RALEIGH — If predictions of more than three feet of rising sea levels by 2100 have you ready to flee from your beach house, a leading climate scientist might be ready to take your place on the North Carolina coast. He explains why in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. “I’m willing to offer...
RALEIGH — From budgets and taxes to education and regulation, most of North Carolina’s important public policy debates could benefit from input that features a free-market, limited-government perspective. John Locke Foundation experts are available in the Triangle, Triad, and Charlotte to discuss a range of topics. “We spend a great deal of time studying North...
RALEIGH — A system based on “flex growth” makes more sense than so-called “smart growth” as North Carolina and its local governments set their development and transportation policies. That’s the conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report. “Smart growth represents a backward-looking model for economic development that attempts to turn North Carolina’s calendar...
Click here to view and here to listen to Fergus Hodgson discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s so-called “Amazon tax” fails on all counts and deserves to be repealed when state lawmakers return to work next year. That’s the conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. “The Amazon tax generates confusion...
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing the first two reports in the Carolina Cronyism series. RALEIGH — Less than a month after North Carolina legislators approved more money for the state’s film tax incentives program, a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight Report pans film incentives as a clear example...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing Agenda 2012. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s next set of elected leaders can boost taxpayers’ job prospects, help educate their children better, and protect them from overly high taxes and burdensome regulations. The John Locke Foundation’s new Agenda 2012 Policy Report offers more...
Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — Net growth in the percentage of North Carolina students attending schools of choice between 2001 and 2010 posed no threat to traditional public school enrollment. That’s a key conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report. “Opponents...
Click here to view and here to listen to John Hood discussing his new book. RALEIGH — If North Carolina were a separate country, its economy would be one of the weakest in the developed world based on average employment rates, and its tax climate for economic growth would be nothing short of “horrendous.” John...
RALEIGH — North Carolina taxpayers struggling with a sluggish economy would not have to worry about new taxes or fees under the 2012-13 state budget plan moving through the N.C. House. That’s good news for John Locke Foundation budget analysts, who say the plan also has room for improvement. “Most politicians, pundits, and media outlets...
RALEIGH — North Carolina should consider joining almost every other state in making the juvenile justice system the default destination for 16-year-olds charged with crimes. That’s the conclusion two Texas-based criminal justice experts reach in a new Spotlight report prepared for the John Locke Foundation. Report co-author Marc Levin will share details from the research...
RALEIGH — As North Carolina legislators reconvene in Raleigh today to work on the state budget and other key issues, a veteran state government reporter is joining the Carolina Journal staff to help keep tabs on that work. Barry Smith officially joined CJ as associate editor Monday after spending more than 33 years reporting for...
Click here to view and here to listen to Fergus Hodgson discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina state government is spending more money per person this budget year than ever before. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents that fact, which gets lost in ongoing debates about state budget “cuts.” “Total state...