Fiscal Policy

Brian Balfour Policy Analyst brian.balfour@ nccivitas.org 919-834-2099 The continued expansion of government control over your health care and little progress toward ... Keep Reading

Health Care Trends In North Carolina Since 2001 When it comes to the health care debate in North Carolina, four issues typically come to the forefront: affordability, access, ... Keep Reading

A continued spending binge, tax and fee increases and a lack of accountability to taxpayers all dominated the recently completed two-year budget cycle. The following brief summary ... Keep Reading

Everyone Raising Taxes, Fees or Both! Raleigh, N.C. – Inflation, rising unemployment, and falling house prices did not deter Wake County municipalities from increasing ... Keep Reading

Fifty-three percent of North Carolina’s $21.3 billion FY 2008-09 state budget is devoted to funding education programs.  The FY08-09 state budget provides $11.4 billion, ... Keep Reading

Proposal: Permanently cut North Carolina’s gas tax by more than a third, while increasing funding for high priority projects such as urban loops and intrastate highways by ... Keep Reading

Local governments throughout Wake County recently made it more difficult for working families to make ends meet. At a time when rising gas and food prices are stretching household ... Keep Reading

To cure our healthcare system, we have to look at the system holistically. Just one or two reforms will have a small effect. We need comprehensive reform. First, we must identify ... Keep Reading

When you go camping, you are supposed to leave the campgrounds “better off than when you arrived” so others who come along later will be able to enjoy the area, as ... Keep Reading

The Civitas Institute releases a study on the recently signed N.C. budget Raleigh, N.C. –Over $1.1 billion dollars in new earmarks and pork spending was authorized in the ... Keep Reading