Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this report. RALEIGH — Charlotte continues to top the list of larger cities with the highest local government costs per person in North Carolina, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Nearby Mooresville drops to No. 5 on the latest statewide...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Hickory totaled about $1,810 per person in the 2010 budget year. That total ranked Hickory No. 16 among North Carolina’s larger cities in local government costs per person, according to a new John...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in New Bern totaled about $1,577 per person in the 2010 budget year, and the city maintained its No. 23 spot on a list ranking North Carolina’s largest cities based on their per-person local...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $2,281 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2010 budget year, as the Orange County town maintained its No. 2 rank among North Carolina’s largest municipalities in per capita local government costs. Raleigh...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $1,835 per person in Winston-Salem during the 2010 budget year, a total that helped the city move up seven spots to No. 14 in a ranking of North Carolina’s largest communities. Winston-Salem still...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Wilmington topped $2,139 per person in the 2010 budget year, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. That total placed Wilmington at No. 3 in a ranking of the state’s larger cities,...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — Wake County commissioners should be wary of their environmental sustainability task force’s final report. A John Locke Foundation expert who served on the task force says the report relies on a flawed decision-making process, bad assumptions, and...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH — The Raleigh Convention Center continues to rely on deep discounts to get business — knocking $569,000 off the room prices for meetings scheduled over the last six months of 2011. A new John Locke Foundation Regional Brief...
RALEIGH — Wake County’s transit plan is neither technically nor financially feasible, and it’s unreliable as the basis for decisions regarding transit investment in Wake County. A new John Locke Foundation Policy Report reaches that conclusion. JLF is touting the report as Federal Transit Administrator Kenneth Rogoff tours proposed transit lines today in the Triangle....
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Terry Stoops discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — International comparisons show North Carolina public school students struggle to match the performance of economic competitors around the globe, despite spending levels that rank among the highest in the world. The John Locke Foundation’s top education expert...
Click here to view and here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina should do more than make a one-time cash payment to living victims of the state’s forced sterilization program. That’s the assessment of the John Locke Foundation’s top legal expert. He recommends lifetime tax breaks, special license...
Click here to view and here to listen to Fergus Hodgson discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina could reverse its unemployment insurance deficit and repay its $2.6 billion trust fund debt by aligning its benefits and eligibility period more closely to those in neighboring states. Those changes would also limit future tax increases,...