Miscellaneous Issues

Highlights of the House Justice & Public Safety Budget Total General Fund budget of $2.09 billion; nearly half is dedicated to prisons. Increase of 1.6 percent over ... Keep Reading

While the bulk of the money spent by the State on corrections is for the incarceration of prisoners, three-quarters of convicted offenders each year are returned to the community ... Keep Reading

Civitas’ DecisionMaker Poll has consistently shown that the vast majority of North Carolinians support comprehensive immigration enforcement and reform at both the federal ... Keep Reading

A version of this article appeared in the Clayton News. How can the state of North Carolina do its part to lower gas prices? We should put a moratorium on recycling program. ... Keep Reading

METHODOLOGY: Tel Opinion Research of Alexandria, Va., conducted the poll on May 14-17 with live telephone interviews of 800 registered voters, who voted in the 2002, 2004 or 2006 ... Keep Reading

This article originally appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer. RALEIGH - Governor Easley believes his recent wooing of a Kansas-based aerospace company to the ... Keep Reading

In response to the attorney general’s advisory letter, NCCCS President Scott Ralls announced on May 13, 2008 that community colleges would cease admitting illegal aliens to ... Keep Reading

by Dr. Jameson Taylor and Dr. Robert Luebke General Assembly Needs to Clarify Law ... Keep Reading

This article was originally published in the Fayetteville Observer.   It is ironic that the same good police work that led to the arrest of Cesar Laurean in Mexico would be ... Keep Reading

METHODOLOGY: Tel Opinion Research of Alexandria, Va., conducted the poll on April 9-10 with 800 registered voters, who voted in the 2002, 2004 or 2006 general election or were ... Keep Reading