PROMOTING WISE CHOICES FOR SHARED PROSPERITY

A Day Without Government

A Day Without Government

On Tax Day 2012, Together NC asked people to imagine what "A Day Without Government" would look like in North Carolina: no public schools, no traffic lights, no restaurant sanitation ratings...no UNC basketball.

The simple…

A Day Without Government
Russell the Public Investment Hound

Russell the Public Investment Hound

Leading up to Tax Day, we at Together NC enlisted Russell the Hound to sniff out examples of the public investments, like the Eno River State Park, that make North Carolina great.

Russell the Public Investment Hound
On the Chopping Block

On the Chopping Block

In June 2011, North Carolina lawmakers approved a state budget in the dead of night that deeply cut a range of public investments. On the Chopping Block is meant to capture the full effect of…

On the Chopping Block
Farewell Party to NC's Progress

Farewell Party to NC’s Progress

Farewell Party Presentation for NC’s Public Investments

6/15/11

Thank you all for coming to our going away party! Today, we're bidding farewell to something we all love: good old North Carolina.

You see, the budget passed last night…

Farewell Party to NC’s Progress
Together NC Statement on House Budget

Together NC Statement on House budget

Together NC Statement on House Budget

RALEIGH (May 4, 2011)--The deep cuts included in the House budget abandon  our state’s traditional commitment to education, economic growth and innovation in favor of an inflexible and ideological approach…

Together NC Statement on House budget
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Together NC, a coalition of over 120 advocacy groups, service providers and professional associations, believes that elected officials must maintain and build upon public investments like education, health, and infrastructure by taking a practical approach to our economy and our state budget, one that includes not only careful spending cuts but also new revenues.