The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in the 2014-15 NC Budget. News accounts of the recently-passed $21.1 billion General Fund budget focus primarily on the teacher pay raise ... Keep Reading
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How Teachers Can Get a $450 Raise
As part of a campaign to inform employees and union workers of their rights, the Civitas Institute will be educating North Carolina teachers and other school employees about how ... Keep Reading
New Civitas Poll: Tillis Rebounds Against Hagan
The latest Civitas Institute Poll shows that House Speaker Thom Tillis has edged back into the lead in a head-to-head matchup with Sen. Kay Hagan in the U.S. Senate race. When ... Keep Reading
Time to Slow Down the Runaway Solar Train
Trains are notoriously hard to slow down – even when we need them to. North Carolina’s solar subsidies, some of the most generous in the nation, are sort of like a runaway train ... Keep Reading
How to Reboot the Constitution
It is clear to any observer that the Federal government has grown to an untenable size, and that it has become increasingly more abusive of its powers. Something clearly needs to ... Keep Reading
Barber’s ‘Morality’ Based on Government Violence
Recent comments from Rev. William Barber, self-appointed spokesman for the "Moral Monday" protests and leader of the NC state chapter of the NAACP, confirm that his vision for ... Keep Reading
Drivers Test? Democracy NC Flunks
A recent blog post published by a liberal organization outlines the experiences of two students who sought to acquire free state-issued voter photo IDs from the NC DMV. Alyssa ... Keep Reading
Voter ID Laws Won’t Disenfranchise College Students
As a federal court case regarding election reform laws passed by North Carolina legislators in 2013 has become a major national news item, we await a judge’s ruling in the ... Keep Reading
How Big a Burden Is Registering to Vote?
The left has been howling about how the new voter reform law will discriminate against minority and young voters. Being a politically active college student myself, I decided to ... Keep Reading
AP Courses Rewrite American History
As students head back to high school this fall, they and their parents will quickly discover that much of traditional American history taught in Advanced Placement (AP) courses for ... Keep Reading
