RALEIGH – The University of North Carolina could boost its teacher-training programs by starting charter schools at most UNC campuses. That’s the key recommendation in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Spotlight report. “UNC President Erskine Bowles has an opportunity to...
RALEIGH – Flexible water prices would help North Carolina communities do a better job dealing with the state’s drought, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this Spotlight report. “Prices offer the most efficient, effective, and welfare-enhancing way of matching the...
RALEIGH – The Kannapolis City Council’s plan to borrow $168 million through tax increment financing exposes key problems with that type of funding scheme. That’s according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this Spotlight report. “Tax increment financed bonds, or TIFs,...
RALEIGH – People who urge local governments to dig deeper into taxpayers’ pocketbooks seem unwilling to part with their own cash voluntarily. That’s the key conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this Spotlight report. “The reality is that you can...
Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Moore County is asking voters next week to approve $54 million in school construction bonds and increase an already high tax burden on low- and middle-income homeowners. That’s the key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Regional...
Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Durham County is asking voters next week to approve $194 million in school construction bonds and increase an already high tax burden on low- and middle-income homeowners. That’s the key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Regional...
Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Gaston County is asking voters next week to approve $175 million in school construction bonds and increase an already high tax burden on low- and middle-income homeowners. That’s the key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Regional...
Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Macon County is asking voters next week to approve $42 million in school construction bonds and increase an already high tax burden on low- and middle-income homeowners. That’s the key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Regional...
Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Mecklenburg County is asking voters next week to approve $516 million in school construction bonds and increase an already high tax burden on low- and middle-income homeowners. That’s the key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Regional...
RALEIGH – This year’s high-profile Minneapolis bridge disaster exposes North Carolina’s need for new state transportation priorities. 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 summer bridge collapse on Interstate 35 should serve as a...
RALEIGH – An outside consultant likely used “seriously flawed” methods to help craft state global warming policy proposals for North Carolina. That’s according to a new assessment from a Boston-based economic research group. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this press release. The John Locke Foundation is highlighting...
RALEIGH – North Carolinians should question the process that’s leading to proposals for fighting global warming in the Tar Heel state. That’s the warning from a John Locke Foundation analyst who has monitored the process. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this press release. “This process has been...