Last week, Christmas came early to North Carolina teachers. Governor Easley, a proxy for Santa Claus if there ever was one, increased the salary of every teacher in the state by an extra $750 on an annualized basis.
When outgoing Chair Alan Greenspan's last term ends, after 18-plus years, the Fed will not only experience new leadership, but a shift in emphasis. Will the change make much difference? Incoming Fed Chair Ben Bernanke favors a policy of maintaining low inflation rates. Seems subtle, but it's a real difference.
Many folks in public life — and not a few in private life — get into the worst sort of trouble by talking when they shouldn’t and not talking when they should. Take former lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings.
Gambling enterprises, like other businesses, prosper to the extent they employ talented, entrepreneurial people and make effective use of advertising. But the North Carolina lottery will be a state agency.
It’s about time for a good fright — which is what some readers might receive after finishing a certain verse about Scooter Libby and Meredith Norris.
Researchers have found something truly, truly shocking: when governments respond to disasters, they aren’t just guided by demonstrable need. Politics intrudes.
LOS ANGELES, CA — This November, Coloradoans will make a critical decision about the future fiscal responsibility and tax policy in their state. Colorado, through its Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), has emerged as one of the leaders in cutting taxes and restraining the growth of government that has nearly bankrupted many other states—returning $3.25 billion to taxpayers between 1997 and 2001. As a result, half of the states in the nation have followed its lead and introduced similar measures.
WASHINGTON, DC — Governors are increasingly expanding education options to help with their education goals, according to a new report written, in part, by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center).
State's and newspaper's analysis of teacher pay ignorantly fails to account for cost-of-living adjustments among states.
Whomever succeeds Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve will wield considerable clout over the economy.
Members of a new state task force on teacher licensure and retention are downplaying the potential effects of a controversial bill on out-of-state teachers. They are right — there is a broader question.
