Issues

There were very few surprises during this summer’s three-week federal court hearing to decide the fate of election reform legislation that was passed in 2013 and implemented in ... Keep Reading

Sixty-plus days past a July 1st deadline and North Carolina still has no state budget. One issue that many think is prolonging the current stalemate is what to do about teacher ... Keep Reading

On Friday, August 28, the Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) filed suit against the City of Belmont, North Carolina, alleging violations of state public records ... Keep Reading

This series, entitled “Cut This, Go Home,” includes several budget items that should no longer receive taxpayer funding because they fall well outside the legitimate, core ... Keep Reading

Recommendations for the 2015 Budget Negotiations As budget negotiations for the long-overdue 2015 North Carolina state budget continue, the Civitas Institute would like to ... Keep Reading

By Garland Tucker and Francis De Luca North Carolina taxpayers are about to get stuck with a big bill – if the General Assembly continues the state’s “Renewable Energy Portfolio ... Keep Reading

A new Civitas Poll of registered, unaffiliated North Carolina voters shows that an overwhelming majority of North Carolina Unaffiliated voters support an amendment to the North ... Keep Reading

The hearing that will determine the fate of North Carolina’s election reform law wrapped up Aug. 7. Groups that included the NC NAACP and the League of Women Voters of NC, ­joined ... Keep Reading

Many of the controversies roiling public education are traceable to a system that assigns students to schools based on where they live. One North Carolina community that is working ... Keep Reading