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RALEIGH — After a one-year dip, Charlotte regains the top spot on the John Locke Foundation’s annual list of larger N.C. cities with the highest local government costs…

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…

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…

Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Local governments should focus on using existing revenues more efficiently,…

Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $1,935 per person in Greensboro during the…

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…

Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Wilmington topped $2,165 per person in the…

Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — The local annual tax and fee burden now tops more than $2,000…

Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Asheville totaled about $2,066 per resident in…