis facing this country. You'd have to be living in a cave to have missed it. But what about another type of financial crisis ... Keep Reading

Civitas Institute, a Raleigh think tank, has two of its policy analysts, Brian Balfour and Max Borders, tackle the economics behind the bailout. ... Keep Reading

Balfour discusses his study examining health care trends in North Carolina over the last seven years. From affordability to access, the state of health care in North Carolina has ... Keep Reading

Raleigh, N.C. – A compilation of several major health care indicators reveals that state policies designed to improve health care in North Carolina have failed. Health ... Keep Reading

Brian Balfour, Policy Analyst at the Civitas Institute, discusses the staggering tax burden imposed on citizens in North Carolina. See more at our YouTube channel. ... Keep Reading