John Locke Updates: 2005

Dr. Troy Kickler, Director of the North Carolina History Project, will have three pieces published in the near future.  Publisher Marshall Cavendish of Exploring American History: From Colonial…

Other issues that continue to churn around the cost of running government schools are construction costs and school district size. Stoops took issue with the need for more bonds for…

In response to the Public School Forum’s annual Local School Finance Study (must be ordered, online), JLF issued a press release challenging the study’s findings.   A key…

JLF’s research director and local-government analyst, Michael Sanera, and research intern Travis Fisher, recently released a report, “Solving Asheville’s Civic Center Dilemma: Making Lemonade Out of a Lemon,”…

The price of health care is a conundrum full of many interconnected pieces. Some of those seeking a way to lower the cost of health care think that…

On the business side of things, Director of Local Innovation, Chad Adams, in conjunction with John Hood, will be releasing the third climate survey of business leaders statewide.

Don Carrington expects further legal action in case of the excavation of an area of the Currituck Sound without authorization, a violation of federal environmental laws. …

Leading insurance providers cite hospital care as a primary source for the rising cost of healthcare.  And although the cost of out-patient care is rising faster, in-patient…

Lindalyn Kakadelis disputes the finding of the much touted report by Robert Bifulco and Helen Ladd (“Results from the Tar Heel State”) that decries the ability of charter…

After releasing his newly published book, Selling the Dream: Why Advertising is Good Business, John Hood was invited to speak on WUNC-FM’s “State of Things.”  Steven Greenhunt in the…