RALEIGH — The Raleigh-based John Locke Foundation is devoting much of the week of June 7 to activities in and about North Carolina’s largest urban region: the Charlotte area. First, Locke Foundation President John Hood will speak Wednesday at the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, 320 S. Tryon Street. His presentation is entitled “North Carolina’s Economic...
RALEIGH — Two Raleigh-based research organizations with contrasting political philosophies are joining forces to foster a broader and more constructive dialogue on North Carolina public policy with the debut Wednesday of a regular series of online debates on key issues. Debaters from the John Locke Foundation and the North Carolina Justice Center will take on...
RALEIGH — Groups representing some teachers and school boards in North Carolina are forming a coalition to urge changes to the federal No Child Left Behind bill, but the leader of an education-reform organization warns that students will be the losers if such changes weaken the incentive for government-run schools to improve. Lindalyn Kakadelis, director...
RALEIGH — North Carolina business executives see high taxes, burdensome regulations, and inadequate labor skills as the top factors hampering the state’s economic competitiveness, according to a new survey by the John Locke Foundation. Respondents were overwhelmingly opposed to raising taxes to deal with budget deficits, and expressed skepticism about the cost-effectiveness of most government...
RALEIGH — State and federal programs directed at the disabled are costly and ineffective because they apply an “entitlement mentality” to problems that would be better addressed by promoting investment in job skills and self reliance, according to a new report released by a Raleigh-based think tank. John Hood is president of the John Locke...
RALEIGH — How optimistic are business leaders that North Carolina’s economic climate will improve in the coming months and years? And what do they believe state and local policymakers should do to change that climate for the better? These and other critical questions will be addressed over the coming weeks as the John Locke Foundation...
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s state-maintained highways now rank among the worst in the nation in such areas as pavement condition and urban congestion according to the findings of a new national study released today by the John Locke Foundation, a Raleigh-based think tank. Dr. David Hartgen, a professor of transportation studies at the University of...
RALEIGH — Voters in Raleigh and Wake County are overwhelmingly in favor of holding a referendum on a proposal from city and county officials to build a new convention center in downtown Raleigh, according to a public opinion poll released Wednesday by the Center for Local Innovation. CLI, a special project of the Raleigh-based John...
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Charlotte totaled more than $2,018 per resident in 2002, ranking North Carolina’s largest city No. 1 for local government costs among major cities for the third year in a row, according to a new report from the Center for Local Innovation. Wilmington, Durham, Hickory, Chapel Hill, and Asheville...
RALEIGH — Contrary to the belief of many city planners and public officials in North Carolina, highway projects do not play a large role in determining the amount and nature of growth in local communities, according to a new study from a nationally renowned transportation scholar. Dr. David Hartgen, a professor of transportation studies at...
RALEIGH — Most elementary and middle-school students in North Carolina do not attend a school chosen by their parents, according to a new study from the North Carolina Education Alliance (NCEA) that ranks each school district in the state on the extent of educational choice. Despite recent growth in private and home schools, the creation...
RALEIGH — The medical-malpractice legislation likely to emerge from the North Carolina Senate this week “is a mixed bag” from the standpoint of reformers, according to a preliminary analysis by a Raleigh-based policy analyst. Dr. Roy Cordato, economist and vice president for research at the John Locke Foundation, authored a study earlier this year that...