Fiscal Insight

View in your browser. The prevailing accounting practices of North Carolina state government, and those of other states, would be illegal if carried out by…

View in your browser. The dominant organization with regard to state accounting standards, The Governmental Accounting Standards Board, has recently refined its guidelines…

View in your browser. While unfunded liabilities continue to garner plenty of attention in the press, I fear a lack of understanding means this…

View in your browser. When surveyed in December 2009 (Question 26), a majority of North Carolinians supported a fiscal constraint on state government to limit…

View in your browser. The debate over adjustments to North Carolina’s General Fund budget is heating up amid proposals from the governor, House, and Senate. All three,…

View in your browser. A "sunset" provision infers an end to something — that its day is over. In North Carolina, however, a bill to…

View in your browser. North Carolina’s staggering Unemployment Insurance (UI) debt — which fluctuates around $2.5 billion — has been growing for two and a…

View in your browser. Scapegoating Foreigners for Fiscal Shortfalls This past month, media outlets have given plenty of attention to the collection of child tax…

View in your browser. ALEC is not Your Enemy While in Charlotte late last week, I came across a handful of Occupy members protesting the…

View in your browser. News that severe inflation has arrived in the US — well beyond the Federal Reserve target of 1.5 to 2 percent…