RALEIGH — Local governments will serve their communities best through policies that limit taxes and regulation, while protecting private property from unnecessary government intrusion. Those are some key concepts driving recommendations in the Center for Local Innovation’s new City and County Issue Guide 2009. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael...
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s tax system needs radical reform to maximize prosperity and minimize harm to individual liberty. That’s the theme of the John Locke Foundation’s latest Macon Series Policy Report. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this Macon Series Policy Report. “The state’s current system of taxation...
RALEIGH — The latest increase in North Carolina’s unemployment rate should signal government leaders to stop pursuing policies that have no chance of improving the economy. That’s the assessment of a John Locke Foundation analyst with a Ph.D. in economics. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing North Carolina’s...
RALEIGH — Only 14 of the 100 North Carolina schools served by state dropout prevention grant recipients saw substantial improvement in dropout and graduation rates from 2006-07 to 2007-08. Those numbers suggest the grants made little impact, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to...
RALEIGH — The John Locke Foundation’s “Back to Basics” state budget proposal would shave 10 percent of total spending from North Carolina’s budget plan. It also would set state government on a better course for future budget decisions, according to a top JLF budget analyst. Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph...
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission should reject plans to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. It’s the wrong governing body, both legally and practically, to make “critical” decisions about regulating CO2, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report. “CO2 regulation is not...
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s latest rise in unemployment numbers signals businesses’ fears about the future. Uncertainty about the level of government intervention into the economy is holding back the entrepreneurs who create new jobs, according to a John Locke Foundation budget analyst. Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing the...
RALEIGH — While city government growth in Wilmington tracked inflation and population growth pretty closely from 2002 to 2007, Jacksonville‘s revenues climbed 24 percent faster than inflation and population. A new John Locke Foundation Policy Report offers details. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. Wilmington’s...
RALEIGH — Raleigh‘s city government revenue grew 22 percent faster than population and inflation growth would have predicted from 2002 to 2007. A family of four would have needed an extra $1,234 just to pay for that growth, according to a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report. Click here to view and here to listen...
RALEIGH — City government revenue in each of the Triad’s three largest cities grew faster than population and inflation growth would have predicted from 2002 to 2007. The growth rates were even larger in Burlington and Thomasville, according to a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report. Click here to view and here to listen to...
RALEIGH — Rocky Mount‘s city government revenue grew 20 percent faster than population and inflation growth would have predicted from 2002 to 2007. A family of four would have needed an extra $3,300 just to pay for that growth, according to a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report. Click here to view and here to...
RALEIGH — Craven County’s government revenue grew 21 percent faster than population and inflation growth would have predicted from 2002 to 2007. A family of four would have needed an extra $918 just to pay for that government growth, according to a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report. Click here to view and here to...