Crimes Before & After N.C.’s Jessica’s Law (HB 933) Crimes in red are punished under the Florida Jessica’s Law with a mandatory minimum of 25 years ... Keep Reading
Articles
Higher Ed in NC: Are Taxpayers Getting A Fair Return?
We’ve heard the assertion a thousand times: higher education IS the engine of economic growth. An educated population IS the foundation on which to build the knowledge ... Keep Reading
2008 Senate Budget Summary
The 2008 Senate Budget proposal adds well over half a billion dollars in new state debt - without any taxpayer oversight - while increasing spending by 13.2 percent in just two ... Keep Reading
Community Colleges and Illegal Immigration
Sorting Fact from Fiction An abridged version of this op-ed ran in the Greensboro News & Record According to Civitas’ most recent DecisionMaker Poll, 68 percent of ... Keep Reading
2008 Earmark “Wish List” For NC House Tops $646 Million
In recent years, much attention and scrutiny has been placed on the use of “earmarks” in the Federal budget. The federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) describes ... Keep Reading
Review of the House JPS Budget
Highlights of the House Justice & Public Safety Budget Total General Fund budget of $2.09 billion; nearly half is dedicated to prisons. Increase of 1.6 percent over ... Keep Reading
Let’s Not Forget Life
Does being pro-life matter anymore? After all, a pro-life agenda has almost no chance of passing this session. And, if things don’t change, pro-life legislation will continue ... Keep Reading
NC Senate Introduces More Than $500 million in Earmarks in 2008
In recent years, much attention and scrutiny has been placed on the use of “earmarks” in the Federal budget. The federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) describes ... Keep Reading
2008 Budget Rule Violations
General Assembly Again Proves Need for Public Accountability In 2007, the Civitas Institute reported that the General Assembly repeatedly broke its own legislative rules, adding ... Keep Reading
Fact Sheet on Community Corrections
While the bulk of the money spent by the State on corrections is for the incarceration of prisoners, three-quarters of convicted offenders each year are returned to the community ... Keep Reading
