Mattie Duppler of the National Taxpayers Union explains at National Review Online why restoring congressional earmarks would be a bad idea. There is now discussion of reviving earmarks: the practice,…
RALEIGH — North Carolina legislators could save taxpayers another $455 million in the next budget year. They would meet that target by using a tool called consensus-based budgeting. A new…
How consensus-based budgeting works Most people are familiar with the concept of logrolling: accepting someone else’s proposal to get their acceptance of yours. In government, it often means more programs…
If you follow budget negotiations at the federal and state level, you’ve likely heard of logrolling. One legislator agrees to accept his colleagues’ pet projects if those colleagues will accept…
RALEIGH — North Carolina state budget writers would have more money available for tax reduction, higher per-child tax credits, or additions to state savings reserves, if they adopt a budget…
A reverse logroll for the 2015-17 biennium budget would greatly benefit taxpayers, leaving surpluses of approximately $383 million in the first year and $639 million in the second year. This…
Carolina Journal Online reports on the McCrory administration’s plan to use a “reverse logrolling” approach to the 2014-15 state budget in the absence of a legislative budget deal. John Hood’s…
View in your browser. Trick question — North Carolina already has a budget for the next fiscal year. The biennial budget process in North Carolina means legislators return to Raleigh…
As N.C. House and Senate budget negotiators meet to work out their differences, Sarah Curry hopes they will avoid the temptation to engage in traditional legislative logrolling — one chamber…
Legislators dreamed up this dorky idea that teacher pay could be increased if, while still draining funding from the education budget, the advertising budget for the North Carolina Education Lottery…
As N.C. House and Senate budget negotiators meet to work out their differences, Sarah Curry hopes they will avoid the temptation to engage in traditional legislative logrolling — one chamber…
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina state budget writers would have more flexibility to fund teacher pay…