Two of the Tar Heel State’s school choice programs have saved taxpayers between $74.1 million and $154.3 million through fiscal 2018, according to an updated analysis from the school choice advocacy organization EdChoice. Those figures translate to between $3,373 and $7,022…
A flock of progressive Chicken Littles spent the past decade warning that North Carolina’s legislature was ruining our economy and reputation by failing to “invest.”…
A Democrat-controlled N.C. Supreme Court could end up deciding the constitutionality of a $1.7-billion transfer ordered by the presiding judge in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit. That outcome could be in the cards after plaintiffs in the case filed an appeal Dec. 15 challenging a…
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, asks N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell about the recent controversy surrounding a $1.7 billion education funding order. This exchange took place during the Jan. 7, 2021, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”…
According to the latest measurements of gross domestic product, manufacturing makes up 17% of North Carolina’s economy. That’s a far-higher share than the national and regional averages, both 11%.
North Carolina ranks just outside of the top 10 states, at No. 11, in the latest Tax Foundation State Business Tax Climate Index. The newly released ranking arrives just two weeks after the Tax Foundation touted reforms embedded in North Carolina’s new state budget. If those reforms had taken…
Not only are inflationary policies the most harmful to the poor, but there is too little attention given to their adverse effects.
North Carolina would jump from No. 10 to No. 5 in the Tax Foundation’s state business tax climate rankings, if recently approved reforms took effect immediately. That’s a key finding in the foundation’s latest assessment of the state’s tax policy, titled “North Carolina Reinforces Its Tax Reform Legacy.” After…
A legal petition from the state controller prompts courts to address safeguards for N.C. state government spending.
If presidents and lawmakers aren’t willing to make substantial changes to entitlements, they aren’t truly willing to make substantial reductions in federal spending.
