Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing this policy report. RALEIGH — Roughly 99 percent of the fluid used in the hydraulic fracturing process consists of water and sand. Most of the rest of the chemicals used in fracking are found in common household products. A new John Locke Foundation...
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Legislators have raised teacher pay, set aside money for potential Medicaid cost overruns, and made a major positive change in the state budget process. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report points to all three accomplishments in the...
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing this policy report. RALEIGH — How safe is fracking? Does it contaminate water? Use too much water? Use secret chemicals? As opponents of hydraulic fracturing continue to criticize the process, a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report turns to evidence to answer these...
Click here to view and here to listen to Katherine Restrepo discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Converting the federal portion of North Carolina’s Medicaid program into an annual block grant would go a long way toward limiting Medicaid’s unpredictable annual cost overruns. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report recommends block-grant funding, along with...
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers should “make history” by becoming the first legislative body to repeal a state tax targeting electronic cigarettes. John Locke Foundation researchers make that recommendation in a new Spotlight report. A vote to scrap the tax...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Rocky Mount totaled about $1,569 per person in the 2012 budget year. The city ranked No. 26 out of North Carolina’s 35 largest ranked cities in local government costs per person, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Wilson, at $1,916 per person, ranked No. 15. Both...
RALEIGH — Eight of North Carolina’s largest cities now have annual local tax-and-fee burdens topping $2,000 per person. Charlotte regains its No. 1 statewide ranking among the largest cities, with a local government bill of $2,379 per person. That’s according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Meanwhile, the average North Carolinian paid 4.28 percent...
RALEIGH — After a one-year dip, Charlotte regains the top spot on the John Locke Foundation’s annual list of larger N.C. cities with the highest local government costs per person. Mooresville, which had ended Charlotte’s 11-year run at No. 1 last year, drops to No. 2 in the latest list. Charlotte’s local taxes and fees...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Greenville totaled $1,464 per person in the 2012 budget year, ranking the city No. 30 out of 35 larger North Carolina cities, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. A technical revision has led to significant changes in Greenville’s ranking. The report for the 2009 budget year...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Fayetteville totaled $1,338 per resident in the 2012 budget year, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Fayetteville ranked No. 32 among North Carolina’s 35 largest cities in local government costs per person. Sanford ($1,660) ranked no. 24. Fayetteville’s ranking dropped one spot from 2011, while Sanford’s...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Asheville totaled about $2,078 per resident in the 2012 budget year, ranking the city No. 7 out of North Carolina’s largest ranked cities, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Asheville also ranked No. 7 in 2011. Asheville trailed Charlotte, Mooresville, Chapel Hill, Wilmington, Monroe, and Durham...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $1,900 per person in Greensboro during the 2012 budget year, a total that helped the city drop nine spots to No. 17 in a ranking of North Carolina’s largest communities. High Point ($1,947) moved up two spots to No. 10, while Winston-Salem ($1,808) climbed one spot to No....