RALEIGH – North Carolina’s policymakers want to do something about global warming. They should heed the controversy about the issue among scientists before acting decisively, a climatologist warns. Dr. Robert C. Balling, climatology professor at Arizona State University, reviews an important controversy in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. The controversy surrounds the “hockey...
What: John Locke Foundation Headliner Luncheon When: Noon Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Where: Charlotte Marriott Executive Park 5700 Westpark Drive, Charlotte, NC 28217 (Directions are available at johnlocke.org/events) Price: $20 Who: Michael Barone is one of America’s most respected political journalists and historians. As a senior writer with U.S. News & World Report, he pens...
RALEIGH – North Carolina’s education lottery would set aside too much revenue for unproven educational programs, a new John Locke Foundation report argues. A better formula could lead to more school construction money for 22 school systems across the state. Those include some of the state’s largest districts: Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Wake, Durham, Forsyth, and Guilford. Others...
RALEIGH – North Carolinians are shouldering a heavier local-government tax burden, according to a new study by the Center for Local Innovation. The average North Carolinian saw local taxes increase by 5.1 percent in Fiscal Year 2004 (July 2003 to June 2004). That is the latest year for which data is available. That growth rate...
RALEIGH – North Carolina leaders should avoid turning a one-year state revenue surplus into a long-term budget nightmare. That’s the new warning from a John Locke Foundation fiscal policy analyst. North Carolina tax revenues are already $89 million ahead of projections. Analyst Joseph Coletti urges the governor and legislature to remember recent history before planning...
RALEIGH – North Carolina’s Urban Redevelopment Law is so vague, it allows the state to seize private property with just the thinnest of excuses. That’s according to a Spotlight report published today by the John Locke Foundation. Daren Bakst, JLF legal and regulatory policy analyst, describes how little the law requires of government to merit...
For planning purposes What: John Locke Foundation 16th Anniversary Dinner When: Friday, February 10, 2006 6:30 p.m. reception 7:15 p.m. dinner 8:00 p.m. Winston S. Churchill III Where: Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley 4500 Marriott Drive, Raleigh, N.C. Price: $50-$75 per person (Details and directions are available at johnlocke.org/events) What: A group of North Carolinians in...
For planning purposes What: John Locke Foundation Headliner Luncheon When: Noon Tuesday, February 7, 2006 Where: Benton Convention Center 460 North Cherry Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (Directions are available at johnlocke.org/events) Price: $20 Who: Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading political analysts and commentators, William Kristol edits the influential Washington-based political magazine The...
RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Greenville totaled about $1,367 per resident in 2004, ranking the city 19th out of 26 major North Carolina cities for local government costs, according to a new report from the Center for Local Innovation. Greenville’s local tax burden grew from $1,234 per resident in 2003. But growth in...
RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Hickory totaled about $1,747 per resident in 2004, ranking the city seventh out of 26 major N.C. cities in local government costs, according to a new report from the Center for Local Innovation. rHickory’s local tax burden grew from $1,680 per resident in 2003. But higher growth rates...
RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Rocky Mount totaled about $1,222 per resident in 2004, ranking the city 22nd out of 26 major N.C. cities in local government costs, according to a new report from the Center for Local Innovation. Wilson, at $1,398 per person, ranked 18th. rCharlotte, Wilmington, Asheville, Durham, and Chapel Hill...
RALEIGH – Winston-Salem has the highest local tax burden of the Triad’s three major cities, according to a new report from the Center for Local Innovation. Local taxes and fees in Winston-Salem totaled about $1,693 per resident in 2004, ranking the city 8th out of 26 major N.C. cities in local government costs. Greensboro ranked...