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 in Asheville totaled about $2,173 per resident in the 2009 budget year, ranking the city No. 3 out of North Carolina’s largest ranked cities, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Asheville also ranked...
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti 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 two notches to No. 4 on the latest...
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Fayetteville totaled $1,418 per resident in the 2009 budget year, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Fayetteville ranked No. 30 among North Carolina’s 34 largest ranked cities in local government costs per...
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Greenville totaled $1,513 per person in the 2009 budget year, ranking the city No. 28 out of 34 larger North Carolina cities, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Greenville dropped to No....
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Hickory totaled about $1,854 per person in the 2009 budget year. That total ranks 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 Joseph Coletti discussing this report. RALEIGH — The average North Carolinian surrendered more than 4.5 percent of his personal income to fund city and county government in the 2009 budget year, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. That percentage is down slightly from 2008,...
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in New Bern totaled about $1,673 per person in the 2009 budget year, and the city dropped two spots on a list ranking North Carolina’s largest cities based on their tax burdens. New Bern placed...
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Rocky Mount totaled about $1,434 per person in the 2009 budget year. The city ranked No. 29 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 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 in Wilmington topped $2,112 per person in the 2009 budget year, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. That total placed Wilmington at No. 5 in a ranking of the state’s larger cities. Charlotte...