Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina legislators can maximize their flexibility for tax reform and unanticipated Medicaid spending by using a “reverse logrolling” approach to the final state budget deal. That’s the conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. This...
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Legislators can take one of the most effective steps toward fighting overregulation in North Carolina by setting expiration dates for state rules. Support for end dates — or sunsetting — is one of the key findings in a...
Click here to view and here to listen to Katherine Restrepo discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory’s Medicaid reform plan marks a “critical step forward” to help create a pro-patient, pro-taxpayer health care safety net. That’s the conclusion of a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and the Florida-based Foundation...
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Lost in the debate about tax reform in North Carolina is the more than $2 billion in excise taxes the state collects in a single budget year. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents the state’s various...
Click here to view and here to listen to Katherine Restrepo discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina could look northwest to Indiana and south to Florida for evidence of how a consumer-driven model would improve the state Medicaid program. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report highlights the Indiana and Florida approaches to...
RALEIGH — Spending slightly less than Gov. Pat McCrory’s General Fund budget plan, the N.C. Senate’s $20.56 billion proposal would move state government spending in the right direction. The John Locke Foundation’s chief budget analyst offers that assessment. She says senators could save even more money by avoiding several new programs they plan to create...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Terry Stoops discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Legislators and the State Board of Education should take steps to ensure North Carolina’s public school testing program places greater emphasis on English grammar, spelling, mechanics, and usage. That’s a key recommendation in a new John Locke...
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — The local annual tax and fee burden now tops more than $2,000 per person in seven of North Carolina’s largest cities. Mooresville ended Charlotte’s 11-year run as the large city with the highest per-person local government bill. That’s according...
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Fayetteville totaled $1,374 per resident in the 2011 budget year, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Fayetteville ranked No. 29 among North Carolina’s 34 largest cities in local government costs per person....
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Greenville totaled $1,859 per person in the 2011 budget year, ranking the city No. 12 out of 34 larger North Carolina cities, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Greenville dropped five spots...
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Hickory totaled about $1,838 per person in the 2011 budget year. That total ranked Hickory No. 15 among North Carolina’s larger cities in local government costs per person, according to a new John Locke...
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Rocky Mount totaled about $1,571 per person in the 2011 budget year. The city ranked No. 25 out of North Carolina’s 34 largest ranked cities in local government costs per person, according to a...