American retail expenditures declined 0.6% between October and November, according to data released on Thursday by the Census Bureau.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 8:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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Again Tries To Coordinate On B-Roll With Independent Expenditures
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 2:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A recent national report dinged North Carolina for its lower-than-average "per-pupil expenditure." At least one state lawmaker is likely to grumble openly about that result.
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2018 @ 1:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm thinking that maybe there's something strange going on in Cumberland County that I don't know about. Maybe they're awash with cash
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2016 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Few political promises are as common as this one: “My policies will create jobs.”
Published: Sunday, June 12th, 2016 @ 10:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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More military veterans are choosing to make North Carolina their home, thanks, in part, to efforts by Governor Pat McCrory to make North Carolina the most veteran friendly state in the nation.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:19 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Last week, the NC Department of Public Instruction released financial data for the 2014-15 school year. In the table below, I included per pupil expenditure figures and (composite) grade-level math and reading proficiency percentages for students in grades 3-8.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the nation's sub-par economic recovery continues, tax revenues to state coffers are not rising as rapidly as in past periods of robust economic growth. Some left-leaning groups in North Carolina have attempted to seize upon this as an opportunity to criticize the state's 2013 tax cuts as a...
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:13 am
By: McCrory Communications
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What better way to begin 2015 than to discuss per-pupil expenditures for our K-12 public schools? According to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the state increased its average expenditure by around $200 a student for the 2014-2015 school year. At this time next year we will be able to...
Published: Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 @ 9:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government is measured everyday for different reasons and from different perspectives. Some measure government by the number of laws that have been enacted. Others look at the amount of tax revenue that is collected and the size of the operating budget. Still others look at more subjective measur
Published: Thursday, November 20th, 2014 @ 10:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How much of your money is spent to educate one high school graduate in North Carolina? $50,000? $75,000? Our new analysis shows that North Carolina taxpayers spend about $150,000 for each student who receives a high school diploma...
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 6:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It has been nearly three years since the left-leaning Center for American Progress published a superb report, Return on Educational Investment: A District-by-District Evaluation of U.S. Educational Productivity. In the report, CAP Senior Fellow Ulrich Boser made the case that decades of...
Published: Monday, December 16th, 2013 @ 9:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In late March, Gov. Bev Perdue embarked on a two-week campaign to promote a plan that would fund additional education spending by increasing the state sales tax.
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2012 @ 1:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government uses taxes for two broad purposes. The first is to collect revenue that the legislative branch appropriates to run the government. The second is to motivate behavior the government favors.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 @ 10:10 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Back when we were in our teacher training program in college one of the assigned readings was a book entitled "The way it spozed to be."
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2011 @ 12:35 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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