Record #:

2867

Author(s):

Rawlins, Wade

Abstract:

While citizens demand more services, like new roads and additional police, they resist higher taxes to pay for them. This forces local governments to try to do more with less and to choose between programs to fund.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 16 Issue 3, May 1996, p2-16, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Local finance; Local government; Taxation--Public opinion

Record #:

2900

Author(s):

Eisenstadt, Art

Abstract:

Local, state, and federal governments each have advantages for being in charge of differing responsibilities. In the state, responsibility for managing the public schools in 1996 is moving from the state level to local school boards.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 16 Issue 3, May 1996, p18-23,27-35, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Record #:

2901

Author(s):

Mather, Tom

Abstract:

Recent polls, including Gallup, indicate the public favors shifting more power from the federal to state governments. However, results on particular issues are often mixed; for example, the public favors a strong federal role on environmental protection.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 16 Issue 3, May 1996, p36-41, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Decentralization in government; Federal government

Record #:

2902

Author(s):

McLaughlin, Mike; Lehman, Jennifer

Abstract:

Unfunded mandates, or programs passed on from a higher level of government to a lower one without funds to pay for them, can be a burden. Legislation passed by Congress and the General Assembly in 1995 addresses this issue.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 16 Issue 3, May 1996, p42-75, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Local finance; Intergovernmental fiscal relations; State-local relations