Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing North Carolina’s latest unemployment data. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s lingering employment woes provide plenty of evidence that the state cannot afford to extend job-killing temporary taxes. That’s the assessment of a John Locke Foundation expert. “North Carolina’s official unemployment rate has topped...
Click here to view and here to listen to John Hood discussing this press release. RALEIGH — Nearly 60 percent of North Carolina voters cast ballots to give Republicans control of the General Assembly for the first time in more than a century. John Locke Foundation President John Hood says that’s just one sign of...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Government efforts to employ “demand-side management” in North Carolina energy, transportation, land-use, and water policies are inconsistent with the principles of a free society. That’s the conclusion the John Locke Foundation’s top economist reaches in a new...
Click here to view and here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Gov. Beverly Perdue has taken a step in the right direction on regulatory reform for North Carolina. That’s the initial reaction from the John Locke Foundation’s top regulatory expert, who pushes even stronger reform measures in a new...
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this press release. RALEIGH — North Carolina earns the dubious distinction this week of joining the Tax Foundation’s list of the top 10 states with the worst business tax climates. The John Locke Foundation’s top budget expert places much of the blame on...
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing North Carolina’s latest unemployment data. RALEIGH — North Carolina has little reason to celebrate as its official unemployment numbers start to look more like the average numbers posted across the country. The John Locke Foundation’s top budget expert offers that view as he...
RALEIGH — After raising the local property tax rate by 9 cents in the past two years — including a $1 million tax hike in the past year alone — Montgomery County commissioners are pushing for a $225,000 sales-tax hike. John Locke Foundation researchers question that proposal in a new Regional Brief. Voters will decide...
RALEIGH — Clay County commissioners say a $200,000 sales-tax hike would help them pay for a new school, but John Locke Foundation researchers explain in a new Regional Brief that the numbers don’t match the rhetoric. Voters will decide Nov. 2 whether county commissioners can raise the local sales tax rate by 0.25 cents. As...
RALEIGH — Alleghany County commissioners are relying on pure speculation as they push a $160,000 sales tax hike. That’s the conclusion John Locke Foundation experts reach in a new Regional Brief. Voters will decide Nov. 2 whether county commissioners can raise the local sales tax rate by 0.25 cents. As they cast their ballots, JLF...
RALEIGH — Three Cherokee County commissioners who lost primary elections hope to leave the county with a $600,000 sales-tax hike as a parting gift. John Locke Foundation researchers question the need for that tax increase in a new Regional Brief. Voters will decide Nov. 2 whether county commissioners can raise the local sales tax rate...
RALEIGH — Columbus County commissioners are overselling the value of a proposed sales-tax increase by at least $300,000. That’s the assessment of John Locke Foundation experts, who raise red flags about the mistaken estimates in a new Regional Brief. Voters will decide Nov. 2 whether county commissioners can raise the local sales tax rate by...
RALEIGH — Voters had no say before Alamance County commissioners decided to place a $2.4 million tax hike on the ballot, but they have plenty of good reasons to question that tax hike now. That’s the assessment John Locke Foundation researchers make in a new Regional Brief. Alamance commissioners want voters to approve raising the...