North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, at least in the current political climate, is well positioned for reelection in 2020. However, a potential vulnerable policy area that is constantly ... Keep Reading
Liberty
23 trillion reasons to question any loyalty to either political party
Here is the federal debt clock. Twenty-two trillion-plus and rising is the current federal debt. Government spending is in the news again because of a recent agreement reached by ... Keep Reading
A cure worse than the disease: Internet speech regulations hurt more than they help
By Matt Nese and Donald Bryson Would elections be more secure if it was harder for Americans to speak about them? That bizarre proposition has been put into legislation in North ... Keep Reading
Cooper’s infanticide veto: Babies lose, Planned Parenthood wins
When vetoing the Born Alive Infant Survivors Protection Act, Gov. Roy Cooper largely echoed rhetoric from Planned Parenthood regarding the bill. NC Democrats seem irrevocably ... Keep Reading
Medicaid: A playground for scammers and fraud
10 percent of Medicaid payments are lost to fraud or incompetence Medicaid expansion will likely exacerbate fraud in the program Taxpayers should be leery of ... Keep Reading
Newspaper: Medicaid Expansion Could be Big Battle of 2019
North Carolina may be gearing up for a big battle on Medicaid expansion in 2019. While Civitas is more than ready to point out the many fallacies on entitlement expansion, and we ... Keep Reading
Pipelines, Permits, and Cooper’s Slush Fund: What’s Really Going On?
This week, the Joint Legislative Commission on Government Operations Subcommittee on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline met to discuss updates – or lack thereof – from the governor’s ... Keep Reading
Kavanaugh as a Supreme Choice
This article first appeared in the August print issue of NC Capitol Connection. By E. Gregory Wallace The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be the next Supreme Court justice ... Keep Reading
