Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing the City and County Issue Guide. RALEIGH — Local governments will serve their communities best by focusing on core government functions, limiting spending and taxation, and protecting private property from unnecessary government intrusion. Those are key principles driving recommendations in the John...
Click here to view and here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Negotiations over North Carolina’s next state budget have raised awareness about two key reforms of the state’s regulatory process. The John Locke Foundation’s top regulation expert touts those two “necessary changes” in a new Spotlight report. “State agencies...
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — Medicaid spending has increased by nearly 300 percent in North Carolina in just the past two decades. Only reform will prevent Medicaid costs from eating even larger chunks of the state budget in the years ahead. A new...
This press release has been revised based on updated data. RALEIGH — Expiration of North Carolina’s temporary 1-cent sales tax and income tax surcharges, a cut in the corporate tax rate, and other tax changes linked to the N.C. House budget and anticipated tax-reform package would lead to a net gain of 8,000 jobs in...
RALEIGH — After saddling county taxpayers with a mountain of debt, Cabarrus County commissioners want those same taxpayers to bail county government out of its problems. That’s how a new John Locke Foundation Regional Brief describes a May 17 referendum on raising the Cabarrus sales tax. “Cabarrus County commissioners didn’t bother to ask voters for...
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — A high-speed rail proposal for North Carolina would create “substantial” risks for taxpayers, while doing little to nothing to reduce traffic, help the environment, cut energy use, or create jobs. A new John Locke Foundation Policy Report cites...
Click here to view and here to listen to Eli Lehrer discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s auto insurance system penalizes the state’s best drivers and guarantees profits for private insurance companies. It hurts women and older drivers, and hampers innovation. Those are key findings in a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report....
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Troy Kickler discussing this press release. RALEIGH — When North Carolina legislators conduct a rare business session Tuesday in the old state Capitol, they will highlight one of this state’s key contributions to American independence. That’s the assessment of the N.C. History Project’s founding director....
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina needs relief from a year-old federal health care reform law that will strain the state’s budget, divert resources to Medicaid from other critical needs, and lead to worse health care in the state. A new John...
RALEIGH — Two nationally known education scholars will offer their expert opinions on the Wake County public schools’ student assignment controversy during a lunchtime debate Tuesday at the Campbell University law school in Raleigh. Richard Kahlenberg is senior fellow at The Century Foundation. Abigail Thernstrom is vice chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights...
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $2,275 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2009 budget year, as the Orange County town jumped two spots to rank No. 2 among North Carolina’s largest municipalities in per capita local government costs....
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $1,907 per person in Greensboro during the 2009 budget year, a total that helps the city rank No. 10 among North Carolina’s largest communities. High Point ranks No. 13, and Winston-Salem No. 21, according...