“I always want my students to start with facts, and the fact is Thom Tillis is terrible for education in North Carolina." That's the beginning of a pointed TV ad featuring ... Keep Reading
Issues
Civitas Poll Reveals Views of Unaffiliated Voters
Civitas’ annual poll of unaffiliated North Carolina voters provides insights into the views of this key voting bloc as the state heads into the election season. This poll of 400 ... Keep Reading
Common Core: While You Were Away
Welcome back! I trust everyone had a good summer. We all need breaks and I hope you had a chance to unplug. You say that you were following Common Core until school let out. And ... Keep Reading
Soros-Backed Group Appeals Court Ruling Upholding Election Reform
The Advancement Project, in a press release dated August 21, announced that the North Carolina NAACP was appealing U.S. District Judge Thomas D. Schroeder's decision earlier this ... Keep Reading
Political Playground: Catawba Schools Boost Candidate’s Campaign
Pat Hensley bristles at being called a politician, and until her June retirement she held a supposedly nonpartisan position as Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources for ... Keep Reading
Did Shorter Early-Voting Hours Result in Long Voting Lines?
The State Board of Elections will meet this Thursday at 1 p.m. The SBOE is meeting to appoint new county board of elections members. They will also determine whether the local ... Keep Reading
Blueprint NC’s Role in VIVA Lawsuit
A parade of witnesses came to testify against North Carolina’s new voting reforms – but a look at their backgrounds shows they all have ties to the radical liberal network of ... Keep Reading
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
