Republican sponsors of the “Carolina Cares” legislation claim that the program is mischaracterized as Medicaid expansion. While Carolina Cares has some differences from the ... Keep Reading
How Public Schools Fit into “School Choice”
Traditional public schools educate around 80 percent of K-12 students in North Carolina. Expanding choice incentivizes traditional public schools to be more in touch with parent ... Keep Reading
The School Choice Waiting List Crisis
Editor's Note: A previous version of this article cited an outdated estimate of the Opportunity Scholarship waitlist total. The current total is now used for the overall waitlist ... Keep Reading
Everything You Need to Know about the 2019 Legislative Session
January 9th was the first day of the 2019-2020 legislative session. As lawmakers gather in Raleigh, what can we expect from the General Assembly this year? The Rules of the ... Keep Reading
State Health Plan Debate Shines Light on Medicaid Expansion
Ongoing debate around State Health Plan pricing exposes flaws in argument for Medicaid expansion. Medicaid expansion would perpetuate the imbalance in the healthcare system by ... Keep Reading
What We Know About NC09 – and What We Should’ve Seen Coming.
Allegations of vote harvesting and potential tampering in the 9th Congressional District have thrown the election's results into question. Evidence suggests that these ... Keep Reading
Amendment Fault Lines: Which Counties Nixed All Six?
Seven North Carolina counties supported all of the proposed constitutional amendments, while eight counties voted against all six. North Carolina voters have nuanced policy ... Keep Reading
Pipelines, Permits, and Cooper’s Slush Fund: What’s Really Going On?
This week, the Joint Legislative Commission on Government Operations Subcommittee on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline met to discuss updates – or lack thereof – from the governor’s ... Keep Reading
Civitas Partisan Index – State Legislative Election Results
The Civitas Partisan Index provides a snapshot of past voter behavior in state legislative districts. In this November’s midterm election, CPI was 90 percent accurate in ... Keep Reading
What’s next for NC Voter ID?
North Carolinians clearly showed that they want to protect election integrity through a photographic voter ID requirement. The implementation of voter ID is critical to ensuring ... Keep Reading
