Apparently field trips to movies and a water park were seen as essential to education in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. The Winston-Salem Journal attributes that info ... Keep Reading
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You can still “pay to play”
State legislators left town early Saturday morning after passing an ethics package but it was missing a key provision. Campaign finance reform advocates wanted a new rule limiting ... Keep Reading
Civitas Legislative Report – 7/1
Civitas Institute Budget and Tax analyst Brian Balfour discusses new state budget http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iayzbs-rwfw ... Keep Reading
Civitas Legislative Report – 6/30
Public financed campaigns could still be expanded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EP1OcSwM-I ... Keep Reading
Civitas Legislative Report – 6/24
Republican lawmaker would create new State Savings Account ... Keep Reading
NC Adds State Employees While Private Jobs are Lost
Yesterday I posted a short article detailing the employment trends in NC state government versus the state's private sector since 2001. As most of you likely suspect, the trends ... Keep Reading
Senate Budget Includes Sensible Small Business Tax Cuts
The North Carolina state Senate this morning released its recommended budget changes for 2010-11. You can view the legislation here, or view the money report here. One issue of ... Keep Reading
Another Year, Another Budget Crisis
As reported by The Insider, a state government subscription news service, preliminary details about the fiscal condition of the coming 2010-11 fiscal year budget for North Carolina ... Keep Reading
Fiscal Responsibility for N.C.
In the latest installment in the Civitas Institutes's “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform,” I recommend a few desperately needed checks on North Carolina's long-term ... Keep Reading
Looming Payment Cuts to Medicare Physicians
On March 1st Medicare payments to doctors are scheduled to be cut by at least 21 percent. The reasoning is that cutting provider costs will contain Medicare spending and provide a ... Keep Reading
