Prosperity Watch (Issue 71, No. 1): North Carolina’s Tax Rates are Among the...
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: State Tax PolicyResearch & Publications: Prosperity WatchNorth Carolina has lowered its tax rates on personal income and corporate profits to shift the...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: Radical Tax Cap Would Put North Carolina in a Permanent Bind
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: State Tax PolicyResearch & Publications: FactsheetsThe N.C. General Assembly has proposed a state Constitutional amendment that would seriously limit our...
View ArticleProsperity Watch (Issue 71, No. 2): Early childhood educators in North...
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: Wages and WorkResearch & Publications: Prosperity WatchIn nearly all North Carolina counties, more than half of early childhood educators in either preschool...
View ArticleBTC REPORTS: Still Walking the Path to Zero - Senate tax plan will harm North...
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: State EconomyState Tax PolicyResearch & Publications: BTC ReportsSenate leaders continue to pursue reductions to the income tax rate for wealthy taxpayers...
View ArticleProsperity Watch (Issue 71, No. 4): Two measures point to the continued lack...
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: Wages and WorkResearch & Publications: Prosperity WatchState labor market data was released on Friday that found the unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in...
View ArticleBTC BRIEF: N.C. Senate fails to prepare for federal uncertainty, state's...
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: State BudgetResearch & Publications: BTC BriefsThe $22.9 billion state budget proposed by the Senate for the upcoming 2018 fiscal year and the $23.4 billion...
View ArticleBTC BRIEF: The Cost Of Trickle-Down Economics For North Carolina
Authors: Cedric JohnsonAlexandra Forter SirotaIssues: State Tax PolicyResearch & Publications: BTC BriefsTax changes since 2013 mean the state has roughly $3 billion less for smart public...
View ArticleBTC BRIEF: Follow the Money on the House's Proposed Budget
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaCedric JohnsonIssues: State BudgetResearch & Publications: BTC BriefsThe $22.9 billion state budget proposed by the House for the upcoming 2018 fiscal year – and the...
View ArticleBTC BRIEF: Federal funding cuts have major implications for North Carolina as...
Authors: Luis ToledoAlexandra Forter SirotaIssues: State BudgetResearch & Publications: BTC BriefsPresident Trump and some in Congress have made it clear that they intend to reduce the role of the...
View ArticleBTC BRIEF: New Budget, Same Missed Opportunities for North Carolina
Authors: Cedric JohnsonAlexandra Forter SirotaIssues: State BudgetResearch & Publications: BTC BriefsLawmakers Continue to Choose Austerity and Failed Trickle-Down Economics Over Broadly Shared...
View ArticleProsperity Watch (Issue 79, No. 1): Benchmarking North Carolina’s economic...
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaResearch & Publications: Prosperity WatchWith the release of the US Census Bureau data in September, new data is available to assess the strength and reach of the...
View ArticleProsperity Watch (Issue 72, No.3): Upcoming Senate budget resolution vote...
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: Federal Budget & Tax PolicyResearch & Publications: Prosperity WatchThe tax plan framework released by President Trump and leaders in Congress will not...
View ArticleBTC BRIEF: DACA & North Carolina’s Workforce
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: Immigrant and Refugee RightsWages and WorkResearch & Publications: BTC BriefsRecently released data from the Migration Policy Institute provides additional...
View ArticleProsperity Watch (Issue 81, No. 2): 10 Years since the Great Recession, and...
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: Wages and WorkResearch & Publications: Prosperity WatchMany people across the country and many North Carolinians continue to work for wages that fall short...
View ArticleUnemployment levels for Black workers two times that for whites in NC
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaResearch & Publications: Prosperity WatchAt the state level, the unemployment rate for Black workers is still 2.3 times higher than that for white workers, and the...
View ArticleBRIEF: New federal tax law will hurt many, benefit the wealthy few
Authors: Luis ToledoAlexandra Forter SirotaIssues: State Tax PolicyResearch & Publications: BTC BriefsLast month, after introducing various tax bills and rushing the legislative process, Congress...
View ArticleBRIEF: The ACE of ICE: How Current Immigration Enforcement and Deportation...
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: Immigrant and Refugee RightsResearch & Publications: BTC BriefsBy Alexandra F. Sirota*March 2018
View ArticleTax cuts make the country's classroom challenge worse
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: Education - Pre-kindergarten, K-12 and Post-secondaryState Tax PolicyResearch & Publications: Prosperity WatchChildren’s educational success across the...
View ArticleBTC BRIEF: Love NC? Fund NC.
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: State EconomyState Tax PolicyResearch & Publications: BTC BriefsAt this point in the state’s failed tax-cut experiment, it is time to return to an approach...
View ArticleNorth Carolina’s Upside Down Tax Code
Authors: Alexandra Forter SirotaIssues: Federal Budget & Tax PolicyState Tax PolicyResearch & Publications: Prosperity WatchTweetProsperity Watch (Issue 85, No. 3)April 16, 2018
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