Click here to view and here to listen to Chad Adams discussing the By The Numbers report. RALEIGH – Greensboro has the highest local tax burden of the Triad’s three major cities, leapfrogging Winston-Salem in a new report from the Center for Local Innovation. Local taxes and fees in Greensboro totaled about $1,765 per resident...
RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Durham totaled $1,873 per resident in 2005, ranking the city 4th out of 29 major North Carolina cities for local government costs, according to a new report from the Center for Local Innovation. Click here to view and here to listen to Chad Adams discussing the By The...
RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Wilmington totaled about $1,915 per resident in 2005, ranking the city second out of 29 major N.C. cities in local government costs for the fourth year in a row, according to a new report from the Center for Local Innovation. Click here to view and here to listen...
RALEIGH – Johnston County leaders would set up a system of “economic segregation,” if they adopt new recommendations from their Growth Management Committee. That’s the assessment of a new John Locke Foundation Regional Brief. Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. “The proposed regulations would force the...
RALEIGH – Thomasville could devote more money to essential city services if taxpayers stopped shoveling $23 toward every round of golf at the city-owned course. That’s a key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. “Winding Creek Golf Course lost more than $3.6 million over the last six years,” said Dr. Michael Sanera,...
For planning purposes What: John Locke Foundation & N.C. History Project Headliner Luncheon When: Noon Tuesday, January 9, 2007 Where: Holiday Inn Brownstone 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27605 Price: $15 Who: Historian Jeff Broadwater is author of the recent highly praised biography, George Mason: Forgotten Founder. Broadwater is associate professor of history at Barton...
RALEIGH – North Carolina hurts its consumers and taxpayers when it tries to control prices, according to the John Locke Foundation’s new Macon Series report. That includes so-called “price gouging” laws and a mandated minimum wage. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this Policy Report. “Prices are not...
RALEIGH – Scientific evidence shows North Carolina can take no steps that would reduce global warming. That’s a key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this Spotlight report. The report recommends that a special state study group reject proposals...
RALEIGH – Legislative leaders might try to use sleight of hand and a series of political deals to raise taxes by nearly $1 billion. That’s the conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this Spotlight report. “Legislative leaders hope taxpayers won’t...
RALEIGH – Mooresville should cut its losses and sell a city golf course that has lost nearly $450,000 in the last five years. That’s the key recommendation in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. “Unlike police and fire protection, golf is not an essential city service,” said Dr. Michael Sanera, JLF Research Director and...
For planning purposes What: John Locke Foundation Headliner Luncheon When: Noon Monday, December 11, 2006 Where: The Westin Charlotte 601 South College Street, Charlotte, NC 28202 (Directions are available at www.JohnLocke.org/events.) Price: $25 Who: Known for his insight and commentary about politics and public policy, Juan Williams tackles a different topic in his new book,...
RALEIGH – North Carolina electricity customers could pay an extra $181 million a year, thanks to the efforts of a consumer advocate that’s supposed to represent customers’ interests. That’s according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Click here to view and here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report. The N.C....