RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Rocky Mount totaled about $1,530 per person in the 2007 budget year, ranking the city No. 26 out of North Carolina’s 31 largest cities in local government costs, according to a new report from the Raleigh-based Center for Local Innovation. Wilson, at $1,580 per person, ranked No. 22....
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in New Bern totaled about $1,729 per person in the 2007 budget year, and the city dropped three spots on a list ranking North Carolina’s largest cities based on their tax burdens. New Bern ranked No. 18 out of the 31 largest cities in per-person local government costs, according...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Wilmington topped $2,121 per person in the 2007 budget year, according to a new report from the Raleigh-based Center for Local Innovation. Despite an increased tax burden, Wilmington’s ranking among the state’s largest cities dropped from No. 2 to No. 5. Click here to view and here to...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $1,960 per person in High Point during the 2007 budget year, a rate that pushes the city to No. 8 in the tax-burden rankings of North Carolina’s largest cities. Greensboro ranks No. 12, and Winston-Salem No. 16, according to a new report from the Raleigh-based Center for Local...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees surpassed $2,194 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2007 budget year, as the Orange County town ranked No. 3 among North Carolina’s largest municipalities in per capita local government costs. A new report from the Center for Local Innovation also ranks Cary No. 4, Durham No. 7, and...
RALEIGH — Lawmakers seeking real reform of the state’s flawed annexation law should tackle two critical issues that were not addressed properly in a study group’s final report. That’s the assessment of a John Locke Foundation analyst. Click here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report. “Regardless of where one stands on other...
RALEIGH — The John Locke Foundation has honored Baker Mitchell, founder of the 750-student Charter Day School in Brunswick County, for his efforts to promote the “advancement of freedom.” Mr. Mitchell collected the John William Pope Sr. Award for the Advancement of Freedom in North Carolina during the Locke Foundation’s 19th anniversary dinner celebration Feb....
Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — An average North Carolina public school teacher draws more than $59,000 in annual compensation — $4,000 more than an average peer across the country. That’s the conclusion of the John Locke Foundation’s latest annual report on teacher pay....
Click here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this report. RALEIGH — North Carolina has an “extreme” annexation law that needs major reform. That’s the assessment of a John Locke Foundation expert who outlines the law’s flaws in a new Q&A guide to forced annexation. The Locke Foundation is issuing the guide as the General...
RALEIGH — North Carolina should repeal its system of taxpayer-financed elections, since a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court ruling makes it clear the system is unconstitutional. That’s the conclusion a John Locke Foundation analyst reaches in a new Spotlight report. Click here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report. “As Gov. Beverly Perdue pursues...
RALEIGH — Rampant state government spending bears much of the blame for North Carolina’s current budget woes, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. State spending has increased 41 percent in the last 20 years. Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this Spotlight report. “Returning state spending...
RALEIGH — Wilson’s $28 million Greenlight fiber-optic cable system could be obsolete before it’s complete, sticking taxpayers and electric utility customers with the bill for the city’s investment. That’s the conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Regional Brief. Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. “By...