The charts in the link below provide an assortment of information on each of the legislative contests. They include the districts where election outcomes have already been decided ... Keep Reading
Issues
What Are Common Core Defenders Afraid to Say?
Earlier this month the News & Observer ran three opinion pieces on Common Core State Standards. Find them here, here and here. The authors are respected and accomplished ... Keep Reading
McCrory Focuses on Teacher Pay, Avoids Tax Increases in Budget Adjustments
McCrory Focuses on Teacher Pay, Avoids Tax Increases in Budget Adjustments North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory yesterday unveiled his recommended budget adjustments for the 2014-15 ... Keep Reading
Top 5 in ’14: What The Legislature Should Be Doing This Session
The state legislature is back in session this week. The consensus around th e state capital is that this year’s “short session” will live up to its name. But just because ... Keep Reading
Real Justice: Keeping What You Earn
With April 15 behind us, North Carolina taxpayers can look forward to a new era, because 2013 will be the final year of the state’s “progressive” income tax. Good riddance! For ... Keep Reading
The N&O’s “Budget Disaster” Narrative Highly Misleading
The N&O and their progressive allies have been going to great lengths to make hay over the recently reported projections of a $455 million shortfall of state budget revenue ... Keep Reading
DC GOP Establishment Flops in NC
In a race that saw big outside money spent by “independent groups,” the Washington establishment suffered a defeat. I am not talking about the GOP primary for the U.S. Senate race ... Keep Reading
NC Supreme Court Hears Racial Justice Act Cases and Now We wait Again
North Carolina’s Supreme Court justices heard two oral arguments several weeks ago about two separate Racial Justice Act cases. Lawyers representing four death-row inmates whose ... Keep Reading
NC Supreme Court Race Displays Blowback from Voting Changes
A race for the state Supreme Court is highlighting how changes in judicial elections may come back to bite the Democratic Party and the high court justice who once benefited from ... Keep Reading
Racist Roots: Progressives Sought White Supremacy in 1898
Editor's Note: In our Spring 2014 Civitas Review magazine, Civitas' Susan Myrick looked back at a dark chapter in North Carolina history -- the "White Supremacy" campaign of 1898. ... Keep Reading
