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Upward Revisions to State Revenue Expectations
Yesterday the Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly and the Office of State Budget and Management released a revised revenue forecast for the Fiscal Year 2021-2023 biennium. They concluded…
Education
Dr. Troy Kickler Will Lead New Curriculum Project
The Center for Effective Education (CEE) and the John Locke Foundation are happy to announce Dr. Troy Kickler has joined CEE as Senior Fellow and Managing Director of the North…
Liberty
The Big Leak – The Stuff of Banana Republics
The Left wants more executive power, but that pesky Supreme Court stands in their way. For four years we suffered through the Big Lie – Russian collusion. It was meant…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NEA’s “Rankings and Estimates” Report Goes From Bad to Worse
The National Education Association’s 2022 “Rankings and Estimates” report included an average teacher salary figure that was significantly lower than the $55,905 average reported by the North Carolina Department of…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
More Government for Wake County on Your Dime
It’s budget season for North Carolina’s local governments, and some officials are taking the opportunity to propose tax increases yet again. For those in Wake County, this should bring a…
Education
What’s Always Missing From the Discussion on Teacher Pay?
Last week the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) declared the average teacher in North Carolina earned about $55,905 in 2021-22. Lower figures figures from the National Education…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Four Expensive Covid Policies That Overstayed Their Welcome
During the Covid pandemic, government concocted many costly, “temporary” policies. Many of those have lingered well past their originally promised dates and expanded beyond their stated intentions, such as progressives…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Let’s Repeal What Remains of the Privilege License Tax
A privilege license tax is essentially a tax imposed for the privilege of conducting business in the state. Building on North Carolina’s tax reform leadership, in 2014, the state’s General…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Despite the Timing, Intensive Community Policing Should Have Wide Appeal
The current spike in homicides and other violent crime has created an urgent need for more and better policing. Unfortunately, the lingering effects of the anti-police hysteria that swept the…
Law & Public Safety
SCOTUS Leak Jeopardizes the Court’s Integrity
Yesterday, Politico published a draft opinion for the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and today the court confirmed that the leaked document is genuine. The issue…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
Economic Inequality As An Excuse for Government Power
The unachievable nature of economic equality is a feature, not a bug, of the Left’s obsession with it. Market-based inequality is not problematic, but government-created inequality is. The only way…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Leandro Order Begins to Right the Ship
Last year, Judge David Lee ordered the controller, state treasurer, and Office of State Budget and Management to take $1.75 billion from state coffers without legislative approval and distribute the…