BTC Briefs

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BTC BRIEF: Employment in the Great Recession: Wages and Work in North Carolina Sep 3, 2010
BTC Brief: How Low is Too Low? FY 2010-11 State Budget Sets Spending at Its Lowest Level in 14 Years Jul 9, 2010
BTC BRIEF: SB 1172, “Fair Tax Penalties”: A Hollow Solution to the Real Problem of Aggressive Corporate Tax Avoidance Jun 23, 2010
BTC BRIEF: Creating Jobs in the Private Sector: A Comparison of the NC Senate and House Proposals Jun 10, 2010
Snapshot on the State of the Economy in NC (Updated) Jan 12, 2010
MEDIA RELEASE: Justice Center releases economic and social fact sheets on North Carolina’s counties Nov 23, 2009
BTC BRIEF: Down in the Valley: General Fund Appropriations Per Person Lowest in 13 Years Sep 16, 2009
BTC BRIEF: Wishful Thinking: Claims The State Tax Increases Cause Job Loss Are Unfounded Aug 27, 2009
BTC BRIEF: The Dead Tax Plan: Just how regressive would it have been? Jul 27, 2009
MEDIA ADVISORY: NC Budget and Tax Center releases statement regarding the latest tax package negotiations Jul 23, 2009
BTC BRIEF: Most states have increased taxes since the start of the recession Jul 13, 2009
BTC BRIEF: Keeping Kids Insured: NC Health Choice is a Lifeline for Desperate Families, Boosts Economy Jun 23, 2009
BTC BRIEF: See for yourself: State General Fund spending over the past two decades Jun 11, 2009
BTC BRIEF: K-3 Class Size Restoration Must Be a Budget Priority Jun 11, 2009
BTC BRIEF: A Tattered Net: Work First Provides Little Help to Low-Income Families, Local Economies Jun 10, 2009
BTC BRIEF: The estimated impact of the Senate’s proposed tax modernization plan and recommendations for improvement Jun 8, 2009
BTC BRIEF: Peer Pressure: Lessons for North Carolina from How Other States are Addressing Budget Gaps Jun 3, 2009
BTC BRIEF: Between a Rock and Hard Place: NC’s Worsening Budget Gap Calls for Spending Cuts and Tax Increases May 27, 2009
BTC BRIEF: Rising Caseloads: Severe Recession Fuels Dramatic Growth in the Food Stamp Program May 19, 2009
BTC BRIEF: Reversing the Decline: Food Stamps Bolster Local Economies, Help Households Weather Economic Storm May 11, 2009
BTC BRIEF: Slowing the Slide: Unemployment Insurance Payments Bolster Family Buying Power, Blunt Recession’s Local Impacts Apr 8, 2009
Beyond the crystal ball: Projecting the 2009-10 general fund budget shortfall Feb 23, 2009
Busting the Myth of Runaway Spending in North Carolina Dec 8, 2008
Working Concepts: Integrate Economic Development and Workforce Development Nov 1, 2008
The Ghost in the Machine: The Student Credit Hour Funding Model & UNC Enrollment Growth Jul 1, 2008
Getting Out of the Car: Current Trends Make Smarter Public Transportation Policies a Top Priority Jun 16, 2008
Six Steps for Stabilizing the State Economy Jun 9, 2008
Give it away, Give it away, Give it away now: Should North Carolina do away with the state gift tax? Jun 1, 2008
Up, Up and Away: Incomes of NC’s Richest Five Percent of Families Pull Apart from All Others May 1, 2008
Community College Crunch: Economic Downturn Drives Up Enrollments, Spotlights Funding Challenges May 1, 2008
Still Not Back: Six Years into an Economic Recovery, North Carolina’s Labor Market Limps Along Aug 29, 2007
Risky Business: NC Poised to Take a Giant Step in the Wrong Direction in Economic Development Policy Aug 1, 2007
Taxing Power: Exempting Select Industries from Energy Taxes Would Reduce Revenues, Be Unfair and Discourage Conservation Jul 1, 2007
Don’t Get Sick: Nearly Half of Working North Carolinians Lack Paid Sick Days May 3, 2007
A State EITC: A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out Feb 1, 2007
The Wealth of Cities: Urban Families Richer, Less Apt to be Poor, But Racial Disparities Persist Oct 9, 2006