There is a growing sentiment that North Carolina’s system for building and funding schools is broken. I’ve written about these problems here. Fast growing counties complain it ... Keep Reading
Program Evaluation Division
Study: school funding formulas need changes
North Carolina spends $8.7 billion on K-12 public education. K-12 public education comprises 39 percent of the state budget and is – by far -- the largest single expenditure in the ... Keep Reading
Global TransPark – Money Pit for North Carolina
The General Assembly’s Program Evaluation Division revealed its report findings on the Lenior County Global TransPark (GTP) industrial complex today. The report suggested North ... Keep Reading
ABC Privatization Debate Forthcoming?
Per a News & Observer report, the chairman of the North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission (ABC) Jon Williams expects a debate on whether to privatize liquor sales in ... Keep Reading
Virginia’s McDonnell Wants to Privatize Liquor Sales
While North Carolina moved to centralize control over the state’s archaic liquor system and redesign the system’s ethics regulation (see legislation here), Governor Bob McDonnell ... Keep Reading
Bill Introduced to Eliminate 25 State Aircraft
Reps. Jim Crawford (D-Granville), Nelson Cole (D-Rockingham), and Larry Hall (D-Durham) are the primary sponsors of HB1823 entitled “Sell Underutilized State Aircraft.” The bill ... Keep Reading
