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...
RALEIGH — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a “rising star” in conservative politics, will deliver the featured remarks Feb. 4 during the John Locke Foundation’s 19th anniversary celebration in Raleigh. “We’re delighted to announce that the John Locke Foundation is bringing Gov. Jindal to the Triangle,” said JLF President John Hood. “In his first year in...
RALEIGH — Four major reforms are critical for North Carolina to get rid of forced annexation, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. The changes would help fix a “fundamentally flawed” annexation law. Click here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report. “Real reform of the state’s regressive annexation law does...
RALEIGH — North Carolina could face a “property insurance disaster” unless it takes steps soon to shore up its coastal Beach Plan, according to a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report. Click here to view and here to listen to Eli Lehrer discussing this Policy Report. “This little-known plan imposes an enormous fiscal liability on...
RALEIGH — Improved Career and Technical Education programs could help lower North Carolina’s public school dropout rate while helping more students prepare for the workforce. Those are key findings in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Spotlight report. “Rather than throw...
RALEIGH — Chatham County landowners would bear the costs of a “radical” land-use plan designed to benefit a small, politically connected elite. 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. “Chatham County’s proposed Corridor Overlay District would...
RALEIGH — Person County commissioners could avoid a proposed sales tax increase for 18 years by diverting almost $14 million in savings and existing revenue streams to high-priority county government functions. That’s a key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Regional Brief. “The savings and revenue reallocation recommended in this Regional Brief would generate...
RALEIGH — Caswell County commissioners could avoid a proposed sales tax increase for 28 years by diverting almost $4.8 million in savings and existing revenue streams to high-priority county government functions. That’s a key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Regional Brief. “The savings and revenue reallocation recommended in this Regional Brief would generate...
RALEIGH — Anson County commissioners could avoid a proposed sales tax increase for 17 years by diverting more than $5.8 million in savings and existing revenue streams to high-priority county government functions. That’s a key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Regional Brief. “The savings and revenue reallocation recommended in this Regional Brief would...