RALEIGH — Tyrrell County commissioners could avoid a proposed land-transfer tax increase for nine years by diverting more than $6.4 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...
RALEIGH — Guilford County commissioners could avoid a proposed sales tax increase for four years by diverting almost $65.3 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 — Columbus County commissioners could avoid a proposed sales tax increase for 15 years by diverting almost $14.2 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 — Cherokee County commissioners could avoid a proposed sales tax increase for 11 years by diverting almost $10 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 — A group pushing North Carolina lawmakers to adopt costly climate-change policies has made a serious error while trying to justify its proposals, according to a John Locke Foundation analyst. The group chose a consultant with a major conflict of interest to manage a peer review of its work. Click here to view and...
RALEIGH — Taxpayers are picking up more than 90 percent of the tab for a lucky few commuters riding Charlotte’s LYNX light-rail line, despite the trains’ limited public benefit for traffic congestion, air quality, or land use. That’s a key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report. “When you combine both operating and...
RALEIGH – North Carolina’s new drought management law likely would permit government regulation of private wells, despite claims to the contrary. That’s the key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report. The report recommends steps lawmakers could take...
RALEIGH — Guilford County public schools have seen “promising results” during the first two years of Mission Possible, an incentive-pay program for teachers and administrators. That’s the assessment of a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report, funded by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops...
RALEIGH — North Carolina earns a D grade for its Taxpayers’ Return on Investment, a new measure that compares states’ tax burdens to their performance in education, road quality, health, and crime, along with income and population growth. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report explains that grade. Click here to view and here to...
RALEIGH — More than 70 percent of the school districts that won state dropout prevention grants last year saw their graduation rates decline in 2008. A John Locke Foundation analyst offers that evidence in a new Spotlight report that questions the grants’ value. Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing...
RALEIGH — Consumers can blame North Carolina’s price-gouging law for the gas lines and shortages appearing in the wake of Hurricane Ike. That’s the assessment of a John Locke Foundation analyst who has studied the unintended consequences of price-gouging legislation. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this press...
RALEIGH — Raleigh’s new downtown convention center already has offered almost $2.3 million in room rental discounts to secure convention business, including an average 58 percent discount for events scheduled through June 2009. A new John Locke Foundation Regional Brief predicts the $221 million center will turn into a “money pit” in the years ahead....