North Carolina has been able to cut tax rates in recent years without having to slash state services That's thanks to sustainable budget practices Joseph Coletti John Locke Foundation senior fellow outlines several key steps lawmakers have taken to pursue sustainable budgets When Margaret Spellings wrapped up her tenure as president of the University of North Carolina System she offered the Board of Governors a positive assessment of UNC's current state Shannon Watkins policy associate at the James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal says Spellings and other university leaders might be viewing UNC through rose-colored glasses Watkins explains why [... more]

Republicans have been able to cut tax rates balance budgets and increase spending on high-priority items since taking control of the N C General Assembly in But they will face some new challenges as they return to the budget process in the new year Joseph Coletti John Locke Foundation senior fellow outlines those challenges Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman delivered free-market messages to a wide television audience with his Free to Choose program on public TV The Free to Choose Network follows in Friedman's footsteps with a series of programs highlighting the importance of markets President and CEO Robert Chatfield [... more]