Discussions over teacher pay often overlook an important factor Rising benefit costs have been crowding out funds for salary increases Total compensation has been rising faster than just salary... Read More
by Bill Ball, NC Policy Watch, December 7, 2017. North Carolina’s former public school superintendent June Atkinson says the state’s current K-12 leader “misled” the public when he blasted the... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, published in Burlington Times-News, December 8, 2017. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline will face many hurdles from gaining permits to burrowing through 600 miles of terrain... Read More
Colleges and universities can have a significant impact on local demographic and economic statistics. College towns tend to see inflated poverty rates: more off-campus students (as share of population... Read More
A narrative published Sunday in the Washington Post seeks to redefine the belief that North Carolina’s tax cuts are the model for Washington. But there is more. The piece attempts to shape a... Read More
North Carolina has collected less state revenue so far than projected for the 2017-18 fiscal year, to the tune of about $134 million. Alarm about this would be premature — we’ve learned in recent... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro New-Record, November 26, 2017. It’s a great idea: Reduce class sizes in primary grades and make sure every child learns to read. What could go wrong? Quite a bit, it turns... Read More
Seven years and almost $7 trillion in new debt ago, we released a bipartisan package of tax and spending reforms as co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. At the... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 28, 2017. It should not be surprising that the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has temporarily taken over daily operations of Cardinal... Read More
While people across the country are closely following the pending GOP tax reform scheme, the sexual harassment and assault allegations and whatever the president is tweeting, they aren’t following... Read More
