RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Hickory totaled about $1,976 per person in the 2008 budget year. That total ranks Hickory No. 8 among North Carolina’s larger cities in local government costs per person, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in New Bern totaled about $1,680 per person in the 2008 budget year, and the city dropped one spot on a list ranking North Carolina’s largest cities based on their tax burdens. New Bern placed No. 20 out of 32 ranked cities in per-person local government costs, according to...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Rocky Mount totaled about $1,552 per person in the 2008 budget year. The city ranked No. 26 out of North Carolina’s 32 largest ranked cities in local government costs per person, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Wilson, at $1,629 per person, ranked No. 23. Click...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $1,971 per person in Greensboro during the 2008 budget year, a total that pushes the city to No. 9 in the tax-burden rankings of North Carolina’s largest communities. High Point ranks No. 11, and Winston-Salem No. 16, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Click here to...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees reached $2,252 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2008 budget year, as the Orange County town ranked No. 4 among North Carolina’s largest municipalities in per capita local government costs. A new John Locke Foundation report ranks Durham No. 6, Cary No. 7, and Raleigh No. 10. Click...
RALEIGH — People seeking real reform of North Carolina’s annexation law should ignore a bill that cleared the N.C. House last year. That bill does more harm than good, a John Locke Foundation expert argues in a new Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report....
RALEIGH — Government planners distort terms such as “affordable housing” and “stakeholders” to attack basic individual freedoms. That’s a key message a John Locke Foundation expert sends with the new planning jargon glossary he’s compiled. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. The glossary applies specifically...
RALEIGH — Now that North Carolina has registered nearly a full year of double-digit unemployment, state leaders should examine the obstacles that block creation of new jobs in this state. That’s the recommendation from the John Locke Foundation’s chief budget analyst. Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing North Carolina’s...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s centerpiece air-quality regulation is expected to cost electric customers more than $3.2 billion, far more than supporters ever projected. Meanwhile, the state has offered no proof that the measure has produced any air-quality improvements, according...
RALEIGH — North Carolina falls well short of other states and the federal government in protecting people from burdensome government regulations. That’s the conclusion of the John Locke Foundation’s legal and regulatory expert, who recommends seven reforms in a new Policy Report. Click here to view and here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this...
RALEIGH — School districts across North Carolina would be forced to close more than 150 traditional schools, if the State Board of Education extended new charter school performance standards to all public schools. That’s the conclusion the John Locke Foundation’s top education expert reaches in a new Spotlight report. Click here to view and here...
RALEIGH — School districts across North Carolina would be forced to close more than 150 traditional schools, if the State Board of Education extended new charter school performance standards to all public schools. That’s the conclusion the John Locke Foundation’s top education expert reaches in a new Spotlight report. Click here to view and here...