I am a fiscal conservative. I recognize that government at all levels has important tasks to do, tasks that make us all better off if done at a reasonable cost.
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 2:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina legislators could save taxpayers another $455 million in the next budget year
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 @ 10:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Accreditation is supposed to act as a quality guarantee for colleges and universities, but it works very poorly
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 5:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Monday, July 14th, 2014 @ 2:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The two chambers of the General Assembly have been unable to agree on their budget adjustments for the 2014-15 fiscal year, which begins Tuesday.
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 12:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina state budget writers would have more flexibility to fund teacher pay raises, address Medicaid cost overruns, create jobs, and generate a surplus, if they adopt a budget technique identified in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Sunday, June 29th, 2014 @ 1:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Logrolling" is a budgeting technique whereby each chamber negotiates with the other for inclusion of specific line items in the final spending plan.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Logrolling" is a budgeting technique whereby spending items favored by one legislative chamber are added during conference budget negotiations.
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2013 @ 10:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina legislators can maximize their flexibility for tax reform and unanticipated Medicaid spending by using a "reverse logrolling" approach...
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 2:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina legislators can maximize their flexibility for tax reform and unanticipated Medicaid spending by using a "reverse logrolling" approach to the final state budget deal. That's the conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 7:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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