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Issues
Civitas President Explains Need for Voter Photo ID
With the General Assembly considering legislation requiring voters to show photo identification to vote, a House panel recently heard from experts on the issue. Among those ... Keep Reading
Missing Connection: WRAL and Blueprint NC, $1.7 million in support
When reporting on Blueprint NC’s leaked documents, WRAL was all over the story, with one exception: It somehow failed to mention in any of its stories that the owners of the ... Keep Reading
Elections Bureaucrats Ran Amok
By now you may have heard about the letter Civitas received from a law firm on behalf of the NC NAACP. As part of its lawsuit against North Carolina's new voter ID law they sent us ... Keep Reading
Pre-K Programs Deserve Skeptical Look
It’s time for North Carolina and federal leaders to develop healthy skepticism about large-scale government-run pre-kindergarten education in schools – because there’s mounting ... Keep Reading
Critics of Tax Modernization Plan Need to Explain Flaws in Data
Critics of Tax Modernization Plan Need to Explain Flaws in Data Reporters, legislators, analysts and the public should all be advised to be leery of the statistics in a new ... Keep Reading
Lobbyist Bob Hall and Gary Bartlett Planned Attack on Republican Legislature
By now you may have heard about the letter Civitas received from a law firm on behalf of the NC NAACP. As part of its lawsuit against North Carolina's new voter ID law they sent us ... Keep Reading
NC SBE – Who is really in charge and who do they work for?
By now you may have heard about the letter Civitas received from a law firm on behalf of the NC NAACP. As part of its lawsuit against North Carolina's new voter ID law they sent us ... 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
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