generic term for the administrations that perform tasks of the state, including bodies governed by public law
Josh Christenson writes for the New York Post about a costly left-coast boondoggle. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened Wednesday to pull federal grants for California’s High=Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) after it…
The Helene recovery is possibly the most formidable challenge facing Gov. Josh Stein. To be successful, he must distinguish himself from former Gov. Roy Cooper’s failures in the Matthew and…
Yuval Levin peers beyond the headlines in a political skirmish over federal grant funding. A tweet from the official X account of the National Institutes of Health declared: … … “Today…
Donald Devine writes for National Review Online about the early days of Donald Trump’s second presidential term. As Ronald Reagan’s personnel agencies transition leader in 1980, his first director of…
Inexplicably, NCORR generated an estimated $319 million budget deficit while only completing homes for 68 percent of the families in the HRP. Now, with 1,364 homes damaged by Matthew and…
Six years later, North Carolina’s government agency tasked with rebuilding after Hurricanes Matthew and Florence has failed to complete the construction of even one new home and has repaired less…
Judge Glock of the Manhattan Institute offers an idea for improving regulation of the property development process. In perhaps no business is the phrase “time is money” truer than in…
Mark Warshawsky describes one way in which Social Security’s oversight agency is falling short of its responsibilities. One of the main ways the Social Security Administration (SSA) determines whether or…
Howard Husock writes for National Affairs about a critical failure among universities’ public policy schools. Whatever your view of the role of government, it should be obvious that our society…
The North Carolina state budget, recently enacted, expanded the powers of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, a body that has been in existence since 1975. Expanding the Commission’s…
Long-term incompetence in the Elizabeth City Finance Department has led to financial woes for the city.
Billions of taxpayer dollars are expended on hurricane recovery in North Carolina. Disaster responses historically fail to meet victims’ needs and waste significant funds. The federal government should step back and…