Yesterday State Auditor, Beth Wood, released results of an audit highly critical of how the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) allocated $180 million in ... Keep Reading
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Medicaid: A playground for scammers and fraud
10 percent of Medicaid payments are lost to fraud or incompetence Medicaid expansion will likely exacerbate fraud in the program Taxpayers should be leery of ... Keep Reading
Civitas Institute: NCAE Must Be Held Accountable
December 14, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jim Tynen (919) 834-2099 jim.tynen@nccivitas.org RALEIGH -- The Civitas Institute is calling for state government to take ... Keep Reading
NCAE Defies Law; What’s Next?
Now that the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) has defied an audit mandated by state law, what happens next? We at the Civitas Institute and the Center for Law and ... Keep Reading
State Auditor, WCPSS Respond to Civitas Inquiry; NCAE Remains Silent
Note: A previous version of this article stated that the impending audit of the NCAE would be determinative as to whether the teachers' organization continues to receive its dues ... Keep Reading
‘Independent’ News – With a Slant
Earlier this year, a liberal organizing network called Blueprint NC distributed a memo calling for a “collective statewide strategy” to “eviscerate the [Republican] leadership and ... Keep Reading
Government Wastes $5.3 Million; 224,000 Labor Hours
North Carolina government wasted approximately 224,000 labor hours and $5.3 million by failing to implement and dutifully employ a proper performance management system. A report ... Keep Reading
Beth Wood: The rest of the story on late property taxes
North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood can’t seem to stay out of the news. In early February, Under the Dome reported Wood was late in paying a $1,200 property tax bill on her ... Keep Reading
State Auditor and use of a State Car – and waste!
Today I posted a report about State Auditor Beth Wood using a state car and not following procedure on reimbursing the state. I did not address the whole question of why we provide ... Keep Reading
