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Your taxpayer dollars continue to be squandered.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2026 @ 2:14 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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In Part I of our two-part response to Keith Poston’s column, I showed how budget data does not support the claim that state government is disinvesting in the public schools and how some of the budget issues Poston references derive from local – not state – decisions or priorities
Published: Monday, October 2nd, 2017 @ 3:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last week Gov. Pat McCrory released his budget proposal for the 2015-2017 biennium, his spending plan for $22 billion in each of the next two fiscal years. While there are some positive spending decisions in this budget, there are also some discouraging choices in certain areas of government...
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 2:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Efficient, effective, accountable, and transparent — legislators and policy advisers tout each of these goals when crafting the state's budget. While these outcomes are goals for lawmakers, many decisions must be made in order to achieve these goals.
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Efficient, effective, accountable, and transparent — are all goals legislators and policy advisors tout when crafting the state's budget. While these outcomes are goals for lawmakers, there are many decisions that must be made in order to achieve these goals. The budget process is not set...
Published: Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During his 10th address at the annual faculty convocation, Chancellor Steve Ballard told East Carolina University faculty to expect budget decisions to be a continuing part of the academic year that begins today. "We will be more challenged fiscally than other years," he said.
Published: Friday, August 23rd, 2013 @ 10:34 am
By: ECU News Services
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During the recent conference of the National Association of State Budget Officers, which I attended, the main topics of conversation were the nation's economic outlook, the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and the
Published: Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 @ 10:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2011 North Carolina lawmakers passed a two-year state budget which legislators are reviewing this year. The current budget has built in increases of roughly a quarter billion dollars for the second year, and decisions were made based on revenue forecasts at that time.
Published: Saturday, May 26th, 2012 @ 6:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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