Fiscal Insight

View in your browser. This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend a conference of the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO).  Many…

View in your browser. Do you hate buying a glass of wine and having to pay a tax over and above what you would pay…

View in your browser. This week, The John Locke Foundation published its own budget, an alternative to Gov. McCrory’s budget.  Here are some excerpts from that…

View in your browser. Reviewing the budget for North Carolina and hearing all the discussion out of Washington about taxes leads one to wonder —…

View in your browser. We are heading into mid-March and still don’t have an official budget recommendation from Governor McCrory.  Sources say his budget will…

View in your browser. Should the North Carolina state government be allowed to issue new debt without voter approval? These are the responses…

View in your browser. In doing some research for JLF’s alternative budget, I found some startling information.  Every month an economist with the Fiscal Research Division…

View in your browser. Many members of the North Carolina House of Representatives filed HJR 126 last week asking Washington for a federal amendment…

View in your browser. Last week I saw a headline, "City Searches For Ways to Ease Budget Crunch" in the Winston-Salem Journal, and I remembered…

View in your browser. Last week we discussed Unemployment Insurance and the debt burden it is giving North Carolina.  This week I want to discuss our…