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At a forum hosted by the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance on Jan. 9, House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger discussed a host of issues leading up to the 2023 legislative session, which began on Jan. 11.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 8:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation has put out a long range transit plan for the state that calls for a “connected statewide network” and “public bus lines reaching out into rural part of the state”.
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 8:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Interested in more intellectual ammo to slap down the central planners still supporting the proposed $1.6 billion money pit known as the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project?
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2017 @ 12:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 2:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On the Thursday "What Matters in North Carolina" program, host Mark Shiver spoke with Brian Balfour, executive vice-president of the Civitas Institute, to discuss the proposed Wake County sales tax increase on the Nov. 8 ballots, which will go to fund a mass transit plan
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 @ 2:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Taxpayer advocates, public policy analysts, and Republican Party officials Tuesday slammed a Wake County sales tax referendum and characterized a proposed transit plan as a giant boondoggle
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 12:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If Roy Cooper and North Carolina Democrats regain control of state government in Raleigh, where would they get the money to pay for all the spending promises they are making?
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 8:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On June 6, the Wake County Board of Commissioners approved a transit plan. This is not good news
Published: Sunday, July 17th, 2016 @ 11:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The cliché is that conservatives are stuck in the past, but the truth is that our ideas provide the best way to move into an increasingly turbulent future.
Published: Monday, June 15th, 2015 @ 3:40 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A few days a week, I ride a Triangle Transit 301 bus to and from the palatial Civitas HQ in the Warehouse District of Raleigh. But even as a transit rider, my blood runs cold when I hear government planners are plotting ways to bring throw taxpayers' money at light-rail systems and commuter rail...
Published: Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 @ 1:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On the eve of his birth, the mother of Buddha dreamed that a white elephant presented her with a lotus flower, a sign of wisdom and purity. Throughout history a white elephant was regarded in Buddhist kingdoms as a symbol of divine blessing.
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 8:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wake County officials insist the launch of another mass transit study is not an attempt to find a friendlier outcome just one year after three transit consultants determined the market couldn’t bear the costs of light rail.
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2014 @ 1:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's an election year and counties once again can't resist the urge to put a quarter-cent sales tax hike on the November ballot, hoping to reap the rewards of millions in extra revenue, all with the consent of taxpayers.
Published: Tuesday, July 29th, 2014 @ 10:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In some circles, it is thought that for a community to be said to truly exist, it must be "World Class." It is assumed that each community aspires to be a World Class Community, no matter the cost. What brings a WCC to life, like the magician's hat to Frosty the Snowman, is light-rail transit.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 12:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A trio of transportation experts told the Wake County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday that more bus service, and less eagerness to move to light rail, appears to be the best next step for Wake County.
Published: Thursday, November 14th, 2013 @ 6:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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List of resource links.
Published: Friday, November 2nd, 2012 @ 2:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The "good roads" state is quickly turning into the "traffic congestion" state. Both rural and urban interstates are poorly maintained and congested.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 3:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public transit systems in North Carolina have become less about helping citizens move around their communities in the way they desire and more about planners gaining enough political power to impose their transportation preferences and land use fads on those citizens.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 12:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wake County's decision not to put a half-cent sales tax referendum on the Nov. 6 general election ballot "is troubling" to Durham County officials, and will affect how they move forward with a tri-county regional transit plan featuring a mixture of light rail and expanded bus service.
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 1:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some three dozen people delivered impassioned pleas Monday afternoon to the Wake County Board of Commissioners, urging them to place a half-cent sales tax on the November ballot.
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2012 @ 8:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Orange County voters will decide the fate of a nearly $1.4 billion light rail project for Durham and Orange counties in the Nov. 6 general election.
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2012 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Orange County Board of Commissioners is expected Tuesday to approve a $1.4 billion light-rail project for Durham and Orange counties and vote June 5 on a half-cent sales tax to fund the controversial transit plan.
Published: Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 @ 12:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Iredell County commissioners unanimously found wanting a proposal to build a $452 million, 25-mile commuter rail line from the center of Charlotte through Huntersville, Cornelius, and Davidson, to a termination point near Mooresville.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 2:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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