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How does NC compare with other state budgets?
This was presented in a joint appropriations committee meeting this morning. Looks like there are plenty of states that are experiencing hard budget decisions this year…
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McCrory loves his Incentives
The expected but disappointing large expenditures within McCrory’s budget were those tied to incentives. Here are some of his highlights about expanding or creating new incentive programs across the...
View Article4 Republican legislators are pushing their version of “free” community...
If you thought President Obama’s stumping for “free” community college was nothing but hot air, you were likely wrong. It may have been mostly hot air, but the power of the bully pulpit is not to be...
View ArticleHigh-Risk Federal Programs Report
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an update to its list of high-risk federal program areas, which is updated every two years. The Medicaid program remains on GAO’s list of designated...
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How many economic development bills are there?
Governor McCrory wanted the legislature to address his desire to give more money away to corporations as soon as the session began. Well, it worked! So far the legislature has filed 15 bills dealing...
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How are the states financing their Medicaid payments?
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released the comprehensive questionnaire data from a survey conducted on states’ methods for Medicaid payment financing from fiscal 2008 through...
View ArticleCongress is discussing changes to Medicare and CHIP
Last week, the Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) provided information to states on the April 1 expiration of the Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) and the Qualifying Individuals (QI)...
View ArticleInvasive Health Assessment Takes “NEXT STEP”
Earlier this month, I wrote on the invasive health assessment form used for 5 year old kindergarten students. Last week the New Hanover School Board got a presentation from the County Manager’s Office,...
View ArticleGaston County Commissioners approve healthcare for life
The all republican board of the Gaston County commission voted to give themselves health insurance for life, at the taxpayers expense. Here are some of the details from a news article: “Taxpayers would...
View ArticleWe’re running out of productive workers? Please.
A new bit of disinformation from the Higher Education Works Foundation features outgoing UNC system president Thomas W. Ross. Ross has read a Bloomberg article, he says, that claims, in his words,...
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Medicaid is the largest piece of the federal funds pie in State Expenditures
In fiscal 2014, Medicaid comprised 51 percent of all federal funds to states, according to NASBO’s State Expenditure Report, released in November 2014. This marked the first time in the 27-year history...
View ArticleNew Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on North Carolina reinstating work requirements for food-stamp benefits. John Hood’s Daily Journal recounts the long local history of the proposed N.C....
View ArticleNC Senate voted to increase corporate welfare
A press release was sent out by the NC Senate late last night about their vote to extend the JDIG program for an additional 3 years. See the entire release below: In a unanimous vote, the North...
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New data shows states that expand Medicaid spend more than states that don’t
A Kaiser report shows that state’s that expanded Medicaid have spent more on the program than states that didn’t. Medicaid spending soared nearly 14 percent last year—its biggest annual increase in at...
View ArticleRefugees and the welfare state
Michael Rubin writes at National Review Online about a key factor in the recent wave of European immigration that has attracted little attention to date. The Syrian refugee crisis continues unabated....
View ArticleBusing, politics, and civil rights
In “School Busing Didn’t Work. And to Say So Isn’t Racist,” long-time Democratic political advisor Ted Van Dyk pulls no punches. He writes, We did not see how hard it would be to truly free black...
View ArticleA two-decade progress report for welfare reform
Robert Rector uses a National Review Online column to counter misinformation about the 20-year impact of federal welfare reforms. Two decades ago, on August 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed a...
View ArticleWelfare reform’s positive impact defended
Joseph Lawler of the Washington Examiner reports on a new study that defends the 1996 federal welfare reform law against its present-day left-of-center critics. A new analysis has rejected one of the...
View ArticleSowell on ‘favors’ to blacks
Another “must read” from Thomas Sowell. A big “favor” the Obama administration is offering blacks today is exemption from school behavior rules that have led to a rate of disciplining of black male...
View ArticleWisconsin governor’s welfare reforms deserve to serve as model
Tarren Bragdon explains for the Washington Examiner why much of the country could benefit from a perusal of Wisconsin’s welfare reform ideas. In the 1990s, Wisconsin recognized the devastating...
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