John Hood writes for Carolina Journal’s Daily Journal: The average public-school district in the United States enrolls about 3,700 students, according to a recent Governing magazine analysis. In North Carolina,…
Governing magazine’s Liz Farmer finds economists are increasingly worried about the possibility of a recession. She writes that S&P sees slower growth as a more likely scenario than outright contraction,…
“For those who have an appetite for politics and the free time to pursue it, this is a journalistic Golden Age,” Alan Ehrenhalt, senior editor of Governing magazine, writes. “For…
In Why School Spending Is So Unequal, Governing data editor Mike Maciag examines variations in per-student expenditures within states. While Alaska and Vermont have huge variations in student spending, North…
California is known for many things, and now a push to break up the state tops the list. The push for ‘three Californias’ is the most fascinating current example of…
Los Angeles is all in on public transit. But as Governing reports, we want our own vehicle. And when we have a vehicle, we drive it. We don’t take a bus…
A new article from Governing, touches on rainy day funds and when it is time to use the funds set aside by state’s. North Carolina put aside millions into its…
According to a Governing article, State sin tax collections exceeded $32 billion in fiscal year 2014, representing roughly 3.8 percent of total tax revenues. While they’re not a major source…
Last week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released long-awaited migration data shedding light on migration patterns for counties and states. New data for 2011 and 2012 includes total incomes for…
Against my better judgment, I read Thomas Mills’ column, “Want to know where NC is heading? Look at SC, circa 1995” on the NC SPIN website. Mills operates a website,…
At their heyday in 2009, only six U.S. states did not have film incentives. Since then, several have dropped out. Now over one-fourth of U.S. states are not giving handouts…
Local government and local officials hold incredible power over residents, yet few are engaged. From Governing: Nationwide, though, citizen participation in local government remains abysmally low. The National Research Center…