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…
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Fayetteville totaled $1,338 per resident in the 2012 budget year, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. Fayetteville ranked No. 32 among…
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Greenville totaled $1,464 per person in the 2012 budget year, ranking the city No. 30 out of 35 larger North Carolina cities, according…
RALEIGH — Catawba County ranks No. 76 in the state in the amount of local taxes and fees residents pay, when that amount is expressed as a share of their…
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…
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Rocky Mount totaled about $1,569 per person in the 2012 budget year. The city ranked No. 26 out of North Carolina’s 35 largest…
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $1,900 per person in Greensboro during the 2012 budget year, a total that helped the city drop nine spots to No. 17 in…
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $2,315 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2012 budget year, as the Orange County town dropped from No. 2 to No. 3…
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Wilmington topped $2,195 per person in the 2012 budget year, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. That total placed Wilmington at…
The economic recession that hit full force in 2008 was declared officially over in June 2009 when the country experienced two quarters of very slow growth. But a troubled housing…
RALEIGH — 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…
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Asheville totaled about $2,078 per resident in the 2012 budget year, ranking the city No. 7 out of North Carolina’s largest ranked cities,…