In 2017, a majority of North Carolinians who purchase health insurance on their own will have no choice but to pay their premiums to either Blue Cross and Blue Shield,…
Of course. Because we certainly couldn’t expect a company to ever just, you know, use its own money for investments. Mars Inc. to invest $20M into old P&G site in eastern…
Last week, Governor McCrory (R?) appointed 22 members to the State Textbook Commission. The commission evaluates and recommends textbooks to be used in North Carolina’s public schools, so it is…
Gov. Pat McCrory joined John Locke Foundation President John Hood, state legislative leaders, and representatives of national business and legislative groups for a JLF-sponsored Tax Day news conference touting the…
View in your browser. Welcome Last week, well-funded public school advocacy groups convinced a judge to issue an injunction against the state’s new Opportunity Scholarship Program. These special interest groups…
So it was said yesterday, to impugn the “morality” of someone who uses his money in this way: To mitigate the effects of the federal government shutdown that spanned the…
View in your browser. As we prepare for the holiday season, many of us are also preparing our end-of-year finances; one issue could likely be a tax bill. Property tax…
Yesterday, teachers and administrators from Dabney Elementary School in Henderson (Vance County) set aside time to use students as props for the NC Association of Educators “wear red to support…
Mark Binker’s story “School funding debate meets reality in classrooms” begins with a tale of woe from Vance County. The principal at Aycock Elementary School in Vance County would like…
The Greensboro News & Record published in the past week Carolina Journal Radio Co-Host Donna Martinez‘s column urging people to take a leadership role in helping their neighbors recover from…
Description: The Global Report Card (GRC) was developed to compare academic achievement in math and reading between 2004 and 2007 for U.S. school districts to the average achievement in a…
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $2,275 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2009…