RALEIGH – Local governments can help their communities by keeping a lid on local taxes and fees, avoiding unnecessary regulation, and allowing private property owners to use their property without fear of government meddling. Those are some key ideas offered in the Center for Local Innovation’s new City and County Issue Guide 2008. Click here...
RALEIGH – Legislators should allow North Carolina’s climate commission to disappear, unless the group refocuses its efforts on its original mandated mission. That’s the recommendation from a John Locke Foundation analyst who has monitored the group’s work. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this press release. State law...
RALEIGH – North Carolina can avoid future failures like the Randy Parton Theatre, if legislators reform the rules for so-called tax increment financing, or TIF. That’s according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report that outlines four potential reforms. Click here to view and here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report....
RALEIGH – Seven state agencies earn failing grades, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. Twenty of 22 agencies studied earned no better than a D-plus grade, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. The report assigns F’s to the departments of Commerce, Correction, Environment and Natural Resources, Insurance,...
RALEIGH – Asheville’s city government earns a C grade, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. Buncombe County earns a C-minus, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Those poor grades are part of a statewide trend documented by the JLF Transparency Report Card 2008, said report co-author Chad...
RALEIGH – Fayetteville’s city government earns a D-plus grade, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. Cumberland County and the county school system earn C-minus marks, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Those poor grades are part of a statewide trend documented by the JLF Transparency Report Card...
RALEIGH – Winston-Salem’s city government earns a C grade, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. That’s better than the D-plus assigned to High Point and the D grade earned by Greensboro, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. All three cities fare better than Forsyth and Guilford county...
RALEIGH – Raleigh and Durham city governments earn C-minus grades, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. Cary earns a D, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Wake County government and the county school system match Raleigh’s C-minus grade. Durham County government earns a D-plus, while the Durham...
RALEIGH – Wilmington’s city government earns a D grade, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. New Hanover County and the county school system earn D-minus marks, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Those poor grades are part of a statewide trend documented by the JLF Transparency Report...
RALEIGH – Charlotte and Mecklenburg County governments earn C-minus grades, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools earn a D-plus, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Union County government matches Mecklenburg’s C-minus, while the Union County schools earn a slightly better C grade. Gaston County...
RALEIGH – Government leaders interested in “sustainability” should promote policies linked to individual liberty and a free-market economy, not policies that limit growth. That’s the key message in the John Locke Foundation’s third Macon Research Series report. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this Macon Research Series policy...
RALEIGH – North Carolina state agencies and local governments earn poor marks, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. That’s the conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Chad Adams and Joseph Coletti discussing this Spotlight report. “This state, home...