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Even Part-Time Lawmakers Collecting Above-Average Pay

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s top-paid legislator in 2009 earned 48 percent more than the average state government employee earned in the same year, and 54 percent more than the average private sector employee. Among the 25 legislators collecting the highest compensation in 2009, the vast majority were Democrats; only six were Republicans.

Jana Benscoter
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More at Four Gets More Millions Despite No Proof It’s Effective

GREENSBORO — Despite having readily available data on the N.C.-funded More At Four pre-kindergarten program that show the program might not be working, the state continues to pour money into the program without testing whether it has long-term learning effects.

Jana Benscoter

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