Work to begin on first phase of Intersect East
Published: Saturday, December 4th, 2021 @ 8:12 am
By: ECU News Services
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If you live somewhere other than the western side of North Carolina’s Research Triangle region, you may not have thought that a long-planned light-rail line between Durham and Chapel Hill had much to do with you.
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 @ 10:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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There is a familiar kind of political argument that goes something like this: "I know we are politically divided. I think that partisanship has its place - but surely there is no need to make [fill in the blank] a partisan issue."
Published: Monday, May 7th, 2018 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Liberals like small homes that are close to shopping and attractions, while conservatives prefer to have larger properties and drive longer distances to the store
Published: Sunday, March 18th, 2018 @ 12:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is urbanizing. One of its urban areas, Charlotte, has an extensive transit system that includes rail lines
Published: Wednesday, December 6th, 2017 @ 7:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Local governments should focus on using existing revenues more efficiently, monitoring the effectiveness of school funding, and simplifying rules for land use and zoning. Those are three key recommendations in the John Locke Foundation's new City and County Issue Guide 2014.
Published: Monday, March 10th, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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And so it begins again. Filing is over, and the 2014 election cycle is off and running. North Carolinians will elect a U.S. senator and 13 U.S. representatives to serve in Washington. We will elect 50 state senators and 120 state representatives to the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Saturday, March 8th, 2014 @ 2:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Local governments should focus on using existing revenues more efficiently, monitoring the effectiveness of school funding, and simplifying rules for land use and zoning. Those are three key recommendations in the John Locke Foundation's new City and County Issue Guide 2014.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 2:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Traffic jams happen when too many cars try to traverse too little roadway. Thus there are two main ways to reduce the number of traffic jams. One is to reduce the number of cars trying to travel the same road at the same time. The other is to increase the road capacity that cars can travel.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 @ 6:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recent years, an increasing number of local governments across the nation and across North Carolina have adopted “Smart Growth” policies. While the specific policies differ by community, the emphasis is invariably upon restricting...
Published: Saturday, April 20th, 2013 @ 2:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jay Parmley, the former executive director of the NC Democratic Party who helped bring discussions of mano y mano 'crotch-punching' to the state's local papers and newscasts, is getting an up-close-and-personal look at the economic situation he and his allies helped create.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 10:30 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A system based on "flex growth" makes more sense than so-called "smart growth" as North Carolina and its local governments set their development and transportation policies. That's the conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report.
Published: Monday, September 17th, 2012 @ 11:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The cult commonly known as the Smart Growth movement has proven to be remarkably resilient in the face of empirical adversity.
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2012 @ 9:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I don't understand all the fuss about the proposed Buffet Rule. I think it should be the guiding principle for government at all levels.
Published: Monday, April 30th, 2012 @ 10:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the last few months, along with many others, I've become educated on the threat of the United Nations program called Agenda 21 (Agenda for the 21st Century) and the impact it has already had on the lives of freedom-loving citizens all over the world, including us in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 @ 11:50 pm
By: Mattie Lawson
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