Patient, Doctor, and Government – Who Decides? How will the newly enacted health care legislation’s emphasis on comparative effectiveness research (CER) affect ... Keep Reading
Fiscal Policy
20 Changes For 2010: Protecting Private Property
Articles in This Series: The next two recommendations in the Civitas Institute 2010 Agenda: “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform” focus on reforming ... Keep Reading
Conservative Group Says Three Triad Projects Waste Stimulus Money
News coverage of Brian Balfour's article: Hot Flashes, Dead Bugs, and Cocaine for Monkeys: The 10 Worst Federal Stimulus Projects in North Carolina ... Keep Reading
20 Changes For 2010: Fiscal Responsibility
Articles in This Series: The next three recommendations in the Civitas Institute Agenda “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform” focus on policies to ... Keep Reading
Hot Flashes, Dead Bugs, and Cocaine for Monkeys: The 10 Worst Federal Stimulus Projects in North Carolina
If you appreciate the work of the Civitas Institute, please consider a donation. Prior to signing his federal “stimulus” bill in early 2009, President Obama warned, ... Keep Reading
Ten Recommendations For North Carolina’s Budget Reform and Advisory Commission (BRAC)
In January of 2009, Gov. Bev Perdue issued Executive Order #5 to establish the North Carolina Budget Reform and Advisory Commission (BRAC). BRAC was established, in part, to ensure ... Keep Reading
20 Changes For 2010: Health Care
Articles in This Series: Recommendations 3 and 4 from the Civitas Institute Agenda “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform,” focus on how North Carolina can ... Keep Reading
20 Changes For 2010: Jobs
Articles in This Series: The first two recommendations in the Civitas Institute 2010 Agenda: “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform” focus on policies that ... Keep Reading
Raleigh, Wake County Taxpayers Denied Vote on New Debt, Will Pay Millions More
In spite of an already alarming level of debt, Raleigh and Wake County council members continue to max out the taxpayers’ credit card without even asking first for ... Keep Reading
Unemployment Continues to Increase, Government Agenda Unaffected
The economy, and jobs, was the centerpiece of President Obama’s State of the Union address last week, unfortunately not in the way many would have hoped. A near unanimous ... Keep Reading
