A lot of dollars are riding on how many courses professors in the University of North Carolina system teach (or how many they are perceived to teach). Roughly half of the UNC budget consists of professors' salaries.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 8:51 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The full N.C. General Assembly returns to work in May. In the meantime, many legislators are busy working on oversight and study committees, including roughly 20 new groups set up since the end of the long legislative session last summer. Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation vice president for...
Published: Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 @ 4:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's new tax reforms help set the stage for long-term economic growth in the state.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 2:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic legislators, teacher unions, newspaper editorialists, and other members or defenders of North Carolina's education establishment continue to be aghast at the Republican-led General Assembly's decision to phase out salary supplements for public-school teachers who obtain graduate degrees.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2013 @ 7:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers adopted a 2013-14 budget conference report authorizing $7.9 billion in General Fund spending on K-12 education, which is up 4.8 percent over the $7.5 billion budget enacted for the 2012-13 fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 5:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina legislators can maximize their flexibility for tax reform and unanticipated Medicaid spending by using a "reverse logrolling" approach...
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 2:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bypassing statewide bond referendums has cost North Carolina taxpayers an estimated $261 million in extra interest payments on state debt since...
Published: Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 10:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina legislators could save nearly $500 million in the next budget year, and more than $1 billion over two years, while ending corporate income...
Published: Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 @ 1:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that state legislators have returned to work, one of their most important jobs is to approve a new state budget by July 1.
Published: Friday, February 1st, 2013 @ 12:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As state lawmakers made their way back to work Jan. 9, they faced nearly 200 protesters on the lawn in front of the General Assembly building.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 @ 11:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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UNC Healthcare CEO Dr. Bill Roper educated state legislators Dec. 11 about what he called five "myths" of health care at a Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services meeting held to discuss the future of health care.
Published: Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 @ 4:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The September issue of Civitas Capitol Connection features the Civitas Action Conservative Effectiveness Rankings, to help voters see how conservative General Assembly members really are.
Published: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 @ 11:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Support for reducing class size usually cuts across political and ideological divides, garnering accolades from legislators, policymakers, and parents alike. Nevertheless, the relationship between class size and student achievement has been the subject of scholarly debate for decades.
Published: Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 @ 2:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"The power to tax is the power to destroy." That is an oft-repeated paraphrase of a quote from former U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall in an 1819 court decision. Indeed taxes do destroy: incentives, productivity, businesses, and opportunity.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2012 @ 3:14 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Legislative Democrats did not give the GOP high marks, citing a host of differences in philosophy and approach and that the new laws would result in ineffective or even harmful policies.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 2:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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