NC Gov. Josh Stein continues to push his message of getting what he calls a $1.4 billion ‘critical needs budget’ in place before the General Assembly’s short session begins on April 6, but has escalated the figure to $2.8 billion in a post on X.
It's silly to say "many teachers earn less" than the average salary. It's true, of course, but many also earn more.
I have strong opinions — but not about how to perform brain surgery, write an app, design a golf course, or produce a hip-hop album. Perhaps you do have a strong view about one of these, but almost certainly not about all four. Why? Because none of us can simultaneously be a surgeon, a software...
Taxpayers deserve to know how their money is being spent, and private citizens deserve protection from government overreach into their lives. These seem like simple concepts, right? The establishment left in North Carolina seems to disagree. Progressives are performing acrobatic leaps to justify their opposition to two bills introduced this legislative session – and in...
Although you may care and worry about me as a person, it does you no harm if I have a wrong idea, do a foolish thing, or hire an incompetent doctor. You can even learn from my mistakes.
North Carolina governments have long been above average in staffing levels and at or below average in employee compensation.
Productivity is the name of the game. North Carolina governments need to continue improving how well they play it.
Does North Carolina reap adequate benefits from the extra billions of dollars it devotes to tax-funded government workers?
The governor and her liberal allies harbor a basic misunderstanding of the proper role of government and the appropriate size of the public work force.
A Republican takeover of the General Assembly has sparked the Left’s interest in the annual “disappearance” of government jobs in summer months.
Those who don't understand state unemployment numbers should keep their off-base remarks to themselves.
