If you are interested in trends related to the quality of life in North Carolina check out the NC Progress Board website. The web portal provides a great deal of information in its Scorecard section about trends in a variety of topics related to life in NC and compares them to the southeast region and the nation.
The NCPB was established under a statute by the NC legislature to monitor trends in the state and publish periodic reports that provide views of how NC is doing as well as provide ideas on what could be done to improve quality of life in the state. The Board also has published Eight Imperatives that outline key topics affecting the state and its economy and issues reports on what is happening in these areas.
The Board was created and funded by the NC legislature to operate in an independent manner presenting a non-partison analysis of how the state is doing but in the fall of 2006 an advisor to the Governor decided to get into the mix and eliminate the funding for the group thus adding the appearance that the Governor's office is trying to both influence the nature of the reports and end the ability to provide a clear and independent view of what is happening around the state. The current work of the Board has all but ended and if the funding is moved to an organization in the UNC system at Chapel Hill the information presented up until now will essentially dissapear from view.
If you feel the content produced by the Progress Board is valuable to citizens and legislators please take a few minutes to convey your thoughts to your state House of Representatives member or state Senator and to those in state government that can influence continuing the funding and existence of the NCPB and expand the analysis and reports it has offered.
The NCPB was established under a statute by the NC legislature to monitor trends in the state and publish periodic reports that provide views of how NC is doing as well as provide ideas on what could be done to improve quality of life in the state. The Board also has published Eight Imperatives that outline key topics affecting the state and its economy and issues reports on what is happening in these areas.
The Board was created and funded by the NC legislature to operate in an independent manner presenting a non-partison analysis of how the state is doing but in the fall of 2006 an advisor to the Governor decided to get into the mix and eliminate the funding for the group thus adding the appearance that the Governor's office is trying to both influence the nature of the reports and end the ability to provide a clear and independent view of what is happening around the state. The current work of the Board has all but ended and if the funding is moved to an organization in the UNC system at Chapel Hill the information presented up until now will essentially dissapear from view.
If you feel the content produced by the Progress Board is valuable to citizens and legislators please take a few minutes to convey your thoughts to your state House of Representatives member or state Senator and to those in state government that can influence continuing the funding and existence of the NCPB and expand the analysis and reports it has offered.
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