The closing arguments in North Carolina’s initial Racial Justice Act (RJA) concluded a few weeks ago in Fayetteville, and the public will be waiting for another one or two months ... Keep Reading
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Raleigh Store Owner Battles Bureaucrats
Every day I drive past a gas station and convenience store, the Grocery Boy Junior on Lake Wheeler Road in Raleigh. A few weeks ago, while fueling up there and muttering about high ... Keep Reading
Education Savings Accounts Can Give NC Families More School Choices
Public opinion polls clearly show that North Carolina parents want expanded educational opportunities for their children. Combine that with the growing influence of school choice ... Keep Reading
Growth Patterns Show Danger Of Income Tax
The article originally appeared in the Durham Herald Sun. Why do you work? When reading that question, any one of several answers likely jumped into your mind. But one answer ... Keep Reading
Will Republicans Become a Lasting Majority in North Carolina?
As the rest of the South moved solidly Republican in recent decades, North Carolina held out, remaining reliably Democratic at the state and local level except for brief fits and ... Keep Reading
Civitas Probe Shows Late Voter Registration Weakens NC’s Already Shaky Election System
A new Civitas Institute study has confirmed what critics have been saying for years: North Carolina’s Same Day and Last-Minute Voter Registration processes are seriously ... Keep Reading
Voter Education? Or Indoctrination?
Opening an email sent by the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce I saw something that caught my eye. The subject was "League of Women Voters to Provide Voter Education Training." What ... Keep Reading
5 Principles to Cut Through the Noise on Tax Reform
The need to reform North Carolina’s tax structure is urgent. Our state’s economy continues to struggle, suffering from a 9.7 unemployment rate – fifth highest in the nation. Job ... Keep Reading
Taxes Really Do Matter: Look at the States
The Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics at the Texas Public Policy Foundation has joined the Civitas Institute to publish a recent analysis of income taxes at the state level. ... Keep Reading
School Choice Criticism Wilts Under Close Review
A recent poll of North Carolinians by the Civitas Institute and the Friedman Foundation reported that if given a choice of where to educate their child, only 34 percent of ... Keep Reading
