Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers should take aim at the state’s current system of depreciation, as they look for more ways to improve the tax code. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report recommends replacing state depreciation schedules with...
RALEIGH — Recent historic tax reforms have helped North Carolina jump from No. 44 to No. 15 in the Tax Foundation’s annual ranking of state business climates. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report focuses on the reforms that attracted the Tax Foundation’s attention. “North Carolina is on the right path to becoming a top-10...
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — Regulation costs already reach at least $3.1 billion annually in North Carolina and might stretch to as much as $25 billion. A new John Locke Foundation Policy Report focuses on a tool designed to “rein in” state regulatory...
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s largest cities dealt with nearly 240 economic development contracts and promised $65 million in incentives from 2009 to 2014, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Actual incentives payments topped $20 million during the...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION: Former Gov. Jim Martin and biographer John Hood will be available for media interviews in connection with this event. Contact Mitch Kokai for details. RALEIGH — Former Gov. Jim Martin will discuss on Tuesday, Oct. 6, in Raleigh a new biography detailing his “essential but underappreciated” role in N.C. Republicans’ recent electoral...
Click here to view and here to listen to John Hood discussing Catalyst. RALEIGH — Republicans’ recent success in North Carolina politics can be traced in many ways to the example set by Jim Martin. That’s one of the key themes of a new biography focusing on the state’s only two-term GOP governor of the...
RALEIGH — Charlotte finds itself in the familiar position of leading North Carolina’s largest cities in the John Locke Foundation’s annual ranking of local tax-and-fee burdens. Residents of the Queen City and the rest of North Carolina are learning about the rankings later than normal this year, thanks to a record number of late reports...
Click here to view and here to listen to Katherine Restrepo discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Flaws built into the Affordable Care Act are leading to an older, sicker mix of insurance policyholders in North Carolina. That’s a sign of so-called “adverse selection,” and market-oriented policies offer a better cure for the problem, according...
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — N.C. counties entered into incentives contracts totaling nearly $284 million from 2009 to 2014, according to a first-of-its-kind John Locke Foundation Policy Report compiling statewide local incentives data. The report shows actual incentives payments totaled $144 million over...
RALEIGH — North Carolina state budget writers would have more money available for tax reduction, higher per-child tax credits, or additions to state savings reserves, if they adopt a budget technique used in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. The report identifies savings that would lead to a General Fund budget of $21.46 billion...
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — A report from a renewable energy industry group fails in its goal of deflecting attention away from costs generated by North Carolina’s renewable energy mandate. That’s the assessment of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. The JLF...
Click here to view and here to listen to Katherine Restrepo discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers can boost patient choice, put downward pressure on health care costs, and reduce red tape by repealing the state’s certificate-of-need law. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report offers that recommendation. The report arrives as...