Directory of Publications

The Center published a journal called North Carolina Insight, in-depth research reports, legislative and lobbyist rankings, and a citizens’ guide to the legislature. Below is a collection of direct links to the PDF documents of those publications.

North Carolina Insight (full issues)

Serving Our Seniors, February 2015
Evaluating Mental Health Reform in NC, August 2014
The State of Mental Health in NC, December 2012
The Art of Aging: Our Elders Our State, March 2010
The History of Mental Health Reform – Insight Special Report, March 2009
The Future of Community Colleges in NC, May 2008
Special Report on Education in NC, May 2007
Eastern NC Revisited, February 2006
Safe at Home: Fighting Family Violence in NC, March 2005
Addressing the Shortage of Teachers in NC, August 2004
Race, Ethnicity, and Public Policy Outcomes: From Disparity to Parity, June 2004
Voting and Civic Participation, April 2003
Evaluating Charter Schools in NC, July 2002
What About the East?, December 2001
Lottery in NC, October 2000
Does NC Have a Citizen Legislature?, February 2000
Hispanic-Latino Health in NC, August 1999
Children with Special Needs in NC, November 1998
Economic Development in NC, December 1997
Year Round Schools in NC, May 1997
Arts Funding in NC, November 1996
State and Local Government Relations in NC, May 1996
School Choice in NC, September 1995
The Health of Minority Citizens in NC, March 1995
State Regulations of Pesticides, September 1994
The Changing Face of the Legislature, January 1994
NC’s Demographic Destiny, August 1993
What the New Governor Should Do for NC, February 1993
Air Cargo Complex, September 1992
Health Care in NC: Prescription for Change PT II, May 1992
Health Care in NC: Prescription for Change PT I, November 1991
Voting in NC: Can We Make It Easier?, June 1991
Preserving NC’s Mountains, December 1990
NC Public Schools, September 1990
NC’s Homeless: Time to Face the Problem, June 1990
The Balance of Power, March 1990
Recycling Resources in NC, December 1989
The Secretary of State After Thad Eure, August 1989
Profiles in Poverty, April 1989
State of the Environment, October 1988
School Bus Drivers: How Old for Safety?, June 1988
Resources At Risk: Environmental Policy in NC, March 1988
10th Anniv. Issue: A Report on the First Ten Years, October 1987
Selecting Judges, June 1987
NC Prisons, March 1987
Industrial Revenue Bonds, September 1986
Boards, Commissions, and Councils, June 1986
North Carolina: An Economy in Transition, April 1986
Public-Private Partnerships: Boon or Boondoggle?, November 1985
Policy and the Aging, September 1985
Rendering Unto Caeser: The Tax Debate of 1985, April 1985
Regulating Insurance, February 1985
Equal Pay for Equal Worth, October 1984
Regulating Utilities, June 1984
Local Government: Facing the Future, January 1984
Handicapped Persons, October 1983
NC’s Railroads: Up for Sale?, June 1983
NC: State of the Arts?, February 1983
Lt. Governor: Executive or Legislative Official?, November 1982
Mortgage Overdue, August 1982
Coastal Carolina – 2000?, May 1982
Federal Budget Cuts, December 1981
Microelectronics – The New Wave, September 1981
Tobacco in Transition, June 1981
Chemical Waste, April 1981
Breaking Ground: 1981 General Assembly, September 1980
Forces of Paradox, June 1980
Of prisons, milk prices, and more, April 1980
NC’s Energy Future, January 1980
The Missing LINC, September 1979
The ‘Union Man’ at Labor, June 1979
CWIP: Shifting the Investment Risk, April 1979
Dealing with Status Offenders, January 1979
The Governorship – An Agenda, September 1978
Government Secrecy vs. Public Access, June 1978
The Vet School, April 1978
Oil: A Slippery Business, January 1978

Reports

A Strong Economy Through Post Secondary Education – Insight Special Report, 2015
Financial Aid and Tuition Policy, 2015
The Statewide UNC Board of Governors, 2006
Governance and Coordination of Public Higher Education in all 50 States, 2000
Reorganizing Higher Education in North Carolina, 1999
Pro and Con Arguments on the Constitutional Amendments Before the Voters on the November 5, 1996 Ballot, 1996
Special Provisions in Budget Bills: A Pandora’s Box for North Carolina Citizens, 1996
North Carolina Focus, 1996, 1996
The Cost of Running for the North Carolina Legislature, 1993
How Do Universities in the UNC System Identify and Reward Excellent Teaching?, 1993
Public Financing of State Political Campaigns, 1990
Campaign Disclosure Laws, 1990
Comparing the Performance of For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Hospitals in North Carolina, 1989
North Carolina Focus, 1989, 1989
Think Tank Watchdog: A Report on the First Ten Years 1977-1987, 1988
The Two-Party System in North Carolina: Do We Have One And What Does It Mean?, 1987
The Investor Owned Hospital Movement in North Carolina, 1986
Assessing the Administrative Procedure Act, 1985
The Guide to Environmental Organizations in North Carolina, 1984
Boards, Commissions, and Councils in the Executive Branch of North Carolina State Government, 1984
The 1983-85 North Carolina Budget: Finding the Missing Pieces in the Fiscal Jigsaw Puzzle, 1984
Teacher Certification: Out of Field Teaching in Grades 7-12 in N.C, 1982
Federal Budget Cuts in North Carolina Part II, 1982
Health Education: Incomplete Commitment, 1981
North Carolina Focus, 1981, 1981
Public Policy and Native Americans in North Carolina: Issues for the ’80s, 1981
The Tobacco Industry in Transition, 1981
The Advisory Budget Commission: Not as Simple as ABC, 1980
Foreign Languages and Area Studies: Options For North Carolina, 1980
Which Way Now?, 1979
Cable Television in North Carolina, 1978
Making North Carolina Prosper, 1978
The Right to Be Able to Know: Public Access to Public Information, 1978
This Land Is Your Land, 1977

Legislative Rankings

Prior to 1993, the rankings of effectiveness of legislators were included in Article II: A Guide to the Legislature and not published as a separate publication.

Lobbyist Rankings

Legislative Guides

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Categories F-Z

Columns

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