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Volunteer Firefighter, Former Prosecutor Pledges To Protect Consumers, Keep Costs Low
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 8:36 am
By: ENC NOW
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Google executives will scale back a number of the technology firm’s notoriously lavish employee perks amid efforts to reduce costs and increase profitability.
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 @ 10:13 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed on Wednesday morning that the company would dismiss some 10,000 employees over the next several months to reduce costs amid a challenging economic climate.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 5:28 am
By: Daily Wire
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As reported last week by the North Carolina Department of Commerce, North Carolina unemployment increased for the first time since the pandemic-induced economic downturn.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 1:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell is making good on a pledge from his 2016 election campaign to cut costs and boost transparency in the State Health Plan
Published: Friday, October 12th, 2018 @ 1:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A typical North Carolina medical patient would save nearly $300 a year and have more competitive options for lower-cost treatment if outdated regulations didn't exist, research shows
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2017 @ 6:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Savings for Servicemembers Act would align treatment of the National Guard and Reservists with federal workers who have a 50 mile minimum for travel compensation, and help reduce the cost of service to those in the Guard and Reserves
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 @ 5:45 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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State elections board Executive Director Kim Strach, at the request of a federal court panel ruling on the North Carolina's legislative districts, filed a 16-page report detailing the administrative processes and costs to implement a special legislative election in 2017
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the stock market gyrates and talk of a new recession begins, many universities have reason to worry
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 @ 9:00 am
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina is one of only a handful of states that enjoy the highest credit ratings from all the major bond-rating agencies.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 11:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Doctors who deal with Medicaid patients on a day-to-day basis could offer N.C. policymakers plenty of good ideas for cutting costs while maintaining or improving care.
Published: Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 @ 1:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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At the direction of Governor Pat McCrory and in the interest of efficiency, the N.C. Department of Transportation is placing its Sikorsky S-76 helicopter up for sale, based on a review of ways to operate more efficiently by consolidating the department's air fleet.
Published: Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 @ 7:47 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Public universities are facing a new economic reality, as states decide to reduce funding and expect a lot more fiscal accountability. Now, in response, schools are cutting costs, raising tuition, and sometimes both. Jenna Ashley Robinson, outreach coordinator for the Pope Center for Higher...
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2013 @ 12:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the national economy still locked in the doldrums, states must continue to pull back on funding public university systems. The universities, in return, have two alternatives: they can raise tuition or cut costs. Most often, they do both.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 12:18 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Privatization is an umbrella term to describe techniques that increase competition in the public sector. Private sector entrepreneurs must constantly look for ways to cut costs and improve efficiency to maintain a competitive advantage.
Published: Monday, October 29th, 2012 @ 10:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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