Liberty
Government Accountability
Introduction Government needs to be open and accountable to taxpayers. Many of the tools needed to achieve that goal also help government employees succeed in their jobs. Traditionally, the state…
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Elections & Public Integrity
Warts and All, Data Sharing Program Would Help Clean North Carolina Voter Rolls
(UPDATE: North Carolina should take steps to protect data privacy or withdraw from ERIC.) Last year I wrote that North Carolina should join the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) and…
Research Brief
Regulation
Partisan Interest Group Seeks to Dominate Redistricting Process
Democrats and progressive groups successful and "surreptitiously" injected their supporters into the redistricting process to influence the redistricting to favor Democrats in California. All On The Line, an organization affiliated…
Expanding Rural Broadband Access in North Carolina
Executive Summary North Carolina policymakers have made good progress in recent years to help broadband providers close the state’s rural broadband gaps. Nevertheless, some gaps remain, and the impact of…
Health Care
Pew Charitable Trust Promotes Carolina Journal Radio interview on Dental Therapy
Pew Charitable Trusts has linked out to a video from Carolina Journal Radio about dental therapy in North Carolina. The video is an interview with the country’s first advanced dental…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Forget the Climate Strike. Do Something to Improve the Environment
Once again, a group of influential green groups and corporations promoted a global climate strike. Friday’s strike pushes young students to walk out of school and workers to leave work to protest…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Pension funding assumptions
North Carolina had the sixth-best funded pension for state employees and teachers in the country in 2017, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. Past and present state leaders deserve credit…
Liberty
How to poach Georgia’s ‘movie miracle’: make up numbers, avoid review
The Hollywood Reporter is the latest publication to fall for bogus numbers from Georgia on the economic impact of its film tax incentives program.
Health Care
Dental Therapy in North Carolina
Introduction While the national health care policy debate focuses on access to health insurance and health providers, the importance of oral care often does not receive the attention it should.…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Hollywood Uses Film Incentive Fiction to Dictate Public Policy
Have you ever seen the movie “Dave”? It’s a warm-hearted little comedy from 1993 about a man (Dave, played by Kevin Kline) who runs a temporary employment agency and has…
Liberty
Maybe Georgia shouldn’t give Hollywood the idea it feeds their economy
What would make Hollywood think they are "feeding the Georgia economy"? That's just silly.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Income growth in 2018
North Carolina’s one-year income growth in the third quarter of 2018 was faster than any state in the southeast. The Pew Charitable Trusts has a great tool to see this…