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The N.C. Court of Appeals will decide whether to revive a lawsuit challenging Currituck County's use of occupancy tax money.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 1:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Critics of Currituck County's use of occupancy tax money submitted their final written arguments Monday to the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 10:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new bill introduced in the Texas state legislature would legally include a child in the womb as a second person in high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2022 @ 12:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Groups linked to North Carolina's travel and tourism industry are jumping into an occupancy tax case involving Currituck County.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 10:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The special session of the General Assembly that convened today is taking a harsh view of the controversial plan to add high-occupancy tolling lanes to the center corridor of Interstate 77 north of Charlotte
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2016 @ 4:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Managed-lane opponents in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties aren't giving up after hearing the news that the Senate will allow the General Assembly to adjourn without taking up House Bill 954, a measure canceling the Interstate 77 high-occupancy or toll lanes project
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 2:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Opponents of the proposed high-occupancy-or-toll lane project along Interstate 77 sense a bit of momentum after a bill ordering the N.C. Department of Transportation to cancel the project's contract overwhelmingly passed the House
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2016 @ 4:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would put the brakes on the Interstate 77 high-occupancy or toll lanes project in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Efforts to block the controversial high-occupancy or toll lanes on Interstate 77 in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties gained momentum on Wednesday as a bill to cancel the project cleared two committees
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2016 @ 9:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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CityLab.com, a website on urban policy published by The Atlantic Monthly, reports that the High-Occupancy Tolling project on Interstate 77 north of Charlotte won a dubious honor, making the list of 12 “highway boondoggles” identified by U.S. PIRG, a group founded by Ralph Nader.
Published: Saturday, March 26th, 2016 @ 4:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Local and state officials from Haywood County have proposed a resolution that would increase the county's occupancy tax by 50 percent. Any increase in the tax rate should be put forward in a referendum, not a simple resolution by county commissioners.
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 4:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Haywood County would place its local hospitality businesses at a competitive disadvantage with those in surrounding counties, if local and state officials move forward with a proposal to raise the county's occupancy tax rate by 50 percent. That's one key conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation...
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 5:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most of us enjoy going on a vacation or two during the year, and that usually involves spending the night in a hotel or rental accommodation. Did you know that you are taxed on that hotel room and have no say about it? This current form of taxation without representation is known as an occupancy tax
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 12:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Haywood County commissioners and area municipal officials are hoping a proposed 50-percent increase in the region's occupancy tax will help them build capital projects and spur area tourism. But they face opposition from one of the region's legislators, and that could scotch the tax hike...
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County's government received letter from the Department of Health and Human Services advising a "clean bill of health" for the Beaufort County Jail, and is now ready for occupancy.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 @ 9:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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