In the final days of September, protests in Raleigh turned destructive as downtown businesses and government buildings suffered multiple nights of window-breaking and property ... Keep Reading
Miscellaneous Issues
Murder most foul; Justice denied
By Paul "Skip" Stam May I introduce you to some of the first-degree murderers who had their death sentences indefinitely postponed by our state Supreme Court on June 5. All of ... Keep Reading
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What’s happening in the legislative session that never ends
It has not been the typical legislative session. Three months into the new fiscal year, North Carolina still doesn’t have a state budget. What it does have is a budget stalemate. ... Keep Reading
Facing the opioid crisis: Medicaid expansion won’t save us
By Chris West, Civitas Communications Fellow Many assume that the opioid crisis is either caused by or solved through government intervention into the healthcare market ... Keep Reading
No, students would not be covered under Medicaid expansion
Medicaid expansion was the third-highest policy priority for last week’s NCAE teacher strike. Despite misleading rhetoric from the NCAE, no children would be newly eligible for ... Keep Reading
North Carolina: pro-life or pro-choice?
The March 2019 Civitas Poll found that half of North Carolinians identify as pro-life, while 40 percent identify as pro-choice A closer look at the details, however, reveals the ... Keep Reading
Civitas Calls on Progressives to Reject NC Policy Watch’s Religious Intolerance
RALEIGH, N.C. — Yesterday, Civitas Institute published an article exposing the abrasive and disturbing anti-Catholic sentiment expressed in an article published by NC Policy ... Keep Reading
North Carolina Progressives Must Disavow Bigoted Hate Speech
Left-wing group with ties to Z. Smith Reynolds and James Goodman promotes anti-Catholic attack on Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh Last fall, a Drudge ... Keep Reading
General Assembly Tries to Resolve Details of Constitutional Amendment Ballot Questions
-Leah Byers Yesterday, the General Assembly convened a special session to make changes to the process by which constitutional amendments appear on the ballot. During ... Keep Reading