Civitas has been busy looking for ways to cut the budget, and last week we asked you for your suggestions. Here's some of what we received. Require immediate 5% reduction in ... Keep Reading
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Help North Carolina Escape The Budget Crisis
On November 2 North Carolinians voted for a complete change in legislative leadership for the first time in over a century. Yet the fiscal problems facing North Carolina are huge. ... Keep Reading
10 Ways to Trim Government Spending
North Carolina's $3 billion budget shortfall awaiting the winners of November's elections is sure to dampen many a victory party. Those lucky legislators will be inheriting a ... Keep Reading
JWPCI newspaper – September 2010
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Ranking North Carolina’s 21st Century Job Growth
North Carolina’s Private Sector Job Losses Among Worst in U.S Since 2000; Adds Third Highest Number of State Government Workers in the Nation North Carolina’s private ... Keep Reading
Corporate Welfare Undermines Economy
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
Much Ado About Taxes…
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
Ferry Investigation Prompts ‘Sink or Swim’ Moment
In case you were in the camp that believed that $41 million was an obscenely large annual budget to run a Ferry system that takes in around $2.5 million a year, recent ... Keep Reading
Even Part-Time Lawmakers Collecting Above Average Pay
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
Thomas Ross: “Friends in Low Places”
Thomas Ross' support for radical, left wing groups just continues to grow. Yesterday, we exposed how he funded the nefarious organization ACORN and now, this report highlights his ... Keep Reading