Legal Brief Emphasizes Success of Right-to-Work Laws in States like NC On Friday, September 11, the Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom joined several other state-based ... Keep Reading
Miscellaneous Issues
Media Ignore Wealthy Funders on Left
WRAL’s Laura Leslie wrote about an Energy Forum held at the Legislature yesterday organized by opponents of renewable energy programs. (Translation from WRAL speak: opponents to ... Keep Reading
Union Money Fueled ‘Moral Monday’
There were very few surprises during this summer’s three-week federal court hearing to decide the fate of election reform legislation that was passed in 2013 and implemented in ... Keep Reading
August 2015 Poll of Unaffiliated NC Voters
What are unaffiliated voters in North Carolina really thinking? Every August our Civitas Poll surveys this vital bloc to find out. To see a PowerPoint presentation of this year's ... Keep Reading
Raleigh Rezoning May Disrupt Residents’ Lives
It is Tuesday, August 18. Members of the Wake County Taxpayers Association (WCTA) sit across from Ken Bowers, Raleigh’s chief planner, and Dan Becker, the city’s long range ... Keep Reading
CLF Alleges City of Belmont Violated Public Records Law
On Friday, August 28, the Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) filed suit against the City of Belmont, North Carolina, alleging violations of state public records ... Keep Reading
Civitas Poll: McCrory Support Shifts in Key Voting Bloc
A new Civitas Poll of registered, unaffiliated North Carolina voters shows Gov. Pat McCrory trailing Attorney General Roy Cooper in a hypothetical gubernatorial race. Asked whom ... Keep Reading
NC Shouldn’t Renew ‘Renewable’ Handouts
By Garland Tucker and Francis De Luca North Carolina taxpayers are about to get stuck with a big bill – if the General Assembly continues the state’s “Renewable Energy Portfolio ... Keep Reading
The Heavy Price of Renewable Energy in NC
North Carolinians are forced to pay twice to prop up the state’s renewable energy lobby: once in the form of higher taxes and again for higher electric bills to support a Renewable ... Keep Reading
The seminal NC public records case that could have been
In 2008-2009, a legal battle took place in Guilford County Superior Court over whether third-party investigations into city police departments are subject to our state’s public ... Keep Reading
