Press Releases

RALEIGH — The $23 billion General Fund compromise between N.C. House and Senate budget negotiators would spend roughly $100 million more in 2017-18 than either chamber originally had planned. But…

RALEIGH — North Carolina legislators can help make health insurance more affordable by re-examining dozens of state health benefit mandates. They also should avoid creating new mandates. A new John…

RALEIGH — North Carolina legislators could save taxpayers another $455 million in the next budget year. They would meet that target by using a tool called consensus-based budgeting. A new…

RALEIGH — North Carolina electric ratepayers are spending much more money than they need to spend on their electric bills, thanks to the state’s application of a nearly 40-year-old federal…

RALEIGH — N.C. House budget writers’ decision to mirror the Senate’s overall goal of $22.9 billion in General Fund spending next year should pave the way for relatively quick agreement between…

RALEIGH — A proposed federal border-adjustment tax would cost North Carolina consumers an additional $800 million in higher property-casualty insurance premiums over the next decade. That’s the bottom-line conclusion from…

RALEIGH — North Carolina would reap the greatest rewards from Raise the Age legislation if lawmakers include nonviolent felonies along with misdemeanors in their plans. That’s a key conclusion in…

The N.C. Senate’s $22.9 billion General Fund budget plan would allow taxpayers to keep more of their own money, while also showing greater restraint than the governor in dealing with…

RALEIGH — North Carolina public schools welcomed more new teachers from other states in 2015-16 than they lost to other states. The Tar Heel State has seen the same pattern…

RALEIGH — Most economic impact studies fail to show whether a proposed taxpayer-funded project is worth the projected costs. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report explains why. “Whether…