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RALEIGH — A new, easy-to-use checklist will help voters and candidates focus on the most important issues facing North Carolina’s city and town governments. The John Locke Foundation is…

RALEIGH — Local governments will serve their communities best through policies that limit taxes and regulation, while protecting private property from unnecessary government intrusion. Those are some key concepts driving…

Policymakers in the many local governments of North Carolina face a host of important challenges. This issue guide offers solutions to problems that confront North Carolinians at municipal and county levels. The common thread in these recommendations is freedom. By increasing individual freedom, local governments can foster the prosperity of all North Carolinians and keep open avenues to innovative solutions from enterprising citizens.

RALEIGH — While some local governments kept their growth rates in line with inflation and population growth from 2002 to 2007, others raised far more money from taxpayers in that…

RALEIGH — Craven County’s government revenue grew 21 percent faster than population and inflation growth would have predicted from 2002 to 2007. A family of four would have needed an…

RALEIGH — Rocky Mount‘s city government revenue grew 20 percent faster than population and inflation growth would have predicted from 2002 to 2007. A family of four would have needed…

RALEIGH — Nine of North Carolina’s 30 largest cities increased government revenues by at least 20 percent more than inflation and population growth rates from 2002 to 2007. Thirty-three counties…

RALEIGH — City government revenue in each of the Triad’s three largest cities grew faster than population and inflation growth would have predicted from 2002 to 2007. The growth rates…

RALEIGH — Asheville‘s city government revenue grew 23 percent faster than population and inflation growth would have predicted from 2002 to 2007. A family of four would have needed an…

RALEIGH — Raleigh‘s city government revenue grew 22 percent faster than population and inflation growth would have predicted from 2002 to 2007. A family of four would have needed an…