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RALEIGH — School districts across North Carolina would be forced to close more than 150 traditional schools, if the State Board of Education extended new charter school performance standards to…

RALEIGH — Both the Wake and Durham County public school systems improved their grades in the John Locke Foundation’s second-annual assessment of “parent-friendly” schools. Wake’s grade climbed from C to…

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…

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 – The Triangle’s largest public school districts earn disappointing grades for “parent-friendliness,” according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Wake County schools pick up a C…

RALEIGH – Raleigh and Durham city governments earn C-minus grades, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. Cary earns a D, according to a new John…

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…

Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Durham County is asking voters next week to approve $194 million…

Elected officials in Durham, Gaston, Macon, Mecklenburg, and Moore counties are asking voters to approve school construction bonds that will increase an already high tax burden on low and middle income homeowners in these counties. Local governments have failed to implement the full range of school facilities alternatives and strategies that could accommodate enrollment growth without imposing additional taxes and long-term debt on taxpayers.

RALEIGH – Triangle cities need to shift their transportation priorities, unless they want future road congestion to threaten their economy. That’s the assessment in a new Policy Report from…