Tag:Legislative pay

• Pay raise could lessen regulation

  Bureaucrats often go far beyond the power clearly delegated to them by elected lawmakers, who in turn lack the knowledge or expertise to detect and stop regulatory abuses.

  by John Hood
• NCGA May Consider First Compensation Changes in Two Decades

  After a brief presentation comparing North Carolina lawmakers’ pay to other states, on Monday a leader of a legislative oversight committee said he would form a “working group” to make recommendations for lawmakers’ future compensation. “A working group will look at the information that we’ve received from NCSL [the National…

  by Barry Smith
• NAEP Scores Show Mixed Results For NC Students

  Terry Stoops on NC's mixed results on NAEP tests; legislators react to data on NC legislator pay; Cornell Wilson on priorities for military & veterans services; Derek Yonai on need to teach free markets; Katherine Restrepo on Obamacare's unkept promises…

  by Katherine Restrepo, Dr. Terry Stoops