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Bob Luebke Senior Policy Analyst bob.luebke@ nccivitas.org 919-834-2099 The 2007-2008 legislative sessions were marked by strong but uneven growth in appropriations for the ... Keep Reading

Max Borders Policy Analyst max.borders@ nccivitas.org 919-834-2099 The recently completed two-year budget cycle (2007-08) was marked by legislation that will make energy more ... Keep Reading

Frustrated with federal inaction, a growing number of states and localities are discovering that, as sovereign entities, they already possess the authority to enforce U.S. ... Keep Reading

Health Care Trends In North Carolina Since 2001 When it comes to the health care debate in North Carolina, four issues typically come to the forefront: affordability, access, ... Keep Reading

Previously, the Civitas Institute explored the myth that new voters were going to overrun polling places and dramatically shift the political landscape in North Carolina. Now we ... Keep Reading

While South Carolina, Arizona, and Oklahoma enacted comprehensive immigration reform during the 2007-08 biennium, the General Assembly passed piecemeal legislation that did little ... Keep Reading

Improving K-12 public education was one of lawmakers’ top priorities for the 2007-2008 legislative sessions. In spite of boosting education appropriations, expanding selected ... Keep Reading

A continued spending binge, tax and fee increases and a lack of accountability to taxpayers all dominated the recently completed two-year budget cycle. The following brief summary ... Keep Reading

The North Carolina General Assembly was busy in the 2007-2008 biennium. But all that work can get buried in legalese. So the Civitas Institute policy staff has put together a ... Keep Reading

What your Legislature did and didn't do in the 2007-2008 biennial session The North Carolina General Assembly was busy in the 2007-2008 biennium. But all that work can get ... Keep Reading