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Justice Circle Lessons from the Great Recession: Helping people, supporting communities, speeding recovery
Just as the Great Recession cast the economic mold for the 2010s, the COVID-19 pandemic and our response to it will shape the …
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Meeting the needs of today to secure a more inclusive recovery tomorrow
What’s missing from recent COVID-19 policymaking at federal, state levels The coronavirus pandemic has shown in stark relief the role that public institutions …
County Economic Snapshots 2020
The Budget & Tax Center’s Economic Snapshot is an annual publication that lists key economic and social indicators at the county level in …
State revenue needed to avoid budget shortfalls
The North Carolina state budget has real and meaningful impacts on our daily lives. From education and health care to transportation and small …
Lessons from North Carolina: SNAP/FNS Employment and Training Programs
The Potential of a Whole-Family Approach to Economic Mobility By SABINE SCHOENBACH, with ALEXANDRA FORTER SIROTA, Budget & Tax Center Director With economic …
No final budget, no accountability
Budgets are moral documents. So what values are reflected when the state fails to pass a budget? For the first time in recent history, North Carolina has failed to pass a comprehensive budget. Because the General Assembly refused to adequately fund health and education, North Carolina broke the state budget up into dozens of “mini-budgets,” at least 20 of which have been signed into law (see Appendix). This piecemeal approach caused many pressing priorities to slip through the cracks, leaving working families to pick up the pieces.
The Story of North Carolina in 2019 in 17 Charts
In North Carolina, 2019 was a long year for a lot of reasons. We’ve put together 17 charts from our work this year …
Fight Poverty, Promote Prosperity for North Carolina
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions of North Carolinians spend every day just trying to survive.
State EITC could improve the health of North Carolinians
A state Earned Income Tax Credit is a common-sense solution to address North Carolina’s poverty-related public health crisis. Reinstating North Carolina’s Earned Income …
Strong medicine: Why Medicaid expansion is the right treatment for rural hospitals, economies
Medicaid expansion is not just a moral imperative — it could provide a much-needed tonic for the fiscal ailments that many rural hospitals …