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Trump’s Cabinet turnover
Siraj Hashmi of the Washington Examiner compares turnover in President Trump’s Cabinet to recent historical norms. With the departure of Alexander Acosta as labor secretary, President Trump now owns the…
Employee turnover
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How many DMV workers would make the move to Rocky Mount?
News & Observer reports more than half of Division of Motor Vehicles workers polled (that’s important) say they will not make the move if the division sets up shop in…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Legislation not needed: Payday Lending edition
An essay in today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription) provides a summary of two alternatives to payday loans that employers can provide to low wage workers with repayment taken directly from their paychecks.…
Education
Superintendents: Here today, paid, and gone tomorrow
View in your browser. Welcome If you are in a community that has had an exceptional public school superintendent for more than five years, count your blessings. I’m looking at…
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Guilford County jail guard: Job, not a career
Both the N&R and Rhino write up Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes’ problem keeping jailers at the new $100 million county jail. Barnes tells Scott Yost the problems stem from…
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A Case of Accidental Honesty
One of the UNC system’s most frequent arguments why they need more money is that it is needed to stem the exodus of talented professors to competitors offering big bucks.…
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More G’boro staff departures
Interesting N&R front-pager (link via Ed Cone) on the departure of two respected veteran Greensboro city staff members, Water Resources Director Allan Williams and Environmental Services Director Jeryl Covington. These…
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More N&R departures
Interesting that right after veteran N&R reporter Lex Alexander completes editor John Robinson’s New Year’s Challenge, he accepts the Landmark Challenge: get out while the gettin’s good. Someone’s walking out…
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Better investments in health
Another argument for eliminating the tax bias for employer-sponsored health insurance. ?employee turnovers lead to dynamic inefficiencies in health investment, and particularly, it suggests that employment-based health insurance system in…
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Teacher turnover: The real story
In this week’s Q section, the News and Observer talks teacher turnover. They argue that there is a teacher turnover crisis in North Carolina. Let me put this issue in…