county in Mississippi, United States
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…
This week, Carolina Journal’s Brooke Conrad reported on North Carolina’s slow-moving response to hurricanes Florence and Matthew. Conrad writes: Jones County residents are still feeling the effects of recent hurricanes.…
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction released estimates for the distribution of $100 million in lottery funds for school facilities. Charter schools are not entitled to lottery funds for this…
At last count, 12 North Carolina counties will include an increase in the local sales tax on their May ballots. In all 12 of those counties, it’s a bad idea. …
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on Local Government Commission concerns surrounding the precedent of private ownership of a Jones County public school building. The Daily Journal highlights one…
Here I go, here I go, here I go again (again?) Readers, what’s my weakness? (financial data published by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction!)
As activity heats up at the state Legislative Building in Raleigh, the John Locke Foundation and Carolina Journal continue to attract attention for their analysis of the N.C. General Assembly’s…
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in New Bern totaled about $1,530 per person in the 2012 budget year, and the city dropped three spots to No. 28 on a…
View in your browser. Odd numbered years are when North Carolina counties and municipalities vote for their local level public officials, as well as on taxes and bonds that affect…
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in New Bern totaled about $1,590 per person in the…
A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled unanimously in favor of Jones County in a legal dispute involving taxpayer-funded transportation services for county residents, reversing a…
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in New Bern totaled about $1,577 per person in…