Among the biggest challenges Gov. Perdue faces is improving North Carolina’s education system. Lowering North Carolina’s dropout rate will be one of the new ... Keep Reading
Issues
Recommendation #6: Freeze State Land Purchases and Sell Underused State Land
Closing The Budget Gap Introduction Dissolve Golden Leaf Eliminate New Pork Spending Freeze New Capital Projects; Refrain From Issuing New Debt Transfer ... Keep Reading
Public Education: Five Big Myths
Improving public education in North Carolina is a topic that usually generates more heat than light. One of the reasons is that much of the discussion is dominated by long-held ... Keep Reading
Recommendation #4 – Transfer the Balance of the Voter-Owned Elections Fund
Closing The Budget Gap Introduction Dissolve Golden Leaf Eliminate New Pork Spending Freeze New Capital Projects; Refrain From Issuing New Debt Transfer ... Keep Reading
NC Governor Race, Why Obama Likes NC, and our Female Council
John Davis explains why the NC governor race turned out like it did, why Obama liked North Carolina, and N.C.'s all female Council of State. ... Keep Reading
Young Voters Still Absent in Early Voting
Young Voter Myth Still a Myth Since the 1972 election, after the adoption of the 26th Amendment lowering the voting age to 18, we regularly hear that this will be the year that ... Keep Reading
How Do I Judge the Judges?
(Or how the heck do I decide whom to vote for?) One of the questions I have repeatedly received from across the state is “who are the conservative candidates for ... Keep Reading
The Rise of the Unaffiliated Voter
Unaffiliated voters are registering in record numbers, rivaling Democrats in their weekly increase in registration. There are 1.3 million unaffiliated voters – 22 percent of ... Keep Reading
Can Obama Win N.C.?
The simplest, most straightforward analysis possible It’s the question every political pundit or newspaper columnist has written or commented on. Everyone has a theory ... Keep Reading
Transportation: Traffic Jams, Roads Crumble, Reform Stalls
Max Borders Policy Analyst max.borders@ nccivitas.org 919-834-2099 The recently completed two-year budget cycle (2007-08) saw very little in the way of transportation reform. ... Keep Reading
