North Carolina budget writers have a window of roughly $300 million within which to negotiate the 2010-11 state budget. Where their final spending plan falls within that window ... Keep Reading
Archives for June 2010
House Budget falls short of addressing Prisoner Education Problem
Just last week, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed their anxiously awaited budget for FY 2010-11. As many had expected, the content of this year’s budget ... Keep Reading
Civitas Flash Poll: Etheridge Grabs Student, Ellmers Grabs Lead
Raleigh, N.C. – With a widely publicized video of a confrontation with two students on a Washington, DC sidewalk circulating, incumbent Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge ... Keep Reading
NC 2nd District Flash Poll
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Wake School Budget: Behind the Numbers
In a few weeks the Wake County Board of Education will give final approval to a $1.2 billion operating budget to run the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) for ... Keep Reading
Chris Hayes on Viewpoints Radio
Our very own Chris Hayes is back on Viewpoints Radio with Lockwood Phillips and Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute. The Tea Party Summit on Viewpoints Radio, Part 1: ... Keep Reading
May 2010 Poll Results
Do you feel things in North Carolina are generally headed in the right direction or have gotten off on the wrong track? ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: S.B. 1378
Let’s spend our way out of this recession; that’s the thoroughly discredited but ever-present message behind SB 1378, “Build North Carolina’s Future ... Keep Reading
SB 1378: Spending Our Way Out Of Recession?
Let’s spend our way out of this recession; that’s the thoroughly discredited but ever-present message behind SB 1378, “Build North Carolina’s Future ... Keep Reading
NC Senate Immigration Bill Gives Tacit Support to Arizona
North Carolina has followed suit in drafting immigration legislation in the wake of the recent Arizona illegal immigration law that enables the state to deal with this growing ... Keep Reading