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Spending Reform

• Joseph Coletti, "Start Building a Better Budget: Seven Steps to Saner State Spending" John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 379, October 1, 2009, http://www. johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/230
• Joseph Coletti, "Taxpayers' Return on Investment: North Carolinians Get Little Value for Their Tax Dollars," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 359, September 23, 2008, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/ spotlights/210
• Joseph Coletti, "Spend and Tax: A History of General Fund Crises in N.C. and How to Prevent Them," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, September 14, 2006, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/ policy%20reports/75

The State Tax Burden

• Joseph Coletti and Jacob Burgdorf, "Not the Best of Both Worlds: Tax Credit Will Not Save Movies But Will Lose Money," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 376, July 22, 2009, http://johnlocke.org/research/ show/spotlights/227
• Dr. Roy Cordato, "Tax Reform in North Carolina — Tax Burden," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, April 6, 2009, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/ policy%20reports/196

State Tax Reform

• Dr. Roy Cordato, "Reforming the Sales Tax: Keep in Mind Liberty, Prosperity, and Sound Principles of Taxation," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 394, July 12, 2010, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show_ story.html?id=245&type=spotlights
• Joseph Coletti, "The True Cost of State and Local Taxes: How to Understand the Business Tax Burden Study," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 386, April 16, 2010, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/ 237

Transparency and Accountability

• Joseph Coletti, "Why Transparency? Creating Trust in Government," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, December 17, 2009, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/ policy%20reports/206
• Joseph Coletti, "Trust But Verify: Open Government Is Better Government," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, December 17, 2009, http://johnlocke.org/research/ show/policy%20reports/205
• Chad Adams and Joseph Coletti, "Fiscal Transparency in N.C.: Surveying State and Local Governments," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 347, May 14, 2008, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/199

State Agency Consolidation

• Joseph Coletti, "Budgets Are Not Unicorns: Gov. Perdue Uses Gimmicks Instead of Making Choices," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 388, April 30, 2010, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/239

State Debt

• Joseph Coletti, "Budgeting on Borrowed Time: FY 2009 Budget Has Excessive Spending, No Saving, and a Lot More Debt," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 355, August 6, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/ show/spotlights/206

School Standards and Testing

• Terry Stoops, "Survey of End-of-Course Test Questions: Many College and University Faculty Are Concerned About the Quality of State Standardized Tests", John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 393, July 6, 2010, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/244
• Terry Stoops, "Parent-Friendly Schools, 2009: How 'Parent-Friendly' Are School Districts in North Carolina?", John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 232, November 30, 2009, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/ spotlights/232

School Choice and Competition

• Terry Stoops, "Charter School Diversity: Too Black, Too White, or Just Right?", John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 390, May 20, 2010, http://johnlocke. org/research/show/spotlights/241
• Terry Stoops, "Zero Tolerance for Charter Schools: The State Board of Education Should Regard All Public Schools As Equals", John Lock Foundation Spotlight 382, February 3, 2010, http://johnlocke.org/research/ show/spotlights/233
• Terry Stoops, "Ten Myths about North Carolina's Private Schools: A Parent's Guide", John Lock Foundation Policy Report, July 30, 2009, http://johnlocke. org/research/show/policy%20reports/201

Education Spending

• Terry Stoops, "No Bureaucrat Left Behind: N.C. Public Schools Add Staff at a Much Faster Rate Than Enrollment", John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 373, May 28, 2009, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/ spotlights/224
• Terry Stoops, "Dropout Prevention Grants: Legislators Need to Rethink Their Approach to the Dropout Problem", John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 371, May 24, 2009, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/ 222
• Terry Stoops, "Career and Technical Education: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century Economy Isn't Rocket Science", John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 361, November 18, 2008, http://johnlocke.org/research/ show/spotlights/212

Child Care and Early Childhood Education

• "Early Childhood Programs," Carolina Journal, http:// www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/series.html?id=7

Education Lottery

• Joseph Coletti, "Eastern NC's Lottery Bug: Counties with Higher Taxes and Unemployment Play More," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 316, http://www. johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/165
• Terry Stoops, "A Lottery That Helps Students: How Lottery Proceeds Should Be Spent for Education," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 280, http:// www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/127
• Dr. Roy Cordato, "Easley's Lottery Myths: Potential Revenue, Losses to Other States Inflated," John Locke Foundation Spotlight, February 21, 2001, http://www. johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/37

Job Training

• Jon Sanders, "Job Training That Works: Public Programs Stagnate, While Private and Charitable Training Excels," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 344, February 28, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/ show/spotlights/194

Higher Education

• Jay Schalin, "State Investment in Universities: Rethinking the Impact on Economic Growth," May 1, 2010, http://www.popecenter.org/inquiry_papers/article. html?id=2366
• Max Borders, "The UNC School of the Arts: Should It Be Self-Supporting?" December 1, 2009, http://www.popecenter.org/inquiry_papers/article. html?id=2266
• Bob Martin, "The Revenue-to-Cost Spiral in Higher Education," June 30, 2009, http://www.popecenter. org/inquiry_papers/article.html?id=2196
• Donald Downs, "Academic Freedom: What It Is, What It Isn't, and How to Tell the Difference," April 27, 2009, http://www.popecenter.org/inquiry_papers/article. html?id=2164
• Jay Schalin, "Opening Up the Classroom," June 29, 2008, http://www.popecenter.org/inquiry_papers/article. html?id=2042
• George Cunningham, "UNC Education Schools: Helping or Hindering Potential Teachers?", January 8, 2008, http://www.popecenter.org/inquiry_papers/article. html?id=1949

Economic Development

• Joseph Coletti and Jacob Burgdorf, "Not the Best of Both Worlds: Tax Credit Will Not Save Movies But Will Lose Money," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 376, July 22, 2009, http://www.johnlocke.org/spotlights/ display_story.html?id=227
• Joseph Coletti, "Debt is Debt: Taxpayers on Hook for TIFs Despite Rhetoric," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 337, November 19, 2007, http://www. johnlocke.org/spotlights/display_story.html?id=187
• John Hood, "The Best Incentives: Targeted Policies Fail While Tax Rates, Services Matter," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 239, December 8, 2003, http://www.johnlocke.org/spotlights/display_story. html?id=81
• Roy Cordato, "Socialism for Capitalists: New Incentives Won’t Aid North Carolina Economy," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 222, August 5, 2002, http://www.johnlocke.org/spotlights/display_story. html?id=66

Regulatory Reform

• Daren Bakst, "Regulating the Regulators: Seven Reforms for Sensible Regulatory Policy in North Carolina," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, February 23, 2010, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/ policy%20reports/207

Eminent Domain

• Dr. Michael Sanera and Katie Bethune, "The Anaheim Solution: How N.C. Cities Can RedevelopWithout Using Incentives or Eminent Domain," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 341, Jan 31, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/191
• Daren Bakst, "Eminent Domain in N.C.: The Case for Real Reform," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, May 3, 2007, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/ show/policy%20reports/85
• Daren Bakst, "Riding the Eminent Domain Rail: Triangle Transit Authority Is N.C.'s Case Study in Eminent Domain Abuse," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 296, September 22, 2006, http://www. johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/143
• Daren Bakst, "Your Home Is Their Castle: Ten Simple Ways Government Can Abuse Eminent Domain," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 288, May 24, 2006, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/ 135
• Daren Bakst, "A Model Amendment: Protecting North Carolinians’ Property Rights," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 275, January 6, 2006, http:// www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/122
• Daren Bakst, "Property Rights After Kelo: North Carolina Needs a New Constitutional Amendment," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 267, October 17, 2005, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/ 114

Forced Annexation

• Daren Bakst, "Meaningful Annexation Reform: Getting Through the Smoke and Mirrors," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 384, March 19, 2010, http:// www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/235
• Daren Bakst, "Meaningful Services and Proper Oversight: Two Common-Sense Annexation Reforms," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 368, February 12, 2009, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/ 219
• Daren Bakst, "Forced Annexation in N.C.: A Question- and-Answer Guide," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 366, January 22, 2009, http://www. johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/217
• Daren Bakst, "Ten Myths of the Annexation Process: The truth is, N.C.'s Annexation Law Lets Municipalities Run Wild," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 353, June 23, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/ show/spotlights/204
• Daren Bakst, "Flawed and Undemocratic: Forced Annexation Is Good for Municipal Leaders, But Bad for the Public," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 323, July 13, 2007, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/ show/spotlights/172
• Daren Bakst, "A Blueprint for Annexation Reform," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 366, December 16, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/ 214

Energy Policy

• Daren Bakst, "Wind Power and the Ridge Law: N.C. Legislature Should Stop Providing Special Treatment for Wind Power," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 377, August 24, 2009, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/ show/spotlights/228
• Daren Bakst, "Energy Behavior Modification: The Failure and Arrogance of Centrally Planned Energy- Efficiency Programs," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 357, August 21, 2008, http://www.johnlocke. org/research/show/spotlights/208
• Daren Bakst and Geoffrey Lawrence, "Low-Cost Energy: Critical for the Economy and Our Way of Life," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 346, May 13, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/ 196
• Daren Bakst, "A Wind Power Primer: Emission Reduction Negligible for Land-Intensive, Unreliable, Noisy, Ugly Bird-Killing Turbines," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 345, March 20, 2008, http:// www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/195
• Daren Bakst, "Taxes, Subsidies, and Regulation: A Guide to North Carolina's Proposed Global Warming Policies," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, February 27, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/ policy%20reports/147
• Daren Bakst, "Electric Shock: North Carolinians Would Be Required to Pay for Electricity in Other States," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 329, August 8, 2007, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/ spotlights/178
• Daren Bakst, "Renewable Energy At All Costs: Legislation Ignores the Will of the Public and Would Have Unintended Consequences," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 325, June 6, 2007, http://www.johnlocke. org/research/show/spotlights/174
• Daren Bakst, "Consumer Protection Blackout: Why the Public Staff Should Be Reformed," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 312, March 6, 2007, http:// www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/161
• Daren Bakst, "Smokes, Booze ... and Electricity? A New Sin Tax on Electricity Could Be on Its Way," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 301, http://www. johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/148

Climate Change

• Roy Cordato and Kamen Nikolaev, "The Clean Smokestacks Bill: A Retrospective," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 383, March 5, 2010, http:// www.johnlocke.org/spotlights/display_story.html?id=234
• David G. Tuerck, Michael Head, and Paul Bachman, "The Economic Impact of North Carolina's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard," Beacon Hill Institute Policy Study, August 3, 2009, http://www.johnlocke.org/policy_reports/ display_story.html?id=202
• Roy Cordato, "Sustainable Growth: Principles and Policies," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, May 15, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/policy_reports/ display_story.html?id=170
• David G. Tuerck, Paul Bachman, Alfonso Sanchez- Penalver, and Michael Head, "The Economics of Climate Change Legislation in North Carolina," Beacon Hill Institute Policy Study, May 5, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/policy_reports/display_story. html?id=169
• Daren Bakst, "Taxes, Subsidies, and Regulation: A Guide to North Carolina's Proposed Global Warming Policies," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, February 27, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/policy_ reports/display_story.html?id=147
• Joel Schwartz, "A North Carolina Citizen's Guide to Global Warming," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, July 25, 2007, http://www.johnlocke.org/policy_ reports/display_story.html?id=86
• Roy Cordato, "New Global Warming Taxes? Disguised Taxes Would Be All Cost, No Possible Benefit for North Carolinians," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 322, June 6, 2007, http://www.johnlocke.org/ spotlights/display_story.html?id=171
• Roy Cordato, "The Science Is Settled: North Carolina Can Have No Impact on Climate Change," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 304, December 10, 2006, http://www.johnlocke.org/spotlights/display_story. html?id=151
• Robert C. Balling, Jr., "Breaking the 'Hockey Stick': Global Warming's Latest Brawl," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 281, March 1, 2006, http:// www.johnlocke.org/spotlights/display_story.html?id=128
• Roy Cordato, "State Can't Change the Weather: Even Global CO2 Reductions Have Little Impact," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 277, January 18, 2006, http://www.johnlocke.org/spotlights/display_story. html?id=124
• Roy Cordato, "Global Warming Policy: NC Should Do Nothing" John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 253, April 12, 2005, http://www.johnlocke.org/ spotlights/display_story.html?id=100

Water and Drought

• Daren Bakst, "Private Well Regulation: A Real Possibility for North Carolinians," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 360, October 1, 2008, http://johnlocke. org/research/show/spotlights/211
• Joseph Coletti, "Drought-Resistant Water: Variable Prices Can Work Better Than Mandatory Restrictions," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 338, December 3, 2007, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/ spotlights/188

Health Care Reform

• Daren Bakst, "Politics vs. The Health Care Lawsuit: N.C. Attorney General's Decision Is Not Supported by a Proper Legal Analysis," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 387, April 22, 2010, http://johnlocke. org/research/show/spotlights/238
• Michael D. Tanner, "Bad Medicine: A Guide to the Real Costs and Consequences of the New Health Care Law," Cato Institute, July 10, 2010, http://www.cato. org/pubs/wtpapers/BadMedicineWP.pdf

Medicaid and Health Choice

• Joseph Coletti, "Long-Term Care Financing in North Carolina: Good Intentions, Ambitious Efforts, Unintended Consequences," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, January 21, 2008, http://johnlocke.org/research/ show/policy%20reports/145

Mental Health

• Joseph Coletti, "Mental Health Reform: Steps Toward Improvement," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, October 15, 2008, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/ policy%20reports/185
• Joseph Coletti, "Jail Diversion Programs: A Step Toward Better Mental Health Reform," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 343, February 26, 2008, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/193
• Joseph Coletti, "Reform the Reform: How Mental Health Reform Went Wrong and What Lies Ahead," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 327, July 18, 2007, http://johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/176

Public Transit

• Randal O'Toole, "Why North Carolina Should Not Build High-Speed Rail," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, June 25, 2009, http://www.johnlocke. org/policy_reports/display_story.html?id=199
• David T. Hartgen, "Charlotte's LYNX Line: A Preliminary Assessment," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, October 6, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/ policy_reports/display_story.html?id=177
• Michael Sanera and Joe Coletti, "Charlotte's Transit Tax: A Costly Distraction from the City's True Transit Needs," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 315, March 15, 2007, http://www.johnlocke.org/spotlights/ display_story.html?id=164
• Daren Bakst, "Riding the Eminent Domain Rail: Triangle Transit Authority Is N.C.'s Case Study in Eminent Domain Abuse," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 296, September 22, 2006, http://www. johnlocke.org/spotlights/display_story.html?id=143
• David T. Hartgen, "Policy versus Performance: Directions for North Carolina's Largest Transit Systems," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, March 24, 2006, http://www.johnlocke.org/policy_reports/display_ story.html?id=71

Highways and Interstates

• David T. Hartgen, "Distributing Transportation Funds: N.C. Needs a Better Project Selection System to Make Better Use of Scarce Resources," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 385, April 6, 2010, http:// www.johnlocke.org/spotlights/display_story.html?id=236
• David T. Hartgen, Ravi K. Karanam, and M. Gregory Fields, "18th Annual Highway Report," Reason Foundation, December 17, 2009, http://reason.org/news/ show/18th-annual-highway-report
• Daren Bakst, "No, Fix the Roads First: How N.C. Has Taken Transportation Out of Transportation Policy," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 335, October 18, 2007, http://www.johnlocke.org/spotlights/display_ story.html?id=185
• Christopher Goff, "Conquering Traffic Congestion in the Capital City: More Effective Solutions Than Light Rail," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, August 15, 2006, http://www.johnlocke.org/policy_reports/display_ story.html?id=74
• David T. Hartgen, "Traffic Congestion in North Carolina: Status, Prospects, and Solutions," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, March 19, 2007, http:// www.johnlocke.org/site-docs/traffic

Privatization

• Leonard Gilroy, "Local Government Privatization 101," Reason Foundation Policy Brief 89, March 16, 2010, http://reason.org/news/show/local-governmentprivatization- 101
• Leonard Gilroy, "Annual Privatization Report 2009," Reason Foundation, August 6, 2009, http://reason. org/news/show/1008128.html

TIF Reform

• Daren Bakst and Joseph Coletti, "Common-Sense TIF Reforms: Ways to Avoid Randy Parton Theatre-Like Debacles and Other Disasters," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 350, May 28, 2008, http://johnlocke. org/research/show/spotlights/200
• Joseph Coletti, "Debt Is Debt: Taxpayers on Hook for TIFs Despite Rhetoric," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 337, November 19, 2007, http://johnlocke. org/research/show/spotlights/187

Crime and Punishment

• American Legislative Exchange Council, "A Plan to Reduce Prison Overcrowding and Violent Crime: Conditional Post-Conviction Release Bond Act," The State Factor, 2007, http://www.alec.org/am/pdf/ALECstate- factor-bail.pdf
• Joseph Coletti, "Jail Diversion Programs: A Step Toward Better Mental Health Reform," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 343, February 26, 2008, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/193

Taxpayer Financing of Campaigns

• Daren Bakst, "Taxpayer Financing of N.C. Elections: Clearly Unconstitutional after the Supreme Court Decision in Davis v. FEC," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 365, January 14, 2009, http://www.johnlocke. org/research/show/spotlights/216
• Daren Bakst, "Political Welfare: Why Taxpayer- Funded Campaigns Are Bad for Taxpayers and Democracy," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, April 27, 2006, http://www.johnlocke.org/research/show/ policy%20reports/69

ABC Reform

• Geoffrey Segal and Geoffrey Underwood, "Divesting the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board," Testimony to Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee, April 18, 2007, http://reason.org/files/ 7f7554148c4ea620727a4243e7d49020.pdf

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