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 topped $2,303 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2011 budget year, as the Orange County town maintained its No. 2 rank among North Carolina’s largest municipalities in per capita local government costs. Cary jumped...
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Asheville totaled about $2,066 per resident in the 2011 budget year, ranking the city No. 7 out of North Carolina’s largest ranked cities, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Asheville ranked No....
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...
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $1,935 per person in Greensboro during the 2011 budget year, a total that helped the city move up three spots to No. 8 in a ranking of North Carolina’s largest communities. High Point ($1,882)...
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in New Bern totaled about $1,590 per person in the 2011 budget year, and the city maintained its No. 24 spot on a list ranking North Carolina’s largest cities based on their per-person local government...
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina legislators could save nearly $500 million in the next budget year, and more than $1 billion over two years, while ending corporate income and inheritance taxes and replacing the personal income tax with a consumed-income USA...
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Bypassing statewide bond referendums has cost North Carolina taxpayers an estimated $261 million in extra interest payments on state debt since 2005. That’s a key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. “North Carolina voters have...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Terry Stoops discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — New public school standards dubbed the Common Core are generating questions for parents and taxpayers across the nation, including North Carolina. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report aims to answer many of those questions. “Unfortunately, readily...
RALEIGH — A revamped North Carolina transportation program should include merit-based project selection, an increased emphasis on road maintenance, and a funding solution for Interstate 95. Those are among the 20 immediate recommendations set out in a new Policy Report prepared for the John Locke Foundation. The report’s authors note their recommendations would require no...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this economic analysis. RALEIGH — A recent report “claims a great deal, but offers nothing of substance” as it touts thousands of new jobs and other economic benefits linked to North Carolina taxpayers’ subsidies for renewable energy. That’s the bottom-line conclusion in...
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina should repeal its six-year-old renewable-energy mandate. It has raised electricity prices for consumers while failing to meet its original goals. That’s the key conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report, which also questions new...