2009

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in New Bern totaled about $1,729 per person in the 2007 budget year, and the city dropped three spots on a list ranking North…

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Rocky Mount totaled about $1,530 per person in the 2007 budget year, ranking the city No. 26 out of North Carolina’s 31 largest…

County and municipal governments provide many key services while taking in billions of dollars in revenue. Their roles grow as state government keeps more local funding sources and shifts more taxing power to localities. Still, finding comparative data is hard. That's why this report provides information about how much local government costs in every city and county in North Carolina.

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $1,960 per person in High Point during the 2007 budget year, a rate that pushes the city to No. 8 in the tax-burden…

RALEIGH — The average North Carolinian surrendered more than 5 percent of his personal income to fund city and county government in the 2007 budget year, according to a new…

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…

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Asheville totaled about $2,220 per resident in the 2007 budget year, ranking the city second out of North Carolina’s 31 largest cities, according…

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Wilmington topped $2,121 per person in the 2007 budget year, according to a new report from the Raleigh-based Center for Local Innovation.

Even those commission members who would have wanted a proper definition of “meaningful services” had to oppose the weak definition provided to them by the legislative staff. The chair prohibited commission members from amending the definition. The recommendation was so weak that it would have allowed municipalities forcibly to annex areas without providing water and sewer service.

RALEIGH — Lawmakers seeking real reform of the state’s flawed annexation law should tackle two critical issues that were not addressed properly in a study group’s final report. That’s the…