North Carolina cities are experiencing record growth, and new housing is in high demand. Burdensome zoning regulations and affordable housing policies have driven up housing costs. Loosening these regulations will…
The future belongs to the cities that can keep affordable housing growth properly matched to job growth. And that’s proving too difficult for some city governments, especially in states with…
John Hinderaker of the Power Line blog highlights the descent of the once majestic city by the bay. People are fleeing California in general, and San Francisco in particular, in…
This week, JLF’s Jordan Roberts published a research brief on a national report conducted by the Health Care Cost Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. According to Roberts: [the…
From now until 2027, health care spending projections show that the yearly average increase of overall health expenditures will increase by about 5.5 percent. That is not a welcome trend,…
I read an interesting piece today about the value of a dollar. Actually, the value of $100, and how it compares in cities across the US. The Tax Foundation published…
That’s the theme of JLF head John Hood’s column today. Traditionally the debate about economic policy in North Carolina is largely urban versus rural. John makes a very good point…
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way reports here on the status of rail transit in the Triangle — and the tax hike that goes with its implementation. Wake and Orange country…
Durham Mayor Bill Bell continues to lead the charge for a Triangle transit tax. Last fall he said he wanted the authority to implement a transit tax without voter approval.…
The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carr-boro Metropolitan Planning Organization found that fighting congestion in the Triangle will be expensive. Even spending “about $3 billion in road improvements and another $3 billion to beef…