The Civitas Institute's October Poll Presentation illuminates NC voters’ views of President Obama, Gov. Pat McCrory, Sen. Kay Hagan, the Affordable Care Act, and other crucial ... Keep Reading
Miscellaneous Issues
Troubles With 911 Part II: The Solutions
Last week the issues surrounding the 911 system in the state were brought to light. But what does the Board do from here to fix those issues and make sure the outages are kept to a ... Keep Reading
Troubles with 911 Part 1
What were to happen if you called 911 and no one answered? Unfortunately, this has happened all too often recently across our state. The 911 centers also known as Public Safety ... Keep Reading
Academic Freedom or Shrill Partisanship?
Gene Nichol, a UNC Law School professor, goes over the top in his invective. By Francis X. DeLuca and Jane S. Shaw (Editor's note: This article is being simultaneously posted ... Keep Reading
Mental Health Gaps Jeopardize Public Safety
This is part I of a three-part article on mental health and severe mental illnesses in North Carolina. Almost unheard of before 1966, mass shootings like the Newtown massacre ... Keep Reading
Teen Courts Help NC Youths
One question confronting North Carolina’s criminal justice system more and more is: What should we do for a 16-or-17-year-old who genuinely makes a mistake, learned a lesson and ... Keep Reading
August 2013 Unaffiliated Voters Poll
Data will be reposted later. ... Keep Reading
A Day in the Life of a Juvenile Court
A day in the life of a juvenile court … what does it really look like? Is it all about the crazy kids that television dramas portray? Or are they kids that are misunderstood and ... Keep Reading
August 2013 Poll Presentation
The Civitas Institute’s August Poll Presentation shows the survey of 400 registered, unaffiliated North Carolina voters from Aug. 19-20. This bloc of voters is of growing ... Keep Reading
The Real Fraud: Government ‘Economic Development’ Programs
This is Part II of a two-part series. The first part detailed the audit of the Raleigh Business and Technology Center, a “business incubator” in Southeast Raleigh. This part will ... Keep Reading
