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...
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Guze discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Full-scale repeal offers the only solution for N.C. legislators to fix all problems tied to the state’s Map Act. That’s the conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. The report arrives as the General Assembly considers...
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina state government would boost its savings reserves and set aside more money for infrastructure, while still increasing starting teachers’ pay, providing additional tax relief for families, and limiting government spending growth. That’s if state lawmakers adopt...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers would harm, not help, the state’s economic growth if they extend and expand corporate tax incentive programs. That’s the key conclusion from a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. “The problem with these kinds...
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory’s proposal to establish a new state government department for information technology makes sense. But lawmakers should revisit a similar proposal for a department targeting veterans affairs. Those are two key findings from a new John...
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina could promote job creation, lower consumer prices, and boost opportunities for low-income families by replacing most of the state’s occupational licensing with voluntary certification. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report explains why. “North Carolina’s aggressive...
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory’s new $21.5 billion General Fund spending plan would focus government resources on education and other high-priority items, without reversing important elements of the state’s sweeping 2013 tax reform plan. “This budget meets the needs of a growing system of public schools by directing millions of dollars for enrollment increases and...
RALEIGH — The Federal Communications Commission made a mistake when it approved the city of Wilson’s petition to overturn a North Carolina law limiting municipal broadband services. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report explains why. Based on official comments JLF submitted to the FCC in 2014, the new report arrives as U.S. Sen. Thom...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Terry Stoops discussing the new First in Freedom Index. RALEIGH — North Carolina ranks No. 23 among the 50 states, and No. 5 among Southeastern states, in freedom. That’s according to the John Locke Foundation’s newly released First in Freedom Index. JLF unveiled FFI in...