2008

Click here to view and here to listen to Chad Adams discussing the By The Numbers Report. RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees topped $1,800 per person in…

Click here to view and here to listen to Chad Adams discussing the By The Numbers Report. RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees surpassed $2,000 per person in…

Click here to view and here to listen to Chad Adams discussing the By The Numbers Report. RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Wilmington topped the $2,000…

RALEIGH – The average resident of the median North Carolina county paid $1,236 to fund city and county government in the 2006 budget year. That number jumped 4.2 percent from…

When adjusted for pension contributions, teacher experience, and cost of living, North Carolina’s adjusted teacher compensation is $55,731, which is $5,401 higher than the U.S. adjusted average compensation and $4,811 higher than the U.S. adjusted median.

RALEIGH – An average North Carolina public school teacher earns $5,400 more than her average peer across the country, once cost of living and other factors are weighed correctly. That’s…

Long-term care in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or an individual’s own home, is the largest portion of North Carolina’s Medicaid budget. It is also the fastest growing portion of that budget. As the state’s population ages, it will drive even more demand for these services. Medicaid was not meant to be inheritance insurance for baby boomers, but current policy in North Carolina allows it to be exactly this. Encouraging more people to rely on private payment options, such as reverse mortgages or long-term care insurance, will mean lower state costs for care and better results for individuals. This paper examines the state of long-term care in North Carolina, current abuses of the system, and private payment options.

RALEIGH – North Carolina will face “insurmountable” budget problems linked to retiring baby boomers, if the state continues on its current course of long-term care public policy. That’s a key…

RALEIGH – An outside consultant’s report on proposed global warming policies is plagued by problems that render it “useless” to North Carolina policy makers. That’s the assessment of a new…

RALEIGH – A model the Appalachian State University Energy Center used to project the economic impact of N.C. climate change policies has “serious flaws” that undermine its credibility. That’s the…