town in western Chatham County, North Carolina, United States
This week, Carolina Journal’s John Trump published an opinion piece on the results of local ballot measures regarding alcohol sales. North Carolina is uniquely situated, Trump explains: North Carolina remains…
Big New York Times article on North Carolina as a “state in play.” In addition to Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan, the cast of faces and places includes Jesse Helms,…
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…
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…
This morning, I read a piece in the New York Times about Emilio Vicente, who is running for student body president at UNC-Chapel Hill. He’s notable because he came to…
The new JLF report, By The Numbers: What Government Costs in North Carolina Cities and Counties FY 2011, uses the most recent data available from the State Treasurer, Bureau of…
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $2,303 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2011…
Not sure what angle the N&R’s taking on the proposed Randolph County megasite. Yesterday’s front-pager didn’t tell us anything new, just like Friday’s front-pager didn’t tell us anything new. Looks…
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $2,281 per person in Chapel Hill during the…
Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $2,275 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2009…
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees reached $2,252 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2008 budget year, as the Orange County town ranked No. 4 among North Carolina’s largest…
Since local blogger Roch 101 enjoys fact-checking N&R letters to the editor, he should have a field day with this howler from Siler City reader Sandi Campbell, which appears under…