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Suggested Resources

The brevity of this briefing book obviously precludes lengthy discussion of many of the important and complicated issues that face state and local policymakers. We recommend that interested North Carolinians request Locke Foundation Policy Reports and Spotlights on topics of interest, and that they contact one of the public policy research organizations below for additional information.

Budget And Taxation

• Americans for Tax Reform, 1920 L Street NW, #200, Washington, DC 20036, 202-785-0266, www.atr.org
• Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001, 202-842-0200, www.cato.org
• National Taxpayers Union, 108 N. Alfred Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, 703-683-5700. www.ntu.org
• Tax Foundation, 1900 M Street NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20036, 202-464-6200, www.taxfoundation.org

Education

• American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 1726 M Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, 202-467-6787, www.goacta.org
• Center for Education Reform, 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 204, Washington, DC 20036, 202-822-9000, www.edreform.com
• Education Policy Institute, 4401-A Connecticut Avenue NW, Box 924, Washington, DC 20008, 202-244-7535, www.educationpolicy.org
• Fordham Foundation, 1627 K Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006, 202-223-5452, www.edexcellence.net
• Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002, 202-546-4400, www.heritage.org
• Hudson Institute, P.O. Box 26-919, Indianapolis, IN 46226, 317-545-1000, www.hudson.org

Health And Welfare

• Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy Research, 8 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108, 617-573-8750, www.beaconhill.org
• Family Research Council, 801 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, 202-393-2100, www.frc.org
• National Center for Policy Analysis, 12655 N. Central Expressway, Suite 720, Dallas, TX, 75243, 214-386-6272, www.ncpa.org

Business And Regulation

• American Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036, 202-862-5800, www.aei.org
• Americans for Prosperity, 1726 M Street NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, 202-349-5880, www.americansforprosperity.org
• Competitive Enterprise Institute, 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1250, Washington, DC 20036, 202-331-1010, www.cei.org
• Consumer Alert, 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1128, Washington, DC 20036, 202-467-5809, www.consumeralert.org
• Defenders of Property Rights, 1350 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 410, Washington, DC 20036, 202-822-6770, www.yourpropertyrights.org
• Heartland Institute, 19 South LaSalle, Chicago, IL 60063, 312-377-4000, www.heartland.org
• Institute for Justice, 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006, 202-955-1300, www.ij.org
• Pacific Research Institute, 755 Sansome Street, Suite 450, San Francisco, CA 94111, 415-989-0833, www.pacificresearch.org
• Property and Environmental Research Center, 502 South 19th Avenue, Suite 211, Bozeman, MT 59718, 406-587-9591, www.perc.org
• Reason Foundation, 3415 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90034, 310-391-2245, www.rppi.org
• Weidenbaum Center, Washington University, Campus Box 1027, St. Louis, MO 63130, 314-935-5630, csab.wustl.edu

Other Issues

• American Legislative Exchange Council, 1129 20th Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036, 202-466-3800, www.alec.org
• Center for Equal Opportunity, 14 Pidgeon Hill Drive, Suite 500, Sterling VA 20165, 703-421-5443, www.ceousa.org
• Free Congress Foundation, 717 2nd Street NE, Washington, DC 20002, 202-546-3000, www.freecongress.org
• U.S. Term Limits, 240 Waukegan Road, Glenview, IL 60025, 800-733-6440, www.termlimits.org

North Carolina Organizations

• Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina, 115 1/2 West Morgan Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, 919-839-1011, www.afpnc.org
• Center for Local Innovation, 200 W. Morgan Street, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27601, 919-828-3876, www.localinnovation.org
• National Federation of Independent Business-North Carolina Chapter, 100 Sawmill Road, Suite 201, Raleigh, NC 27615, 919-844-6342. www.nfib.com
• North Carolina Education Alliance, 200 W. Morgan Street, Suite 206, Raleigh, NC 27601, 704-231-9767 (Charlotte office), www.nceducationalliance.org
• North Carolina Democratic Party, 220 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27613, 919-821-2777, www.ncdp.org
• North Carolina Family Policy Council, 343 Six Forks Road, Suite 285, Raleigh, NC 27609, 919-807-0800, www.ncfpc.org
• North Carolina Libertarian Party, 1821 Hillandale Road, #1B-253, Durham, NC 27705, www.lpnc.org
• North Carolina Republican Party, 1506 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27605, 919-828-6423, www.ncgop.org
• Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, 128 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, 919-883-4035, www.popecenter.org