This article was originally published in the Fayetteville Observer. It is ironic that the same good police work that led to the arrest of Cesar Laurean in Mexico would be ... Keep Reading
North Carolina Needs Fetal Homicide Law
An abridged version of this article first appeared in the January 24, 2008, issue of the Raleigh News & Observer. Adding another bizarre twist to the death of Marine Lance ... Keep Reading
Debating Illegal Immigration at UNC
Editor’s Note: The following remarks are taken from a debate between Jameson Taylor and Jim Johnson that took place during the November 2007 Conference on Public ... Keep Reading
Illegal Immigration: Drugs, Gangs and Crime
“Not all illegal aliens are crossing into the United States to find work. Law enforcement officials indicate that there are individuals coming across the border who are forced to ... Keep Reading
Government Health Insurance Crowding Out Private Insurance
What is Crowd Out? Crowd out refers to a phenomenon in which government expenditures or programs crowd out private initiatives. In the case of healthcare, we find that ... Keep Reading
2007 Session: Healthcare Recap
The Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) budget was $4.6 billion for FY2008 and $5.1 billion for FY2009. The DHHS budget thus increased by some $400 million over the ... Keep Reading
Illegal Immigration: Legislation that Passed and What Could Have Been
With the U.S. Congress, as well as the Bush administration, having failed to pass an immigration reform bill in 2007, many states took it upon themselves to pass legislation ... Keep Reading
Baby Steps Toward Universal Healthcare . . . NC Health Choice and NC Kids’ Care
The good news in both the Senate and House budgets is that the expansion of NC Health Choice is again limited to 6 percent a year. The bad news is that legislators want to create a ... Keep Reading
Funding Illegal Immigration: The House Budget
Months of Civitas DecisionMaker polling has established that a majority of North Carolina voters oppose illegal immigration. For similar reasons, a majority of voters oppose any ... Keep Reading
Sexual Predators in North Carolina: Facts and Figures
Did You Know That … ? 10,014 registered sex offenders live in North Carolina • Of these, 100 are lifetime registrants; • 47 are ... Keep Reading
