From 2000 to 2009, 72 of North Carolina’s 100 county governments grew their workforce at a faster pace than their respective private sector employment. Furthermore, 59 ... Keep Reading
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Money Misplaced Again
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) was granted, during the 2010 legislative session, the authority to use $17 million in capital funds to purchase land and ... Keep Reading
Update: Changes to UNC Health Care
UNC students can now opt out of health care coverage for abortions, an option not possible less than a week ago. After numerous pro-life students and activists spoke out, the UNC ... Keep Reading
JWPCI newspaper – July 2010: Budget Edition
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State plan for tax breaks betrays N C consumers
This article first appeared in the Durham Herald Sun. With a stroke of her pen last week, Gov. Perdue advanced the power held by the political class over the average North ... Keep Reading
North Carolina’s Growing Income Gap
There is a widening gap between two major classes of income earners in North Carolina. In the modern-day version of the "haves" versus the "have-nots," state ... Keep Reading
HB972: State Intends to Encroach on Private Enterprise
Rep. Cullie Tarleton (D-Watauga) is the sponsor of this week’s bad bill, HB972, an act to create the Uwharrie Regional Resources Commission. The Commission established ... Keep Reading
As Private Sector Struggles, Local Government Workforce Expands
The number of local government workers at the municipal level in North Carolina grew at nearly twice the rate of private sector workers, and also outpaced the state’s ... Keep Reading
S.B. 178 Threatens Right to Work, Would Deepen NC’s Fiscal Crisis
Senate Bill 178 threatens North Carolina’s position as a bastion of virtually union-free public sector labor, as it attempts to do away with the General Statute that ... Keep Reading
Top Ten Golden LEAF Wasteful Projects
While crafting North Carolina’s recently-passed 2010-11 state budget, state lawmakers lamented the alleged necessity of firing school teachers, cutting back on care for ... Keep Reading
