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What accounted for the extraordinary net decrease in public school students? A cursory review of the data offers few patterns or common characteristics of note.
Last week, Gov. Roy Cooper pulled $50 million from reserve accounts and funds set aside for summer reading camps (which will not occur this summer for obvious reasons). Districts and…
Last week, the N.C. State Board of Education gave final approval to 11 charter schools including, * Central Wake Charter High School (Wake County); * FernLeaf Community Charter School (Henderson…
RALEIGH — Charlotte finds itself in the familiar position of leading North Carolina’s largest cities in the John Locke Foundation’s annual ranking of local tax-and-fee burdens. Residents of the Queen…
As the John Locke Foundation’s 25th anniversary approaches, longtime Executive Vice President Kory Swanson is being promoted to president and CEO. Longtime President John Hood will maintain his position as…
Surry County. Indian Trail. Food Stamps. And this is not the first of it.
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way has a story out today on past management and compensation practices in Indian Trail. Because of the local interest, I’ll reprint the story in full: RALEIGH…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on corruption allegations involving the Indian Trail town government. John Hood’s Daily Journal moves beyond the “red-blue” classification of American states’ voting patterns.
• We’ll have at least six names on the U.S. Senate ballot choices for the U.S. Senate this fall. You’re probably aware that Democrat Kay Hagan, Republican Thom Tillis, and…
Triangle residents endure some of the highest local tax burdens in North Carolina. From today’s news release from the John Locke Foundation about the new “By The Numbers” report on…
By The Numbers, the annual cost of local of local government report that I compile, has just been release. And Charlotte again has the hist combined cost of local government…
Eight of North Carolina’s largest cities now have annual local tax-and-fee burdens topping $2,000 per person. Charlotte regains its No. 1 statewide ranking among the largest cities, with a local…