For planning purposes What: John Locke Foundation Headliner Luncheon When: Noon Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Where: Grove Park Inn 290 Macon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28894 (Directions are available at www.JohnLocke.org/events.) Price: $20 Who: Dr. Marlo Lewis, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, is known for his expertise in the science, economics, and politics of...
RALEIGH – Counties with high poverty and unemployment rates tend to have the highest rates of lottery ticket sales in North Carolina. That’s a key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this Spotlight report. Lottery ticket sales also fare well...
For planning purposes What: N.C. History Project Lecture When: Noon Tuesday, March 27, 2007 Where: Meredith College, Belk Dining Hall 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC (Directions are available at www.JohnLocke.org/events.) Price: $15 Who: A prolific writer and lecturer, Dr. Gordon S. Wood’s work has been published in this nation’s premier scholarly journals. He is author...
RALEIGH – Future road congestion will threaten North Carolina’s economy unless the state refocuses its transportation priorities. That’s the key message in a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and Reason Foundation. Click here to view and here to listen to Professor David Hartgen discussing this Policy Report. Click here to view Hartgen’s...
RALEIGH – Future road congestion could threaten North Carolina’s economy, but Asheville is better prepared for congestion than most other N.C. cities. That’s according to a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and Reason Foundation. The report gives Asheville an A- grade for its congestion reduction plan. Of the state’s 17 metropolitan regions,...
RALEIGH – Charlotte deserves just a D grade for its limited efforts to reduce traffic congestion, according to a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and Reason Foundation. That D ranks the Queen City below every other metropolitan region in the state. Concord gets a B- and Gastonia earns a C in the...
RALEIGH – Future road congestion could threaten North Carolina’s economy, and Fayetteville deserves just a C+ grade in preparing for congestion growth. That’s according to a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and Reason Foundation. Twelve of the state’s 17 metropolitan regions earned higher grades than Fayetteville. Asheville, Goldsboro, and Jacksonville topped the...
RALEIGH – Goldsboro earns one of the best grades in the state for its efforts to fight traffic congestion, according to a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and Reason Foundation. The same report says Rocky Mount has more work to do. Goldsboro earns an A- grade in the new report, while Rocky...
RALEIGH – Future road congestion could threaten North Carolina’s economy, and the Greenville region deserves a B+ grade in preparing for congestion growth. That’s according to a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and Reason Foundation. Just three of the state’s 17 metropolitan regions earned higher grades than Greenville. Asheville, Goldsboro, and Jacksonville...
RALEIGH – Future road congestion could threaten North Carolina’s economy, but Triad regions earn grades of B+ or B in preparing for congestion growth. That’s according to a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and Reason Foundation. Greensboro and High Point get B+ grades, while Winston-Salem and Burlington earn B grades. Just three...
RALEIGH – Triangle cities need to shift their transportation priorities, unless they want future road congestion to threaten their economy. That’s the assessment in a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and Reason Foundation. Raleigh earned a C grade and Durham a C- for their congestion reduction plans. Raleigh’s C ranked the capital...
RALEIGH – Future road congestion could threaten North Carolina’s economy, but two southeastern N.C. cities earn high marks for plans to fight traffic delays. That’s according to a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and Reason Foundation. Wilmington earned a B+ grade, while Jacksonville earned an A-. Among the state’s 17 metropolitan regions,...