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On the road again
As the health-care reform debate continued to make national headlines this week, John Locke Foundation Fiscal and Health Care Policy Analyst Joseph Coletti took his consumer-driven health-care message on the…
Siler City
town in western Chatham County, North Carolina, United States
Chapel Hill, Cary make top five list in local tax burden
RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees surpassed $2,194 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2007 budget year, as the Orange County town ranked No. 3 among North Carolina’s largest…
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Tackling transit untruths
Advocates continue to push for taxpayer-financed passenger trains in the Triangle, but John Locke Foundation Research Director and Local Government Analyst Michael Sanera pushed back this week with an op-ed…
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Re: Economic Realities of Alternative Energy
As Chad pointed out earlier today, the government subsidized alternative energy world is having devastating and unintentional (one would hope) consequences. Just reported in the Triangle Business Journal here, Pilgrims…
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Appeals court rulings
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of N.C. State University in a lawsuit involving a moldy dorm. A former resident assistant contends…
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This is your planet-saving fuel? Ethanol? Are you nuts?
OK, OK, let’s review. Not only does ethanol and other biofuels cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels; and not only would it take 450 pounds of corn to…
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Ethanol idiocy claims 830 jobs in Siler City
Per WRAL: The nation’s largest chicken-processing company is closing its plant in Siler City and laying off more than 800 employees. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. said Wednesday the closure of the…
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Hitting the road
Several Locke staffers took their expertise on the road. Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray recapped the highlights and blunders of the last legislative session in a speech for the…
Chapel Hill passes Durham in local tax burden
Click here to view and here to listen to Chad Adams discussing the By The Numbers Report. RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees surpassed $2,000 per person in Chapel Hill…
Durham Edges Chapel Hill in Local Tax Burden
RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Durham totaled $1,873 per resident in 2005, ranking the city 4th out of 29 major North Carolina cities for local government costs, according…
Durham Tops Local Tax List
RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Durham totaled nearly $1,778 per resident in 2004, ranking the city 4th out of 26 major North Carolina cities for local government costs,…