The North Carolina Department of Transportation under Gov. Roy Cooper has become a money pit and state Transportation Secretary Jim Trogdon just keeps digging. While ... Keep Reading
government waste
Bureaucratic Inertia Wastes Millions of Dollars on Abandoned Buildings
There are abandoned buildings in Raleigh and all over North Carolina owned by the same absentee landlord. That landlord refuses to use or sell those properties, and instead holds ... Keep Reading
Taxpayer-Funded Workers Caught Wasting Time
WSOC, channel 9 in Charlotte, investigated some humble public servants to see how they spend their day and our tax dollars. To those of us who understand the difference in ... Keep Reading
Ruger Deal Just More Corporate Welfare
Last week, Governor McCrory’s office trumpeted the news that Sturm, Ruger & Company would be opening a new manufacturing facility in Rockingham County. While this may appear to ... Keep Reading
Government Spending 101
The new legislative session has produced a number of efforts (e.g., S 344, H 87, S 67) to enhance state transparency. In my view the best of these is HB 400 sponsored by ... Keep Reading
Smart Start Program Mismanaged Taxpayer Funds
Raleigh, N.C. – An ongoing Civitas Institute investigation has revealed that Child Care Services Association (CCSA), an administrator of Smart Start programs, mismanaged a program ... Keep Reading
More Stimulus Waste
Making the rounds on the news today is this report produced by Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and John McCain of Arizona itemizing 100 wasteful stimulus projects from around the ... Keep Reading
NC education spending: behind the census data
North Carolina student spending below average. That’s the message you heard last week if you read any of the articles about the just-released U.S. Census Report on Public ... Keep Reading
Red State Catches Monkey Fever
It seems the folks at Red State have notice our cocaine and monkeys article and have written a post about it. They also were quite creative in coming up with the following image to ... Keep Reading
Hot Flashes, Dead Bugs, and Cocaine for Monkeys
No, that's not the title of some new whacked-out reality show on an obscure cable network. Rather, it is the title of the Civitas Institute's list of The 10 Worst Federal Stimulus ... Keep Reading
